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Higher Education Coordinating Act

Texas · ED · §§ 61.001 to 61.9997 · 412 sections

Overview

The Higher Education Coordinating Act governs the statewide coordination of public higher education in Texas, creating a coordinating board with defined functions and setting out how its members are appointed, trained, compensated, and removed, along with the board's officers, quorum and meeting requirements, committees, rulemaking procedures, and staff, including a commissioner of higher education, an internal auditor, and an ombudsman. Beyond the board's structure, it directs the board's oversight of institutions of public higher education — approval of academic programs, monitoring of compliance, limits on the data institutions may be required to report, and participation in a state authorization reciprocity agreement. It also sets academic standards and access mechanisms, including credit-hour requirements for associate and baccalaureate degrees, treatment of applied STEM and integrated coursework, recognition of competency-based degree plans for members of the Texas military forces, and an online portal for direct admissions and financial aid.

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In the courts

Sections of this act have been cited in 42 court decisions.

Most-cited authority: 665 F.2d 553 - United Carolina Bank v. Board of Regents of Stephen F. Austin State University

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