Rio-South Texas Education and Community Development Foundation Inc Grants

The rio-south texas education and community development foundation endowed scholarship shall be a permanent endowment and shall be for the use and benefit of utrgv. Funds distributed from the endowment shall be used to provide scholarships to students to increase attainmnet of master and doctoral degrees in the fields of agriculture, food, natural resources, business, finance, marketing, education, health science, information technology, manufacturing, or stem.

Creates an endowed scholarship for the construction science program at the texas a&m university higher education center in mcallen.

Provides "last-dollar" scholarships to hidalgo and starr county students under the stc promise prgram. A last dollar scholarship refers to funds that cover financial gaps not provided thru federal financial aid or state aid. Stc promise program will provide additional support for students to transition to south texas college and complete the education journey they started in high school.

Awards scholarships to texas a&m international university students eligible for the closer than ever program.

Provides support of tstc's goal line assistance program which assists tstc students who are within three semesters of graduation who are facing a financial crisis. Program will assist students in technical programs such as business management, education, allied health, nursing, it, manufacturing, and welding.