Exemption for Clinical Preceptors and Their Children
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
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$500 off tuition per term for Texas registered nurses serving as clinical preceptors for nursing students, and for their children.
- How much
- $500 off tuition per qualifying term (or actual tuition if less)
- Who qualifies
- Texas registered nurse serving as a clinical preceptor under a written agreement with an undergraduate nursing program, or that nurse's child
- Texas resident; children must be undergraduates without a bachelor's degree; GPA and hour limits for continuation.
- For undergrads, grad students, adults going back to school
- When to apply
- Apply any time Each term; claim within a year of the term served.
- How to apply
- Complete the Preceptor Exemption application and give the registrar written proof of the preceptor agreement from the nursing department
- What you'll need
- state application
- Last checked
- October 5, 2026, against the official page (statutes.capitol.texas.gov), page 2 and page 3
The details
A Texas-resident registered nurse serving under a written preceptor agreement with an undergraduate professional nursing program gets $500 (or actual tuition if less) off tuition at a Texas public college for each term served (usable that term or within a year). The preceptor's Texas-resident child (undergraduate, no bachelor's degree) also gets $500 per qualifying term, for up to 10 semesters.
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