Texas Education Code Title 3, Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 61.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Higher Education Coordinating Act of 1965. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1,...
• Texas Section 61.002 - Purpose
  (a) The purpose of this chapter is to establish in the field of public higher education in the State of Texas an agency to provide...

SUBCHAPTER B ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 61.003 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) "Public junior college" means any junior college certified by the board in...
• Texas Section 61.021 - Establishment Of Coordinating Board: Functions
  (a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is an agency of the state. It shall have its office in Austin. It shall perform only the...
• Texas Section 61.0211 - Sunset Provision
  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,...
• Texas Section 61.022 - Members Of Board; Appointment; Terms Of Office
  (a) The board shall consist of nine members appointed by the governor so as to provide representation from all areas of the state with the...
• Texas Section 61.0221 - Duty In Making Or Confirming Appointments
  (a) In making or confirming appointments to the coordinating board, the governor and senate shall ensure that the appointee has the background and experience suitable...
• Texas Section 61.0222 - Restrictions On Board Appointment, Membership, And Employment
  (a) A member of the board must be a representative of the general public. A person is not eligible for appointment as a member of...
• Texas Section 61.0223 - Removal Of Board Member
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a member: (1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications...
• Texas Section 61.0224 - Training Of Board Members
  (a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the board may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as...
• Texas Section 61.0225 - Nonvoting Student Representative
  (a) In this section: (1) "Board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board or its successor agency. (2) "Student government" means the representative student organization...
• Texas Section 61.023 - Board Officers
  The governor shall designate a chairman and vice chairman of the board. The board shall appoint a secretary of the board whose duties may be...
• Texas Section 61.024 - Compensation And Expenses Of Members
  Members of the board shall serve without pay but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board or in...
• Texas Section 61.025 - Quorum; Meetings; Agenda
  (a) A majority of the membership of the board constitutes a quorum. (b) Except as provided by Section 551.126, Government Code, the board shall hold...
• Texas Section 61.026 - Committees And Advisory Committees
  (a) The chair may appoint committees from the board's membership as the chair or the board considers necessary. (b) The board may appoint advisory committees...
• Texas Section 61.026 - Committees And Advisory Committees
  (a) The chairman may appoint committees from the board's membership as the chairman or the board may find necessary from time to time. The board...
• Texas Section 61.0261 - Uniform Pre-nursing Curriculum Advisory Committee
  (a) In this section: (1) "Pre-nursing curriculum" means a curriculum designed to prepare students for enrollment in an undergraduate professional nursing program. (2) "Undergraduate professional...
• Texas Section 61.027 - Rules Of Procedure; Hearings; Notice; Minutes
  The board shall adopt and publish rules and regulations in accordance with and under the conditions applied to other agencies by Chapter 2001, Government Code...
• Texas Section 61.028 - Commissioner Of Higher Education; Personnel; Consultants
  (a) The board shall appoint a commissioner of higher education, who shall select and supervise the board's staff and perform other duties delegated to him...
• Texas Section 61.029 - Internal Auditor
  (a) The board shall appoint an internal auditor for the board. (b) The internal auditor shall report directly to the board on all matters, other...
• Texas Section 61.030 - Qualifications And Standards Of Board Members And Employees
  The board shall provide to its members and employees, as often as necessary, information regarding their qualifications for office or employment under this chapter and...
• Texas Section 61.031 - Public Interest Information And Complaints
  (a) The board shall maintain a file on each written complaint filed with the board. The file must include: (1) the name of the person...
• Texas Section 61.032 - Notice Of National Compact Meetings
  The commissioner of higher education or the commissioner's designee on behalf of Texas members of the Board of Control for Southern Regional Education shall file...
• Texas Section 61.033 - Negotiated Rulemaking; Alternative Dispute Resolution
  (a) The board shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of: (1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government Code, for the...
• Texas Section 61.0331 - Negotiated Rulemaking Required
  The board shall engage institutions of higher education in a negotiated rulemaking process as described by Chapter 2008, Government Code, when adopting a policy, procedure,...
• Texas Section 61.034 - Effective Use Of Technology
  The board shall develop and implement a policy that requires the commissioner of higher education and the staff of the board to research and propose...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD

• Texas Section 61.035 - Compliance Monitoring
  (a) The board, in consultation with affected stakeholders, shall adopt rules to establish an agency-wide, risk-based compliance monitoring function for: (1) funds allocated by the...
• Texas Section 61.051 - Coordination Of Institutions Of Public Higher Education
  (a) The board represents the highest authority in the state in matters of public higher education and is charged with the duty to take an...
• Texas Section 61.0512 - Board Approval Of Academic Programs
  (a) A new degree or certificate program may be added at an institution of higher education only with specific prior approval of the board. A...
