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Texas Education Code - EDUC § 132.158. Prohibition Against Certain Activities by Financial Aid Employees

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In this section:

(1) “Student loan” means a loan for which the loan agreement requires that all or part of the loan proceeds be used to assist a person in attending an institution of higher education or other postsecondary institution, including a career school or college.

(2) “Student loan lender” means a person whose primary business is:

(A) making, brokering, arranging, or accepting applications for student loans;  or

(B) a combination of activities described by Paragraph (A).

(b) A person employed by a career school or college in the financial aid office of the school or college may not:

(1) own stock or hold another ownership interest in a student loan lender, other than through ownership of shares in a publicly traded mutual fund or similar investment vehicle in which the person does not exercise any discretion regarding the investment of the assets of the fund or other investment vehicle;  or

(2) solicit or accept any gift from a student loan lender.

(c) A career school or college may not knowingly employ a person who violates Subsection (b).  If a career school or college discovers that its employee is in violation of Subsection (b), the school or college shall promptly take appropriate action to cure the violation, including appropriate disciplinary action, based on the severity of the violation and whether the violation was inadvertent.

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