SUBCHAPTER A CONTROL OF FUNDS
- Texas Section 51.001 - Institutions To Which Applicable
The provisions of this subchapter apply to each institution of higher education, as that term is defined by Section 61.003 of this code, including each...
- Texas Section 51.002 - Funds Subject To Control
(a) The governing board of each institution listed in Section 51.001 of this code may retain control of the following sums of money collected at...
- Texas Section 51.003 - Depositories
(a) The governing board of each institution may select one or more depositories as places of deposit for the funds enumerated in Section 51.002 of...
- Texas Section 51.0031 - Deposits And Investments
(a) A governing board may deposit funds under its control as provided in Section 51.003 of this code, may invest funds under its control in...
- Texas Section 51.0032 - Investment Reports And Policies
(a) A governing board shall adopt by rule or resolution a written investment policy for the investment of its institutional funds. (b) Not less than...
- Texas Section 51.004 - Separate Accounts; Trust Funds; Interest
(a) Separate accounts shall be kept on the books of the institution showing the sources of all sums collected and the purposes for which disbursements...
- Texas Section 51.005 - Reports
Each institution of higher education shall prepare a complete annual financial report as prescribed by Section 2101.011, Government Code. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072,...
- Texas Section 51.0051 - Annual Operating Budgets
The governing board of each institution shall approve on or before September 1 of each year an itemized budget covering the operation of the institution...
- Texas Section 51.0052 - Report To Secretary Of State
(a) In this section, "colonia" means a geographic area that: (1) is an economically distressed area as defined by Section 17.921, Water Code; (2) is...
- Texas Section 51.006 - Funds Not To Be Used To Increase Salaries
No part of any of the funds listed in Section 51.002 of this code shall ever be used to increase any salary beyond the sum...
- Texas Section 51.0065 - Applicability Of Across-the-board Salary Increase
An institution of higher education that has adopted a pay-for-performance program that is in effect when an across-the-board salary increase for state employees made by...
- Texas Section 51.007 - Penalty
Any state officer, agent, employee, or member of a governing board of any of the above named institutions, or any other person who violates any...
- Texas Section 51.008 - Certain Receipts To Be Deposited In State Treasury
(a) The governing board of every state institution of higher education is directed to designate special depository banks, subject to the approval of the comptroller,...
- Texas Section 51.009 - Defining And Accounting For Certain Income
(a) "Local funds" are the items to be accounted for as "educational and general funds" as described in Subsection (c) of this section, but do...
- Texas Section 51.010 - Collection Of Delinquent Obligations
If under the rules adopted by the attorney general under Chapter 2107, Government Code, an institution of higher education is not required to refer a...
- Texas Section 51.011 - Disposition Of Small Credit Balances
(a) This section applies to a credit balance of less than $25 held by an institution of higher education that is presumed abandoned under Chapter...
SUBCHAPTER C FACULTY DEVELOPMENT LEAVES OF ABSENCE
- Texas Section 51.012 - Payments By Electronic Funds Transfer Or Electronic Pay Card
An institution of higher education may make any payment through electronic funds transfer or by electronic pay card. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 51.101 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned to it in Section 61.003 of this code, except that Texas State Technical...
- Texas Section 51.102 - Legislative Findings And Purpose
The legislature finds that higher education is vitally important to the welfare, if not the survival, of Texas and the United States at this stage...
- Texas Section 51.103 - Granting Leaves Of Absence; Procedures
(a) On the application of a faculty member, the governing board of an institution of higher education may grant a faculty development leave of absence...
- Texas Section 51.104 - Service Required
A faculty member is eligible by reason of service to be considered for a faculty development leave when he has served as a member of...
- Texas Section 51.105 - Duration And Compensation
(a) The governing board may grant to a faculty member a faculty development leave either for one academic year at one-half of his regular salary...
- Texas Section 51.106 - Number On Leave At One Time
Not more than six percent of the faculty members of any institution of higher education may be on faculty development leave at any one time....
- Texas Section 51.107 - Rights Retained
(a) A faculty member on faculty development leave shall continue to be a member of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas or of the Optional...
SUBCHAPTER D INFORMATION NETWORK ASSOCIATIONS
- Texas Section 51.108 - Regulations Concerning Absence
(a) The governing board of each college or university supported in whole or in part by state funds shall issue regulations concerning the authorized and...
- Texas Section 51.151 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Association" means the Western Information Network Association or any other regional network association created and named by the Coordinating Board, Texas...
- Texas Section 51.152 - Purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to promote the educational programs of state-supported institutions of higher education in Texas by authorizing the establishment and operation...
- Texas Section 51.1521 - Interagency Contracts For Networks
Any institution of higher education may enter into an interagency contract with one or more other institutions of higher education for the establishment and operation...
- Texas Section 51.153 - Western Information Network Association
(a) The Western Information Network Association is an agency of the state composed of the following state-supported member institutions of higher education: Amarillo College, Angelo...
- Texas Section 51.154 - Board Of Directors
The association is governed by a board of directors. The chief administrative officer, or a person designated by the chief administrative officer, of each institution...
- Texas Section 51.155 - Director's Expenses
A director is entitled to receive reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board and in attending to the business of the...
- Texas Section 51.156 - Meetings Of The Board; Quorum; Action By Board
(a) The board shall hold a meeting at least once each quarter and may hold meetings at other times at the call of the chairman...
- Texas Section 51.157 - Chairman, Vice Chairman
The board shall select a director to serve as chairman and a director to serve as vice chairman of the board. The chairman shall preside...
- Texas Section 51.158 - General Manager, Employees
The board may employ a general manager who shall serve as the chief executive officer of the association. The board may employ other employees it...
- Texas Section 51.159 - Delegation Of Authority
The board may delegate any of the powers, duties, or functions of the association to the general manager or to any other employee. Acts 1971,...
- Texas Section 51.160 - Bond Of Officer, Agent, Or Employee
(a) The general manager and every agent or employee of the association charged with the collection, custody, or payment of any money of the association...
- Texas Section 51.161 - Powers And Duties Of Association
(a) The association may acquire, operate, and maintain, or obtain by contracting with any communications common carrier in accordance with its tariffs, a multichannel, two-way...
- Texas Section 51.162 - Gifts And Grants
The association may accept gifts, grants, or donations of real or personal property from any individual, group, association, or corporation. It may accept grants from...
- Texas Section 51.163 - Information Network Association Fund
The Information Network Association Fund is a special fund in the state treasury. All money deposited in the treasury by the Western Information Network Association...