• Texas Section 61.05121 - State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement
  (a) The board on behalf of the state may enter into a state authorization reciprocity agreement among states, districts, and territories regarding the delivery of...
• Texas Section 61.0513 - Court Reporter Programs
  The board may not certify a court reporter program under Section 61.051(f) unless the program has received approval from the Judicial Branch Certification Commission. Added...
• Texas Section 61.0514 - Integrated Coursework
  The board, with the cooperation and advice of the State Board for Educator Certification, shall adopt educator preparation coursework guidelines that promote, to the greatest...
• Texas Section 61.0515 - Semester Credit Hours Required For Baccalaureate Degree
  (a) To earn a baccalaureate degree, a student may not be required by a general academic teaching institution to complete more than the minimum number...
• Texas Section 61.05151 - Semester Credit Hours Required For Associate Degree
  (a) To earn an associate degree, a student may not be required by an institution of higher education to complete more than the minimum number...
• Texas Section 61.0517 - Applied Stem Courses
  (a) In this section, "applied STEM course" means an applied science, technology, engineering, or mathematics course offered as part of a school district's career and...
• Texas Section 61.0518 - Study On Undergraduate Course Credit For Advanced Placement Examinations
  (a) In this section, "Advanced Placement examination" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.968. (b) The board, in consultation with institutions of higher education, the...
• Texas Section 61.052 - List Of Courses; Annual Submission To Board
  (a) Each governing board shall submit to the board once each year on dates designated by the board a comprehensive list by department, division, and...
• Texas Section 61.053 - Board Orders; Notice
  (a) Any order of the board affecting the classification, role and scope, and program of any institution of higher education may be entered only after:...
• Texas Section 61.054 - Expenditures For Programs Disapproved By Board
  No funds appropriated to any institution of higher education may be expended for any program which has been disapproved by the board, unless the program...
• Texas Section 61.055 - Partnerships Or Affiliations
  (a) The board shall encourage cooperative programs and agreements among institutions of higher education, including programs and agreements relating to degree offerings, research activities, and...
• Texas Section 61.056 - Review Of Legislation Establishing Additional Institutions
  Any proposed statute which would establish an additional institution of higher education, except a public junior college, shall be submitted, either prior to introduction or...
• Texas Section 61.057 - Promotion Of Teaching Excellence
  To achieve excellence in the teaching of students at institutions and agencies of higher education, the board shall: (1) develop and recommend: (A) minimum faculty...
• Texas Section 61.0571 - Board Assistance To Institutions
  (a) The board shall advise and offer technical assistance on the request of any institution of higher education or system administration. (b) The board shall...
• Texas Section 61.0572 - Construction Funds And Development Of Physical Plants
  (a) To assure efficient use of construction funds and the orderly development of physical plants to accommodate projected college student enrollments, the board shall carry...
• Texas Section 61.058 - New Construction And Repair And Rehabilitation Projects
  (a) This section does not apply to buildings and facilities that are to be used exclusively for auxiliary enterprises and will not require appropriations from...
• Texas Section 61.0581 - Powers Unaffected By Certain Constitutional Amendment
  The powers of the board and the legislature, including the powers granted under Section 61.058 of this code, are not limited by the constitutional amendments...
• Texas Section 61.05821 - Condition Of Buildings And Facilities; Annual Report Required
  Each institution of higher education, excluding each public junior college and excluding other agencies of higher education, annually shall report to the governing board of...
• Texas Section 61.0583 - Audit Of Facilities
  (a) The board periodically shall conduct a comprehensive audit of all educational and general facilities on the campuses of public senior colleges and universities and...
• Texas Section 61.059 - Appropriations
  (a) To finance a system of higher education and to secure an equitable distribution of state funds deemed to be available for higher education, the...
• Texas Section 61.0592 - Funding For Courses Provided During Off-peak Hours At Certain Institutions
  (a) The purposes of this section are: (1) to ensure that student demand for courses is met; and (2) to encourage the efficient use of...
• Texas Section 61.0593 - Student Success-based Funding Recommendations
  (a) The legislature finds that it is in the state's highest public interest to evaluate student achievement at institutions of higher education and to develop...
• Texas Section 61.0594 - Coordinated Funding Of Graduate Medical Education
  (a) The board shall administer a program to support graduate medical education programs in this state consistent with the needs of this state for graduate...
• Texas Section 61.0595 - Funding For Certain Excess Undergraduate Credit Hours
  (a) In the formulas established under Section 61.059, the board may not include funding for semester credit hours earned by a resident undergraduate student who...
• Texas Section 61.0596 - University Funding For Excellence In Specific Programs And Fields; Incentive Grants
  (a) The board shall administer this section to encourage and assist general academic teaching institutions, other than public state colleges, that are not research universities...
