Sec. 51.3042. AWARD OF COURSE CREDIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE. (a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
(b) An institution of higher education shall award to an undergraduate student who is admitted to the institution, including a student who is readmitted under Section 51.9242, course credit for all physical education courses required by the institution for an undergraduate degree and for additional semester credit hours, not to exceed 12, that may be applied to satisfy any elective course requirements for the student's degree program for courses outside the student's major or minor if the student:
(1) graduated from a public or private high school accredited by a generally recognized accrediting organization or from a high school operated by the United States Department of Defense; and
(2) is an honorably discharged former member of the armed forces of the United States who:
(A) completed at least two years of service in the armed forces; or
(B) was discharged because of a disability.
(c) This section does not prohibit an institution of higher education from awarding additional course credit for a student's military service as the institution considers appropriate.
(d) An institution of higher education may adopt rules requiring reasonable proof from a student of the fact and duration of the student's military service and of the student's military discharge status.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 597 (H.B. 269), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
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