- Texas Section 51.164 - Rules And Regulations
The association shall adopt and publish rules to govern the conduct of its business. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec....
- Texas Section 51.165 - Principal Office
The board for Western Information Network Association shall maintain its principal office in Lubbock, at or near Texas Tech University. The boards for other regional...
- Texas Section 51.166 - Facilities
Each member institution shall furnish suitable space to the association for a classroom-studio, a lecture studio, and a control room. It may also furnish any...
- Texas Section 51.167 - Designation Of Regions For Additional Associations
(a) In addition to the Western Information Network Association, the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, shall at such times as the board shall...
- Texas Section 51.168 - Creation Of Additional Associations
(a) The coordinating board shall create and name an information network association within an information network region if: (1) a majority of the institutions of...
- Texas Section 51.169 - Provisions Applicable To Additional Associations
Except for Subsection (a), Section 51.153 of this Code, the provisions of this subchapter apply to any additional information network association created by the coordinating...
- Texas Section 51.170 - Revenue Bonds
(a) The board may issue its revenue bonds for the purpose of providing funds to lease, as lessor or lessee, acquire, purchase, construct, improve, enlarge,...
- Texas Section 51.171 - Revenue Refunding Bonds
Any revenue bonds issued by the board under this subchapter may be refunded, and in that case all pertinent and appropriate provisions of this subchapter...
- Texas Section 51.172 - Approval Of Bonds; Registration
All bonds issued under this subchapter shall be submitted to the attorney general for examination. If he finds that the bonds have been authorized in...
SUBCHAPTER E PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
- Texas Section 51.173 - Bonds As Legal Investments
All bonds issued under this subchapter are legal and authorized investments for all banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, insurance...
- Texas Section 51.201 - Applicability Of Criminal Laws
All the general and criminal laws of the state are declared to be in full force and effect within the areas under the control and...
- Texas Section 51.202 - Rules And Regulations
(a) The governing board of each state institution of higher education, including public junior colleges, may promulgate rules and regulations for the safety and welfare...
- Texas Section 51.203 - Campus Peace Officers
(a) The governing boards of each state institution of higher education and public technical institute may employ and commission peace officers for the purpose of...
- Texas Section 51.204 - Trespass, Damage, Defacement
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" and "private or independent institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. (b) It...
- Texas Section 51.205 - Parking; Blocking Or Impeding Traffic
It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle on any property under the control and jurisdiction of a state institution of higher education...
- Texas Section 51.206 - Parking And Traffic Tickets; Summons; Arrest Warrants
In connection with traffic and parking violations, only the officers authorized to enforce the provisions of this subchapter have the authority to issue and use...
- Texas Section 51.207 - Vehicle Identification Insignia; Vehicle Permits
(a) Each public institution of higher education may provide for the issuance and use of suitable vehicle identification insignia. The institution may bar or suspend...
- Texas Section 51.208 - Penalty; Courts Having Jurisdiction
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" and "private or independent institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. (b) A...
- Texas Section 51.209 - Unauthorized Persons; Refusal Of Entry, Ejection, Identification
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" and "private or independent institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. (b) The...
- Texas Section 51.210 - Enforcement Of Rules And Regulations
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this subchapter, all officers commissioned by the governing board of a state institution of higher education may be empowered...
- Texas Section 51.211 - Cumulative Effect
The provisions of this subchapter are cumulative of all other laws. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
- Texas Section 51.212 - Peace Officers At Private Institutions
(a) The governing boards of private institutions of higher education, including private junior colleges, are authorized to employ and commission peace officers for the purpose...
- Texas Section 51.2125 - Private Institutions: Authority To Enter Into Mutual Assistance Agreement
(a) This section applies only to a private institution of higher education that has under its control and jurisdiction property that is contiguous to, or...
- Texas Section 51.2126 - Appeal By Campus Peace Officer Of Disciplinary Action Or Promotional Bypass Related To Provision Of Assistance Under Mutual Assistance Agreement
(a) A campus peace officer acting under a mutual assistance agreement authorized by Section 51.2125 who is demoted, suspended, or terminated by the applicable private...
- Texas Section 51.213 - Abandoned Personal Property
(a) The governing board of each state institution of higher education, including public junior colleges, is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations providing for the...
- Texas Section 51.214 - Security Officers For Medical Corporations In Certain Municipalities
(a) In any municipality with a population of 1.18 million or more located primarily in a county with a population of 2 million or more,...
- Texas Section 51.215 - Access To Police Records Of Employment Applicants
(a) An institution of higher education is entitled to obtain criminal history record information pertaining to an applicant for employment for a security-sensitive position. The...
- Texas Section 51.217 - Multihazard Emergency Operations Plan; Safety And Security Audit
(a) In this section, "institution" means a general academic teaching institution, a medical and dental unit, or other agency of higher education, as those terms...
- Texas Section 51.218 - Emergency Alert System
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" and "private or independent institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. (b) Each...
- Texas Section 51.219 - Notification Of Penalty For False Alarm Or Report
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" and "private or independent institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. (b) Each...
SUBCHAPTER E-1 MAINTAINING CAMPUS ORDER DURING PERIODS OF DISRUPTION
- Texas Section 51.220 - Public Junior College School Marshals
(a) In this section, "public junior college" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (b) The governing board of a public junior college may appoint...
- Texas Section 51.231 - Definition Of Periods Of Disruption
For purposes of this subchapter a period of disruption is any period in which it reasonably appears that there is a threat of destruction to...
- Texas Section 51.232 - Identification Of Persons On Campus
(a) During periods of disruption, as determined by the chief administrative officer of a state-supported institution of higher education, the chief administrative officer, or an...
- Texas Section 51.233 - Withdrawal Of Consent To Remain On Campus
(a) During periods of disruption, the chief administrative officer of a campus or other facility of a state-supported institution of higher education, or an officer...
- Texas Section 51.234 - Notice Of Withdrawal Of Consent
When the chief administrative officer of a campus or other facility of a state-supported institution of higher education, or an officer or employee of the...
- Texas Section 51.235 - Report To Chief Administrative Officer
Whenever consent is withdrawn by any authorized officer or employee other than the chief administrative officer, the officer or employee shall submit a written report...
- Texas Section 51.236 - Confirmation Of Withdrawal Of Consent
(a) If the chief administrative officer or, in his absence, a person designated by him for this purpose, upon reviewing the written report described in...
