Texas Education Code - EDUC § 54.758. Deferred Use of Prepaid Credit Hours

(a) A prepaid tuition contract must permit the beneficiary to elect to pay from a source other than tuition units purchased under the contract the beneficiary's tuition and required fees for some or all of the tuition and required fees to which the beneficiary is entitled to payment under the contract, and to defer to a subsequent semester or other academic term the right to payment of the beneficiary's tuition and required fees by using tuition units remaining under the contract.

(b) This section does not affect the date on which a prepaid tuition contract terminates under this subchapter and does not give the beneficiary the right to a payment under the contract after termination of the contract.