• Texas Section 61.060 - Control Of Public Junior Colleges
  The board shall exercise, under the acts of the legislature, general control of the public junior colleges of this state, on and after September 1,...
• Texas Section 61.061 - Policies, Rules, And Regulations Respecting Junior Colleges
  The board has the responsibility for adopting policies, enacting regulations, and establishing general rules necessary for carrying out the duties with respect to public junior...
• Texas Section 61.062 - Powers Respecting Junior Colleges
  (a) The board may authorize the creation of public junior college districts as provided in the applicable laws. In the exercise of this authority the...
• Texas Section 61.063 - Listing And Certification Of Junior Colleges
  The commissioner of higher education shall file with the state comptroller on or before October 1 of each year a list of the public junior...
• Texas Section 61.064 - Cooperative Undertakings With Private Colleges And Universities
  The board shall: (1) enlist the cooperation of private colleges and universities in developing a statewide plan for the orderly growth of the Texas system...
• Texas Section 61.065 - Reporting; Accounting
  (a) The comptroller of public accounts and the board jointly shall prescribe and periodically update a uniform system of financial accounting and reporting for institutions...
• Texas Section 61.0651 - Management Policies
  (a) The coordinating board shall adopt and recommend management policies applicable to institutions of higher education in relation to management of human resources and physical...
• Texas Section 61.0661 - Opportunities For Graduate Medical Education
  (a) The board shall conduct an assessment of the adequacy of opportunities for graduates of medical schools in this state to enter graduate medical education...
• Texas Section 61.0662 - Information On Research Conducted By Institutions
  (a) The board shall maintain an inventory of all institutional and programmatic research activities being conducted by the various institutions of higher education, whether state-financed...
• Texas Section 61.0663 - Inventory Of Postsecondary Educational Programs And Services For Persons With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities
  (a) The board shall maintain an inventory of all postsecondary educational programs and services provided for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities by institutions of...
• Texas Section 61.0664 - Collection And Study Of Data On Participation Of Persons With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities In Higher Education
  (a) The board shall collect and maintain data relating to undergraduate and graduate level participation of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities at institutions of...
• Texas Section 61.0665 - Study On Use And Availability Of Electronic Textbooks
  (a) The board shall conduct a study and recommend policies regarding the use and availability of electronic textbooks in higher education in this state and...
• Texas Section 61.067 - Contracts
  In achieving the goals outlined in this chapter and in performing the functions assigned to it, the board may contract with any other state governmental...
• Texas Section 61.068 - Gifts, Grants, Donations
  The board may accept gifts, grants, or donations of personal property from any individual, group, association, or corporation, or the United States, subject to such...
• Texas Section 61.069 - Board Role In Establishing Best Practices
  (a) The board may administer or oversee a program to identify best practices only in cases where funding or other restrictions prevent entities other than...
• Texas Section 61.071 - Student Representatives On Certain Board Advisory Committees
  (a) In this section: (1) "Board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board or its successor agency. (2) "Student government" means the representative student organization...
• Texas Section 61.072 - Regulation Of Foreign Student Tuition
  The board shall adopt rules and policies to be followed by the governing boards of institutions of higher education in fixing foreign student tuition fees...
• Texas Section 61.073 - Allocation Of Funds For Tuition And Fee Exemptions
  Funds shall be appropriated to the board for allocation to each junior college in an amount equal to the total of all tuition and fees...
• Texas Section 61.074 - Official Grade Point Average
  The board shall by rule establish a mandatory uniform method of calculating the official grade point average of a student enrolled in, or seeking admission...
• Texas Section 61.075 - Courses Benefitting Military Installations
  (a) The coordinating board by rule shall provide for the offering of courses and degree programs on military installations, including significant new naval military facilities....
• Texas Section 61.076 - P-16 Council
  (a) It is the policy of the State of Texas that the entire system of education supported with public funds be coordinated to provide the...
• Texas Section 61.07611 - Developmental Education Plan; Report
  (a) To serve students who require developmental education in an effective and cost-effective manner, the board shall develop a statewide plan for developmental education to...
• Texas Section 61.0762 - Programs To Enhance Student Success
  (a) To enhance the success of students at institutions of higher education, the board by rule shall: (1) develop higher education bridge programs in the...
• Texas Section 61.07621 - Texas Governor's Schools
  (a) A Texas governor's school is a summer residential program for high-achieving high school students. A governor's school program may include any or all of...
• Texas Section 61.0763 - Student Loan Default Prevention And Financial Aid Literacy Pilot Program
  (a) In this section, "career school or college" has the meaning assigned by Section 132.001. (b) Not later than January 1, 2014, the board shall...