- Texas Section 51.237 - Request For Hearing
(a) A person from whom consent has been withdrawn may submit a written request for a hearing on the withdrawal to the chief administrative officer...
- Texas Section 51.238 - Reinstatement Of Consent To Remain On Campus
The chief administrative officer shall reinstate consent whenever he has reason to believe that the presence of the person from whom consent was withdrawn will...
- Texas Section 51.239 - Entering Or Remaining On Campus After Withdrawal Of Consent
(a) Any person who has been notified by the chief administrative officer of a campus or facility of a state-supported institution of higher education, or...
- Texas Section 51.240 - Authority To Suspend, Dismiss, Or Expel Students Or Employees Not Affected
This subchapter does not affect the power of the duly constituted authorities of a state-supported institution of higher education to suspend, dismiss, or expel any...
- Texas Section 51.241 - Students And Employees Barred From Campus After Suspension Or Dismissal
(a) Every student or employee who has been suspended or dismissed from a state-supported institution of higher education after a hearing, in accordance with procedures...
- Texas Section 51.242 - Refusing Or Failing To Leave Building Closed To Public
No person may refuse or fail to leave a building under the control and management of a public agency, including a state-supported institution of higher...
- Texas Section 51.243 - Required Hearing Procedures
A person from whom consent to remain on the campus of a state-supported institution of higher education has been withdrawn in accordance with Section 51.233...
SUBCHAPTER F REQUIRED AND ELECTIVE COURSES
- Texas Section 51.244 - Penalties
A person who violates Section 51.239, 51.241, or 51.242 of this code is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is subject to a fine...
- Texas Section 51.301 - Government Or Political Science
(a) Every college and university receiving state support or state aid from public funds shall give a course of instruction in government or political science...
- Texas Section 51.302 - American Or Texas History
(a) In this section, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a college or...
- Texas Section 51.303 - Elective Courses In Dactylology
(a) In this section, "dactylology" means the art of communicating ideas by signs made with the fingers, as in the manual alphabets of deaf-mutes. (b)...
- Texas Section 51.304 - Courses In Military And Naval Training
The governing board of any state-supported institution of higher education may request the United States Department of Defense to establish and maintain courses in military...
- Texas Section 51.3041 - Award Of Course Credit For Military Training
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (b) An institution of higher education shall consider, in determining...
- Texas Section 51.3042 - Award Of Course Credit For Military Service
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (b) An institution of higher education shall award to an...
- Texas Section 51.305 - Personal Financial Literacy Training
(a) In this section: (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) "General academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section...
- Texas Section 51.3062 - Success Initiative
(a) The definitions provided by Section 61.003 apply to this section. (a-1) In this section: (1) "Basic academic skills education" means non-course competency-based developmental education...
- Texas Section 51.307 - Rules
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this subchapter. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 273, Sec....
- Texas Section 51.308 - Driver Education
A driver education course for the purpose of preparing students to obtain a driver's license may be offered by an institution of higher education, as...
SUBCHAPTER G RESPONSIBILITIES OF GOVERNING BOARDS, SYSTEM ADMINISTRATIONS, AND INSTITUTIONS
- Texas Section 51.309 - Pain Treatment Medical Education Course Work
(a) Each medical school shall determine the extent to which pain treatment medical education course work is meeting the instructional elements described in Subsection (b)...
- Texas Section 51.351 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "General academic teaching institution," "governing board," "institution of higher education," "medical and dental unit," "public junior college," and "university system" have...
- Texas Section 51.352 - Responsibility Of Governing Boards
(a) It is the policy of this state that the governing boards of institutions of higher education, being composed of lay members, shall exercise the...
- Texas Section 51.3521 - Permanent Advisory Committees
(a) Permanent advisory committees are established. (b) Each committee consists of the president, or the president's designee, of each general academic teaching institution and of...
- Texas Section 51.353 - Responsibility Of System Administration
(a) The system administration of each system shall coordinate the activities of component institutions within the system. (b) In addition to other powers and duties...
- Texas Section 51.354 - Institutional Responsibility
In addition to specific responsibilities imposed by this code or other law, each institution of higher education has the general responsibility to serve the public...
- Texas Section 51.355 - Nonvoting Student Regent; University System Board Of Regents
(a) In this section, "student government" means the representative student organization directly elected by the student body of a general academic teaching institution or medical...
- Texas Section 51.356 - Nonvoting Student Regent; Institution Board Of Regents
(a) This section applies only to a general academic teaching institution that is not a part of a university system. (b) In this section, "student...
- Texas Section 51.357 - Public Testimony At Certain Meetings Of Governing Boards Of General Academic Teaching Institutions
(a) In this section, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (b) The governing board of each general academic teaching institution...
- Texas Section 51.358 - Long-term Strategic Plan For Research University Or Emerging Research University
(a) The governing board of each institution of higher education designated as a research university or emerging research university under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating...
SUBCHAPTER H GUIDELINES FOR ACADEMIC AND OTHER REPORTS BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
- Texas Section 51.359 - Role And Mission Statement
Each institution of higher education shall develop a statement regarding the role and mission of the institution reflecting the three missions of higher education: teaching,...
- Texas Section 51.401 - Purpose
It is the intent of the legislature that all public higher education institutions of this state shall manage their institutions and institutional resources to achieve...
- Texas Section 51.402 - Report Of Institutional And Academic Duties
(a) The Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, in cooperation with governing boards, institutional officials, and faculty representatives of general academic institutions of higher...
- Texas Section 51.403 - Economic Justification For Courses; Reports Of Student Enrollment And Academic Performance
(a) All higher education institutions of this state shall offer only such courses and teach such classes as are economically justified in the considered judgment...
- Texas Section 51.4031 - Reports Of Affordability And Access
(a) Not later than November 1 of each year, the chief executive officer of each institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, shall...
- Texas Section 51.4032 - Annual Report Of Participation In Higher Education
Not later than December 1 of each year and in the form prescribed by the coordinating board, each general academic teaching institution and medical and...
- Texas Section 51.404 - Submission Of Reports
Each institution shall submit all reports required by this subchapter to the coordinating board. The coordinating board shall furnish such summaries of these reports as...
- Texas Section 51.405 - Reporting Of Noncompliance
Should any institution of higher education fail to comply with its adopted rules and regulations as determined by the coordinating board in Section 51.404 of...
