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Texas Success Initiative-Students Outside Texas

The Texas Success Initiative does not apply to the students in the following categories. Students who provide supporting documents are not required to demonstrate college readiness. However, students are required to meet institutional course prerequisites.

  1. A student who has earned an associate or baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education. Contact CTC’s Academic Advising to determine definition of institution of higher education.
  2. A student who transfers to an institution of higher education from a private or independent institution or an accredited out-of-state institution of higher education and who has satisfactorily completed college-level coursework in the corresponding subject area, as transcribed or otherwise determined by the receiving institution.
  3. A student who is enrolled in a certificate program of one year or less at a public junior college, a public technical institute, or a public state college.
  4. A student enrolled in high school who is a non-degree-seeking student. A non-degree seeking student is defined as a student who has not filed a degree plan with an institution of higher education and is not required to do so pursuant to Texas Education Code Section 51.9685.
  5. A student who is serving on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States, the Texas National Guard, or as a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States.
  6. A student who on or after August 1, 1990, was honorably discharged, retired, or released from active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States or the Texas National Guard or service as a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States.

Note: The above changes went into effect May 16, 2024. At the time of the publication of this catalog, the Coordinating Board had not released guidance on whether there would be any changes to the current state TSI reporting. Therefore, the above categories will be shown as exemptions or waivers in the following sections.