Students must file a selective service status statement before receiving certain state-funded or state-guaranteed financial aid, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board must administer and prescribe the form.
Sec. 51.9095. STUDENT COMPLIANCE WITH SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION. (a) An individual may not receive a loan, grant, scholarship, or other financial assistance funded by state revenue, including federal funds or gifts and grants accepted by this state, or receive a student loan guaranteed by this state or the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, unless the individual files a statement of the individual's selective service status with the institution or other entity granting or guaranteeing the financial assistance as required by this section. (b) If an individual required by this section to file a statement of the individual's selective service status files a statement indicating that the individual is registered with the selective service system as required by federal law, the individual is not required to file a statement of the individual's selective service status the next time the individual makes an application to the same entity for financial assistance or a student loan guarantee. If an individual required by this section to file a statement of the individual's selective service status files a statement indicating that the individual is not required to register with the selective service system, the institution or other entity shall require the individual to file a new statement of the individual's selective service status the next time the individual makes an application to the entity for financial assistance or a student loan guarantee. (c) This section does not apply to: (1) a female individual if females are not subject to general selective service registration under federal law; or (2) an individual older than the maximum age at which an individual is required to be registered with the selective service system under federal law. (d) The statement of an individual's selective service status required by this section must require the individual to certify that the individual: (1) has registered with the selective service system as required by federal law; or (2) is exempt from selective service registration under federal law. (e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules for the administration of this section and shall prescribe the statement to be used under this section. The coordinating board shall notify each institution of higher education of the required statement and the applicable rules. The statement must require an individual claiming to be exempt from registration to specify the basis of the exemption. The coordinating board may require an individual filing a statement of selective service status to include with the statement any additional information or documentation the coordinating board determines appropriate. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 881, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.