SUBCHAPTER I TEXTBOOKS
- Texas Section 51.406 - Expiration Of Certain Reporting Requirements Applicable To Institutions Of Higher Education And University Systems
(a) In this section, "university system" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (b) To the extent that any of the following laws require reporting...
- Texas Section 51.451 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "College bookstore" means a bookstore that is: (A) operated by an institution of higher education; or (B) in a contractual relationship...
- Texas Section 51.452 - Dissemination Of Course Schedule And List Of Required And Recommended Textbooks
(a) Each institution of higher education shall: (1) for each semester or academic term, compile a course schedule indicating each course offered by the institution...
- Texas Section 51.453 - Textbook Assistance Information For Students
To the extent practicable, an institution of higher education shall make reasonable efforts to disseminate to its students information regarding: (1) available institutional programs for...
- Texas Section 51.454 - Textbook Publishers: Availability Of Information To Faculty Concerning Textbook Prices, Revisions, And Copyrights
(a) When a textbook publisher provides information regarding a textbook or supplemental material to a faculty member or other person in charge of selecting course...
SUBCHAPTER K PRIVATE DONOR RESEARCH FUND
- Texas Section 51.455 - Textbook Bundles
A textbook publisher that offers a textbook bundle for sale directly to students enrolled at an institution of higher education or, for resale purposes, to...
- Texas Section 51.551 - Purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a private donor research fund to encourage donations from the private sector to support research and development...
- Texas Section 51.552 - Fund
(a) A special fund to be known as the private donor research fund is created in the state treasury. (b) The fund shall be administered...
SUBCHAPTER N PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITY/JUNIOR COLLEGES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
- Texas Section 51.553 - Use Of Fund
(a) The board shall develop concepts for research projects in the areas of teacher education and teaching and shall assign each research project, together with...
- Texas Section 51.661 - Purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to encourage partnerships between public community/junior colleges and other institutions of higher education that are located in the same...
- Texas Section 51.6615 - Definition
In this subchapter, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 820, Sec. 40, eff....
- Texas Section 51.662 - Partnership Agreements
With the approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the governing boards of a public community/junior college and another institution of higher education that...
- Texas Section 51.663 - Advisory Committee
The governing boards of the participating institutions shall appoint an advisory committee composed of three members from each board. The committee shall study the needs...
- Texas Section 51.664 - Joint Use Of Personnel
By interagency contract the governing boards of the participating institutions may fill by joint appointment any administrative, faculty, or support position necessary for the operation...
- Texas Section 51.665 - Support Services
By interagency contract the governing boards of the participating institutions may assign the management and operation of selected services to one of the institutions in...
- Texas Section 51.666 - Facilities
A participating institution of higher education may lease facilities from or to the community/junior college for administrative and instructional purposes. Community/junior college facilities may not...
- Texas Section 51.667 - State Funding
The community/junior college shall receive state appropriations on the same formula basis as other community/junior colleges, and the other participating institution of higher education shall...
SUBCHAPTER O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICIES
- Texas Section 51.668 - Continuing Responsibilities
A participating community/junior college must continue to provide programs and services enumerated in Section 130.003(e). The role and scope of the other participating institution of...
SUBCHAPTER P FUND FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING SCIENCES
- Texas Section 51.680 - Review By Commissioner Of Higher Education
(a) The commissioner of higher education, by December 31, 1987, shall review the intellectual property policies of institutions of higher education that were filed with...
- Texas Section 51.701 - Legislative Findings
The legislature finds that: (1) strength in the manufacturing sector is critical to the United States' and Texas' international competitive position, as well as to...
- Texas Section 51.702 - Purpose
It is the intent of the legislature that Texas accept the challenge of becoming the nation's centerpoint for advanced manufacturing technology development by aggressively pursuing...
- Texas Section 51.703 - Definition
In this subchapter, "fund" means the fund for the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 44, Sec. 1, eff....
- Texas Section 51.704 - Fund
(a) The fund for the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences is created as a special fund in the state treasury. (b) The fund consists of:...
SUBCHAPTER R EDUCATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY CENTER
- Texas Section 51.705 - Use Of Fund
(a) When the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences is announced for location in Texas, the existing funds (and all subsequent funds) will be made available...
- Texas Section 51.751 - Creation And Operation
(a) The Educational Economic Policy Center is created as a consortium of universities. Each public senior college or university in the state shall participate in...
SUBCHAPTER S ADMISSION APPLICATION FORMS
- Texas Section 51.752 - Educational Economic Policy Committee
(a) The Educational Economic Policy Committee is created as the primary policy-making body of the Educational Economic Policy Center. The committee shall study the elements...
- Texas Section 51.761 - Definitions
In this subchapter, "board," "general academic teaching institution," "governing board," "institution of higher education," "public state college," "public technical institute," and "university system" have the...
- Texas Section 51.762 - Common Admission Application Forms
(a) The board, with the assistance of an advisory committee composed of representatives of general academic teaching institutions, junior college districts, public state colleges, and...
- Texas Section 51.763 - Electronic Admission Application Form For University Systems
(a) The governing board of a university system shall adopt a common admission application form consistent with this subchapter to be used by any person...
SUBCHAPTER T CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS
- Texas Section 51.764 - Fees
This subchapter does not affect the authority of an institution of higher education to receive a reasonable fee for the filing of an application for...
- Texas Section 51.776 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Architect" means an individual registered as an architect under Chapter 1051, Occupations Code. (2) "Board" means the governing body of an...
- Texas Section 51.777 - Delegation Of Authority
A board may, as appropriate, delegate by rule its authority under this subchapter to its designated representative. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1179,...
- Texas Section 51.778 - Competitive Bidding On Contracts
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, all contracts for the construction or erection of permanent improvements at an institution are void unless made...
- Texas Section 51.779 - Evaluation Of Bids And Proposals For Construction Services
(a) An institution that is considering a construction contract using a method authorized by this subchapter must, before advertising, determine which method provides the best...
- Texas Section 51.780 - Design-build Contracts For Facilities
(a) In this section: (1) "Design-build contract" means a single contract with a design-build firm for the design and construction of a facility. (2) "Design-build...
- Texas Section 51.781 - Contracts For Facilities: Construction Manager-agent
(a) An institution may use the construction manager-agent method for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a facility. In using that method and in...
- Texas Section 51.782 - Contracts For Facilities: Construction Manager-at-risk
(a) An institution may use the construction manager-at-risk method for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a facility. In using that method and in...
