Sec. 61.9794. ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION. (a) To qualify as an eligible institution under this subchapter, an institution must: (1) be a public junior college or public technical institute; (2) admit at least 50 students into a STEM program each academic year; and (3) develop partnerships with business and industry to: (A) identify local employment needs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields; and (B) provide part-time employment for students enrolled in a STEM program. (b) To maintain eligibility, each year beginning with the third year following implementation of a scholarship program under this subchapter, an institution must demonstrate to the board that at least 70 percent of the institution's T-STEM Challenge Scholarship recipients, within twelve months of receipt of a scholarship, are: (1) employed; or (2) enrolled in courses leading to a certificate, associate, or baccalaureate degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) field.
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