Sec. 54.6245. GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PLANS. (a) The board may establish one or more plans to allow a person to prepay all or part of the tuition and required fees for enrollment in a graduate or professional degree program at an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education, if the board determines that:

(1) a particular plan is feasible; and

(2) there is sufficient demand for the plan to justify administration of the plan.

(b) The board may limit a plan established under this section to a specified field or fields of study, to a specified level or type of degree, or to a specified number of hours or semesters, as the board considers appropriate.

(c) The board is not required to continue offering a plan established under this section in subsequent years.

(d) The board may modify the terms of a prepaid tuition contract otherwise required by this subchapter for a plan established under this section as the board considers necessary.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.