- Texas Section 51.783 - Selecting Contractor For Construction Services Through Competitive Sealed Proposals
(a) In selecting a contractor for construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair services for a facility through competitive sealed proposals, a board shall follow the procedures...
- Texas Section 51.784 - Job Order Contracts For Facilities Construction Or Repair
(a) An institution may award job order contracts for the minor construction, repair, rehabilitation, or alteration of a facility if the work is of a...
SUBCHAPTER U UNIFORM ADMISSION POLICY
- Texas Section 51.785 - Certain Contracts Prohibited
The board of an institution may not enter into a contract with a person relating to a permanent improvement project at the institution under which...
- Texas Section 51.801 - Definitions
In this subchapter, "general academic teaching institution," "governing board," "medical and dental unit," and "university system" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. Added by...
- Texas Section 51.802 - Uniform Admission System
A general academic teaching institution shall admit first-time freshman students for each semester under the provisions of this subchapter. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 51.803 - Automatic Admission: All Institutions
(a) Subject to Subsection (a-1), each general academic teaching institution shall admit an applicant for admission to the institution as an undergraduate student if the...
- Texas Section 51.8035 - Automatic Admission Of Applicants Completing Core Curriculum At Another Institution
(a) In this section: (1) "Core curriculum" means the core curriculum adopted by an institution of higher education under Section 61.822. (2) "General academic teaching...
- Texas Section 51.804 - Additional Automatic Admissions: Selected Institutions
For each academic year, the governing board of each general academic teaching institution shall determine whether to adopt an admissions policy under which an applicant...
- Texas Section 51.8045 - Graduates Of Certain Special High School Programs
(a) For purposes of Sections 51.803 and 51.804 only, the governing body of a school district may treat a high school magnet program, academy, or...
- Texas Section 51.805 - Other Admissions
(a) A graduating student who does not qualify for admission under Section 51.803 or 51.804 may apply to any general academic teaching institution if the...
- Texas Section 51.807 - Rulemaking
(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt rules relating to the operation of admissions programs under this subchapter, including rules relating to the...
- Texas Section 51.808 - Application Of Admission Criteria To Other Programs
(a) Each general academic teaching institution or medical and dental unit that offers admissions to undergraduate transfer students or admissions to a graduate, postgraduate, or...
- Texas Section 51.809 - Scholarship And Fellowship Awards
(a) A general academic teaching institution or a medical and dental unit that offers competitive scholarship or fellowship awards shall adopt a written policy describing...
SUBCHAPTER V JOINT ADMISSION MEDICAL PROGRAM
- Texas Section 51.810 - Higher Education Assistance Plans
(a) In this section: (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) "Institution of higher education" and "private or independent institution of...
- Texas Section 51.821 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Council" means the Joint Admission Medical Program Council established under this subchapter. (2) "General academic teaching institution" means a four-year general...
- Texas Section 51.822 - Joint Admission Medical Program
The Joint Admission Medical Program is a program administered by the Joint Admission Medical Program Council to: (1) provide services to support and encourage highly...
- Texas Section 51.823 - Composition Of Council
(a) The participating medical schools shall jointly establish the Joint Admission Medical Program Council consisting of one faculty member employed by and representing each of...
- Texas Section 51.824 - Council Duties
(a) The council shall: (1) recruit eligible undergraduate students for admission to the program; (2) establish an application process for admitting eligible undergraduate students to...
- Texas Section 51.8245 - Program Alternates
(a) The council shall establish procedures by which the council selects from the annual pool of applicants for the program an appropriate number of eligible...
- Texas Section 51.8246 - Confidential Records And Proceedings
(a) Student education records created or considered under the program are confidential and may be released only in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and...
- Texas Section 51.825 - Council Delegation
The council may delegate the performance of the council's administrative functions, including its matching functions, to the Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service operated...
- Texas Section 51.826 - Eligibility For Admission To Program
Sec. 51.826. ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION TO PROGRAM. (a) To be eligible for admission to the program or for selection as a program alternate, an undergraduate...
- Texas Section 51.8265 - Preadmission Mentoring And Assistance
(a) In order to maximize a student's potential for success in the program, the council shall identify students who may be eligible to participate in...
- Texas Section 51.827 - Eligibility To Continue Participation In Program
(a) To be eligible to continue participation in the program, an undergraduate student who is admitted to the program must: (1) meet criteria established by...
- Texas Section 51.828 - Council Agreement With Student Admitted To Program
(a) A student admitted to the program must enter into an agreement with the council under which the student agrees to: (1) maintain eligibility for...
- Texas Section 51.829 - Council Agreement With Participating Medical School
(a) Each participating medical school must enter into an agreement with the council under which the medical school agrees to: (1) select a faculty member...
- Texas Section 51.830 - Council Agreement With General Academic Teaching Institution
Each general academic teaching institution must enter into an agreement with the council under which the institution agrees to: (1) provide academic counseling to a...
- Texas Section 51.831 - Council Agreement With Private Or Independent Institution Of Higher Education
Each private or independent institution of higher education must enter into an agreement with the council under which the institution agrees to: (1) provide academic...
- Texas Section 51.833 - Funding
(a) The council may accept a gift, grant, devise, or bequest of money, securities, service, or property to carry out any purpose of this subchapter,...
SUBCHAPTER W ADMISSION AND SCHOLARSHIP POLICIES FOR GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
- Texas Section 51.834 - Report
(a) The council shall deliver a report on the program to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives not...
- Texas Section 51.841 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "General academic teaching institution" and "medical and dental unit" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. (2) "Graduate program" means a...
- Texas Section 51.842 - Admission And Scholarship Factors For Graduate And Professional Programs
(a) A graduate or professional program of a general academic teaching institution or medical or dental unit may consider the following factors in making an...
- Texas Section 51.843 - Rulemaking
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt rules relating to the operation of admissions and competitive scholarship processes under this subchapter. Added by Acts...
SUBCHAPTER Y WOMENS ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT FUND
- Texas Section 51.844 - Readmission Of Certain Military Personnel To Graduate And Professional Programs
(a) This section applies only to a person who: (1) was previously offered admission to, or was enrolled in, a graduate program or professional program...
- Texas Section 51.871 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Board" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (2) "Fund" means the women's athletic development fund established under this subchapter. (3)...
- Texas Section 51.872 - Administration Of Fund
The women's athletic development fund is a fund in the state treasury. The board shall administer the fund. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 51.873 - Use Of Fund
The board shall allocate money in the fund to institutions of higher education to support women's athletic development programs that are operated by the institution...
