Texas Education Code - Section 65.31. General Powers And Duties
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§ 65.31. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The board is
authorized and directed to govern, operate, support, and maintain
each of the component institutions that are now or may hereafter be
included in a part of The University of Texas System.
(b) The board is authorized to prescribe for each of the
component institutions courses and programs leading to such degrees
as are customarily offered in outstanding American universities,
and to award all such degrees. It is the intent of the legislature
that such degrees shall include baccalaureate, master's, and
doctoral degrees, and their equivalents, but no new department,
school, or degree-program shall be instituted without the prior
approval of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University
System.
(c) The board has authority to promulgate and enforce such
other rules and regulations for the operation, control, and
management of the university system and the component institutions
thereof as the board may deem either necessary or desirable. The
board is specifically authorized and empowered to determine and
prescribe the number of students that shall be admitted to any
course, department, school, college, degree-program, or
institution under its governance.
(d) The board is specifically authorized to make joint
appointments in the component institutions under its governance.
The salary of any person who receives such joint appointment shall
be apportioned to the appointing institutions on the basis of
services rendered.
(e) The board is specifically authorized, upon terms and
conditions acceptable to it, to accept, retain in depositories of
its choosing, and administer gifts, grants, or donations of any
kind, from any source, for use by the system or any of the component
institutions of the system.
(f) No component institution which is not authorized to
offer a four-year undergraduate program shall offer a four-year
undergraduate program without the specific authorization of the
legislature.
(g) The board by rule may delegate a power or duty of the
board to a committee, officer, employee, or other agent of the
board.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3145, ch. 1024, art. 1, § 1, eff. Sept.
1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3360, ch. 1024, art. 2,
§ 37, eff. Sept. 1, 1971; Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5010, ch. 900,
§ 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1983; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 213, § 1,
eff. May 23, 1995.
Section: 65.02 65.11 65.12 65.13 65.14 65.15 65.16 65.31 65.32 65.33 65.34 65.35 65.36 65.37 65.38
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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