Terms Used In Texas Education Code 61.7021

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

To be eligible to receive repayment assistance for border institution faculty, a person must apply to the board and must:
(1) have received a doctoral degree not earlier than September 1, 1994, from a public or private institution of higher education accredited as required by the board; and
(2) be employed as a full-time faculty member with instructional duties in an institution of higher education located in a county that borders the United Mexican States.