- Texas Section 51.874 - Criteria In Selecting Programs
In selecting programs to be supported with money from the fund, the board shall give priority to programs addressing the needs of public high school...
SUBCHAPTER Z MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 51.875 - Funding
The board may use any available revenue, including legislative appropriations, and may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from a public or private source...
- Texas Section 51.901 - Liability Insurance For Operators Of Atomic Energy Reactors
(a) The governing boards of the state institutions of higher education, as state agencies, which are or will be constructing and operating atomic energy reactors,...
- Texas Section 51.902 - Contracts For Teacher Training
The governing board of any state-supported institution of higher education which trains teachers may contract with the trustees of any independent school district for the...
- Texas Section 51.903 - Archives; Certified Copies
(a) The commissioners court of any county or any other custodian of public records may lend to the library of any state-supported institution of higher...
- Texas Section 51.904 - Street Closing
The governing body of an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 in a county having a population in excess of 3.3 million...
- Texas Section 51.904 - Street Closing
The governing board of an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 in a county having a population of more than 3 million...
- Texas Section 51.9045 - Limitation On Use Of Eminent Domain
(a) In this section: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (2) "Lodging facility" does not include a dormitory or...
- Texas Section 51.905 - State-owned Museum Buildings
(a) The governing board of each state-supported institution of higher education commonly referred to as a senior college shall formulate and adopt reasonable rules and...
- Texas Section 51.906 - Sequential Education Planning For Nursing Education
The governing board of each state-supported institution of higher education which provides a nursing education program shall plan and incorporate into the program standards and...
- Texas Section 51.907 - Limitations On Number Of Courses That May Be Dropped Under Certain Circumstances
(a) In this section, "governing board" and "institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. (b) This section applies only to an...
- Texas Section 51.908 - Faculty Compensation Policies
(a) The governing board of each institution of higher education shall establish faculty compensation policies that, to the greatest extent possible, provide the faculty of...
- Texas Section 51.909 - Expulsion Of Certain Foreign Students
(a) The governing board of a public institution of higher education may expel from that institution any student who is a citizen of a country...
- Texas Section 51.9091 - Required Notification Of Federal Student And Exchange Visitor Information System (Sevis) Regarding Withdrawal Or Nonattendance Of Certain Foreign Students
Sec. 51.9091. REQUIRED NOTIFICATION OF FEDERAL STUDENT AND EXCHANGE VISITOR INFORMATION SYSTEM (SEVIS) REGARDING WITHDRAWAL OR NONATTENDANCE OF CERTAIN FOREIGN STUDENTS. A public institution of...
- Texas Section 51.9095 - Student Compliance With Selective Service Registration
(a) An individual may not receive a loan, grant, scholarship, or other financial assistance funded by state revenue, including federal funds or gifts and grants...
- Texas Section 51.910 - Interviews For Historical Purposes And Collections Of Rare Books, Original Manuscripts, Personal Papers, Unpublished Letters, And Audio And Video Tapes
(a) An oral interview that is obtained for historical purposes by an agreement of confidentiality between an interviewee and a state institution of higher education...
- Texas Section 51.911 - Religious Holy Days
(a) In this section: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Subdivision (7) of Section 61.003 of this code, but includes the...
- Texas Section 51.9111 - Excused Absence For Active Military Service
(a) In this section: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (2) "Active military service" includes active military service performed...
- Texas Section 51.9112 - Reserve Officers' Training Corps (Rotc) Program: Fees And Course Credit
Sec. 51.9112. RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) PROGRAM: FEES AND COURSE CREDIT. (a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in consultation with institutions of higher...
- Texas Section 51.912 - Equity Ownership; Business Participation
(a) It is not a violation of Chapter 572, Government Code, or any other statute, rule, regulation, or the common law of the State of...
- Texas Section 51.913 - Executive Search Committees
(a) As used in this section, the term "executive search committee" shall mean a committee formed by an act of a board of regents of...
- Texas Section 51.914 - Protection Of Certain Information
(a) In order to protect the actual or potential value, the following information is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government...
- Texas Section 51.915 - Academies Of Mathematics And Science
(a) On approval of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, a public senior college or university, as defined by Section 61.003 of this...
- Texas Section 51.917 - Faculty Members; Use Of English
(a) In this section: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003 of this code, but does not include a medical...
- Texas Section 51.918 - Rural Health; Family Practice Residency Program
(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Texas Department of Rural Affairs, medical schools, nursing schools, and schools of allied health sciences shall cooperate...
- Texas Section 51.919 - Hiv And Aids Policy; Information Dissemination
(a) In this section: (1) "AIDS" means acquired immune deficiency syndrome as defined by the Centers for Disease Control of the United States Public Health...
- Texas Section 51.9191 - Bacterial Meningitis Information For New Students
(a) In this section: (1) "Institution of higher education" and "private or independent institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. (2)...
- Texas Section 51.9192 - Bacterial Meningitis Vaccination Required For Certain Students; Exceptions
(a) In this section: (1) "Health practitioner" means any person authorized by law to administer an immunization. (2) "Institution of higher education" and "private or...
- Texas Section 51.9193 - Required Posting Of Mental Health Resources
(a) In this section, "local mental health authority" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code. (b) This section applies only to...
- Texas Section 51.9194 - Required Information For Entering Students Regarding Mental Health And Suicide Prevention Services
(a) A general academic teaching institution shall provide to each entering full-time undergraduate, graduate, or professional student, including each full-time undergraduate, graduate, or professional student...
- Texas Section 51.9195 - Information For Undergraduate Students Regarding Benefits Of Timely Graduation
(a) In this section, "general academic teaching institution" and "public state college" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. (b) This section applies only to...
- Texas Section 51.920 - Technology Transfer
(a) Technology transfer can enhance the state's investment in research and development through the rapid commercialization of university research and the creation and expansion of...
- Texas Section 51.9201 - Alternative Technology For Colonias
An institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 that has a program in the area of community, rural, or urban development shall create...
- Texas Section 51.921 - Posting Of Steroid Law Notice
Each public institution of higher education shall post in a conspicuous location in each gymnasium at the institution the following notice: Anabolic steroids and growth...
- Texas Section 51.922 - Mandatory Retirement Prohibited
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003 of this code. (b) An institution of higher education may...
- Texas Section 51.923 - Qualifications Of Certain Business Entities To Enter Into Contracts With An Institution Of Higher Education
(a) In this section: (1) "Business entity" means any entity recognized by law through which business is conducted, including a sole proprietorship, partnership, firm, corporation,...
- Texas Section 51.924 - Assessment Instruments Used For Admission Standards
Each company or organization that sponsors a college admissions testing program shall annually report to the Central Education Agency the performance in the testing program...
- Texas Section 51.9241 - Admission Of Student With Nontraditional Secondary Education
(a) In this section: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (2) "Nontraditional secondary education" means a course of study...
- Texas Section 51.9242 - Readmission Of Student Who Withdraws To Perform Active Military Service
(a) This section applies only to a student who withdraws from an institution of higher education to perform active military service as a member of...
- Texas Section 51.9245 - Admission Of Person Receiving Athletic Scholarship
(a) In this section, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (b) A general academic teaching institution may not admit an...
- Texas Section 51.925 - Religious Holy Days
(a) An institution of higher education may not discriminate against or penalize in any way a member of the faculty of the institution who is...
- Texas Section 51.926 - Payroll Deductions For Qualified Retirement Plans
(a) On written authorization from a football coach who is entitled to participate in a qualified football coaches plan, an institution of higher education may:...
- Texas Section 51.927 - Energy Savings Performance Contracts
(a) In this section, "energy savings performance contract" means a contract for energy or water conservation measures to reduce energy or water consumption or operating...
- Texas Section 51.9271 - Energy-efficient Light Bulbs In Educational And Housing Facilities
(a) In this section, "housing facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 53.02. (b) An institution of higher education shall purchase for use in each...
- Texas Section 51.928 - Written Contracts Or Agreements Between Certain Institutions
(a) In this section, "governing board" and "institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003 of this code. (b) A written contract...
- Texas Section 51.929 - Prohibition Against Certain Extensions Of Credit By Certain Retail Stores
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a retail store that is owned or operated by an institution of higher education may...
- Texas Section 51.930 - National Student Exchange Program
(a) In this section: (1) "General academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003 of this code. (2) "National student exchange program" means...
- Texas Section 51.931 - Right To An Academic Fresh Start
(a) This section applies to any public institution of higher education as defined in Section 61.003 of this code. (b) Unless otherwise prohibited by law,...
- Texas Section 51.932 - Motor Vehicles Owned And Used By State-supported Institutions
(a) A motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that is the property of and used exclusively by any institution of higher education as defined by Section...
- Texas Section 51.9325 - Retirement Incentives
(a) A medical and dental unit may offer a retirement incentive to an employee of the unit who is eligible to retire under Subtitle C,...
- Texas Section 51.933 - Immunization Requirements; Exception
(a) An institution of higher education may require applicants for admission to be immunized against diphtheria, rubeola, rubella, mumps, tetanus, and poliomyelitis, except as provided...
- Texas Section 51.9335 - Acquisition Of Goods And Services
(a) An institution of higher education may acquire goods or services by the method that provides the best value to the institution, including: (1) competitive...
- Texas Section 51.9336 - Electronic And Digital Signatures
(a) An institution of higher education or university system, as those terms are defined by Section 61.003, shall determine whether, and the extent to which,...
- Texas Section 51.9337 - Purchasing Authority Conditional; Required Standards
(a) An institution of higher education may not exercise the acquisition authority granted by Section 51.9335 or 73.115 unless the institution complies with this section....
- Texas Section 51.934 - Assignment, Transfer, Or Pledge Of Compensation
(a) In this section, "employee" means any person employed by an institution of higher education in an executive, administrative, or clerical capacity or as a...
- Texas Section 51.935 - Disruptive Activities
(a) A person commits an offense if the person, alone or in concert with others, intentionally engages in disruptive activity on the campus or property...
- Texas Section 51.9355 - Assistance Relating To Undergraduate Admissions, Financial Aid, And Testing
(a) The governing board of each general academic teaching institution shall establish an office at the institution to assist applicants, potential applicants, school counselors at...
- Texas Section 51.9356 - Designation Of Liaison Officer To Assist Students Formerly In Foster Care
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (b) Each institution of higher education shall designate at least...
- Texas Section 51.936 - Hazing
(a) Subchapter F, Chapter 37, applies to a postsecondary educational institution under this section in the same manner as that subchapter applies to a public...
- Texas Section 51.9361 - Risk Management Programs For Members And Advisors Of Student Organizations
(a) In this section: (1) "Advisor" means a person who: (A) serves in an advisory capacity to a student organization to provide guidance to the...
- Texas Section 51.9363 - Campus Sexual Assault Policy
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (b) Each institution of higher education shall adopt a policy...
- Texas Section 51.937 - Immunity From Liability For Volunteers
(a) A volunteer who is serving as a direct service volunteer for an institution of higher education is immune from civil liability for any act...
- Texas Section 51.940 - Student Debit Cards
(a) The governing board of an institution of higher education may establish a program to provide students enrolled at the institution with a debit card....
- Texas Section 51.941 - Purchase Of Agricultural Products
(a) An institution of higher education that purchases agricultural products shall give first preference to products grown, produced, or processed in this state if the...
- Texas Section 51.942 - Performance Evaluation Of Tenured Faculty
(a) In this section: (1) "Governing board" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (2) "Institution of higher education" means a general academic teaching institution,...
- Texas Section 51.943 - Renewal Of Faculty Employment Contracts
(a) In this section: (1) "Contract" means an agreement between an institution of higher education or its authorized agent and a faculty member that establishes...
- Texas Section 51.945 - Student Participation In Selection Of Food Service Contracts
(a) The governing board of an institution of higher education shall develop and implement policies that provide the students at the institution with a reasonable...
- Texas Section 51.946 - Student Debit Cards At Private Or Independent Institutions Of Higher Education
(a) The governing board of a private or independent institution of higher education may establish a program to provide students enrolled at the institution with...
- Texas Section 51.9461 - Charges And Fees For Certain Payments At Private Or Independent Institutions Of Higher Education
(a) In this section, "private or independent institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (b) This section applies only to a...
- Texas Section 51.947 - Payroll Deductions For Certain Organizations
(a) An employee of an institution of higher education may authorize a deduction each pay period from the employee's salary or wage payment for: (1)...
- Texas Section 51.948 - Restrictions On Contracts With Administrators
(a) The governing board of an institution of higher education may enter into an employment contract with an administrator that is to be paid in...
- Texas Section 51.950 - Policy Regulating Student Travel
(a) In this section, "governing board" and "institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. (b) Each governing board of an institution...
- Texas Section 51.951 - Confidentiality Of Certain Information Related To Purchase Or Sale Of Real Estate
(a) Information related to the location, purchase price, or sale price of real property purchased or sold by or for an institution of higher education,...
- Texas Section 51.952 - Student Health Insurance
(a) The governing board of a medical and dental unit may require a student enrolled at a medical and dental unit to have in effect...
- Texas Section 51.953 - Certain Revenue Received From Student Health Center Services
(a) In this section: (1) "Health benefit plan" means any health benefit plan regulated under the Insurance Code, including: (A) an individual or group health...
- Texas Section 51.954 - Disclosure Of Sponsors Of Contracted Research In Public Communications
(a) In any public communication the content of which is based on the results of sponsored research, a faculty member or other employee or appointee...
- Texas Section 51.954 - Disclosure Of Sponsors Of Research In Public Communications
(a) In any public communication the content of which is based on the results of sponsored research, a faculty member or other employee or appointee...
- Texas Section 51.955 - Prohibited State Agency Actions Related To Disclosure Of Publicly Funded Research
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (b) A state agency that expends appropriated funds may not:...
- Texas Section 51.960 - Grievance Rights On Certain Personnel Issues
(a) In this section: (1) "Faculty member" means a person employed full-time by an institution of higher education as a member of the institution's faculty,...
- Texas Section 51.961 - Leave Provisions For Employees Of University System Or Component Institution Of System
(a) In this section: (1) "Governing board" and "university system" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. (2) "Leave" includes vacation leave, sick leave, and...
- Texas Section 51.9611 - Payroll Deductions For Employees Of University System Or Institution Of Higher Education
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" and "university system" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. (b) The governing board of a university...
- Texas Section 51.962 - Merit Salary Increases
(a) An institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 may grant merit salary increases, including one-time merit payments, to employees described by this...
- Texas Section 51.963 - Employee With Multiple Appointments
A full-time employee of an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 who has appointments to more than one position at the same...
- Texas Section 51.964 - Hiring Of Certain Retirees
(a) An institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 may employ a person who has retired under the Teacher Retirement System (Subtitle C,...
- Texas Section 51.9645 - Prohibition Against Certain Activities By Financial Aid Employees
(a) In this section: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (2) "Student loan" means a loan for which the...
- Texas Section 51.965 - Employee Notification
(a) If a state law requires an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 to provide written notification to its officers or employees...
- Texas Section 51.966 - Insurance Coverage
(a) The governing board of an institution of higher education may purchase insurance insuring the institution and its employees against any liability, risk, or exposure...
- Texas Section 51.967 - Limitation On Educational Debt
No statute of limitations shall apply to a lawsuit, to the enforcement of a judgment, or to any other legal action to collect an educational...
- Texas Section 51.968 - Undergraduate Course Credit For High School Students Completing Postsecondary-level Program
(a) In this section: (1) "Advanced Placement examination" means an examination administered through the Advanced Placement Program. (2) "CLEP examination" means an examination administered through...
- Texas Section 51.9685 - Required Filing Of Degree Plan
(a) In this section: (1) "Degree plan" means a statement of the course of study requirements that an undergraduate student at an institution of higher...
- Texas Section 51.96851 - Learning Outcomes For Undergraduate Courses
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (b) To foster a transparent student learning environment at institutions...
- Texas Section 51.969 - Eligibility For Scholarship; Statement Required
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" and "university system" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. (b) A person is not eligible to...
- Texas Section 51.970 - Instructional Material For Blind And Visually Impaired Students And Students With Dyslexia
(a) In this section: (1) "Blind or visually impaired student" includes any student whose visual acuity is impaired to the extent that the student is...
- Texas Section 51.9701 - Assessment For Dyslexia
Unless otherwise provided by law, an institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, may not reassess a student determined to have dyslexia for...
- Texas Section 51.9705 - Notice Regarding Availability Of Textbooks Through Multiple Retailers
(a) In this section: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (2) "University-affiliated bookstore" means a bookstore that: (A) sells...
- Texas Section 51.971 - Compliance Program
(a) In this section: (1) "Compliance program" means a process to assess and ensure compliance by the officers and employees of an institution of higher...
- Texas Section 51.9715 - Release Of Student Academic Information
(a) An institution of higher education may request the submission of a signed consent form authorizing the institution to release academic course, grade, and credit...
- Texas Section 51.972 - On-site Reclaimed System Technologies Curriculum
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall encourage each institution of higher education to develop curriculum and provide related instruction regarding on-site reclaimed system technologies,...
- Texas Section 51.973 - Information Regarding Gang-free Zones
The governing board of each institution of higher education shall ensure that any student handbook or similar publication for the institution includes information on gang-free...
- Texas Section 51.974 - Internet Access To Course Information
(a) Each institution of higher education, other than a medical and dental unit, as defined by Section 61.003, shall make available to the public on...
- Texas Section 51.9741 - Internet Access To Financial Transactions
(a) Each institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, shall post on the institution's Internet website a copy of the institution's financial transactions...
- Texas Section 51.9745 - Internet Access To Faculty Information
(a) Each general academic teaching institution, as defined by Section 61.003, shall make available to the public on the institution's Internet website the following information...
- Texas Section 51.9746 - Internet Access To Employment Data
(a) In this section, "general academic teaching institution" and "public state college" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. (b) Each general academic teaching institution...
- Texas Section 51.975 - Sharing Of Underused Classrooms
(a) A public institution of higher education may make the institution's classrooms not scheduled for use by the institution or by students, student organizations, or...
- Texas Section 51.976 - Training And Examination Program For Employees Of Campus Programs For Minors On Warning Signs Of Sexual Abuse And Child Molestation
(a) In this section: (1) "Camper" means a minor who is attending a campus program for minors. (2) "Campus program for minors" means a program...
- Texas Section 51.9761 - Child Abuse Reporting Policy And Training
(a) In this section, "other maltreatment" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code. (b) Each institution of higher education shall adopt a...
- Texas Section 51.977 - Employment Policies For Nurses In Medical And Dental Units
(a) The president of a medical and dental unit, as defined by Section 61.003, shall determine whether a nurse employed by the unit for patient...
- Texas Section 51.978 - Temporary Housing Between Academic Terms For Certain Students Formerly Under Conservatorship Of Department Of Family And Protective Services
(a) In this section: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (2) "Academic term" includes a summer session. (b) To...