• Texas Section 61.0766 - Mathematics, Science, And Technology Teacher Preparation Academies
  (a) From funds appropriated for that purpose, the board shall establish academies at institutions of higher education to improve the instructional skills of teachers certified...
• Texas Section 61.077 - Academic Advising Assessment
  (a) The board shall establish a method for assessing the quality and effectiveness of academic advising services available to students at each institution of higher...
• Texas Section 61.0771 - Distance Learning Master Plan
  (a) The board, in cooperation with institutions of higher education, shall develop a master plan for the development of distance learning and other applications of...
• Texas Section 61.0775 - Business Research And Development
  (a) The board shall designate an institution of higher education with appropriate facilities and resources to conduct a continuing study of the programs and other...
• Texas Section 61.0776 - Center For Financial Aid Information
  (a) The board, in cooperation with public and private or independent institutions of higher education, the Texas Education Agency, public school counselors, representatives of student...
• Texas Section 61.07761 - Financial Aid And Other Trusteed Funds Allocation
  (a) For any funds trusteed to the board for allocation to institutions of higher education and private or independent institutions of higher education, including financial...
• Texas Section 61.0777 - Uniform Standards For Publication Of Cost Of Attendance Information
  (a) The board shall prescribe uniform standards intended to ensure that information regarding the cost of attendance at institutions of higher education is available to...
• Texas Section 61.0778 - Online Information Regarding Certain Career Educational Entities
  (a) In this section, "commission" means the Texas Workforce Commission. (b) The board and commission jointly shall develop a comprehensive strategy to improve and coordinate...
• Texas Section 61.079 - Waste Management Degree Programs And Research
  (a) The board shall initiate and encourage the development of and by rule shall adopt standards for the approval of elective courses in waste management...
• Texas Section 61.080 - Continuing Study Of Minority Participation In Higher Education
  (a) The board shall collect data and maintain a database relating to the participation of members of racial and ethnic minority groups in this state...
• Texas Section 61.0816 - Information Regarding Higher Education Authorities
  (a) The board shall collect and make available to the public on request information regarding higher education authorities operating under Chapters 53, 53A, and 53B...
• Texas Section 61.0817 - Individual Development Account Information Program
  (a) The board shall establish and administer a program to provide student financial aid offices at public junior colleges with information and other assistance to...
• Texas Section 61.082 - Research
  (a) The board shall: (1) encourage institutions of higher education and the faculty of those institutions to individually or through collaborative effort conduct human immunodeficiency...
• Texas Section 61.0821 - Research On Border Region Environmental Issues
  (a) In this section, "border region" means the area composed of the counties of Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brewster, Brooks, Cameron, Crockett, Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards,...
• Texas Section 61.0822 - Contract With Texas Board Of Architectural Examiners
  The board may contract with the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners to administer the examination fee scholarship program established under Section 1051.206, Occupations Code. Added...
• Texas Section 61.084 - Training For Members Of Governing Boards
  (a) The board by rule shall establish a training program for members of the governing boards of institutions of higher education. Each member of a...
• Texas Section 61.0841 - Intensive Short Course For Appointed Members Of Governing Boards
  (a) The board shall develop an intensive short orientation course for members of the governing boards of institutions of higher education who hold appointive positions....
• Texas Section 61.085 - On-line Surplus Property Resource
  (a) The board shall establish and maintain an Internet site or similar facility accessible to school districts by telecommunication to allow an institution of higher...
• Texas Section 61.087 - Matching Scholarships To Retain Students In Texas
  (a) The board shall adopt rules that allow a public or private or independent institution of higher education to use any funds appropriated to the...
• Texas Section 61.089 - State Science And Engineering Fairs
  (a) The board shall conduct an annual state science and engineering fair as part of an outreach program for middle school, junior high school, and...
• Texas Section 61.0899 - Assistance In Certain Rural Health Care Loan Reimbursement And Stipend Programs
  The board shall, in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture, ensure that the board seeks to obtain the maximum amount of funds from any source,...
• Texas Section 61.090 - Pilot Centers For Advancement Of Quality In Long-term Care
  (a) The governing board of the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and the governing board of the Texas Tech University...
• Texas Section 61.0901 - Incentives To Promote Retention And Graduation Of Nursing Students
  (a) In this section, "professional nursing program" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.9621. (b) The board shall consider and develop methods to promote the...
• Texas Section 61.0902 - Publication Of Performance Data Of General Academic Teaching Institutions
  (a) The board shall administer a program to publish performance data provided to the board by general academic teaching institutions under this section. (b) Not...
• Texas Section 61.09021 - Comparison Tool
  (a) The board shall make available to the public on the board's Internet website a search tool that allows a person to compare general academic...
• Texas Section 61.0903 - Certificate Of Recognition For Major Donors To Institutions Of Higher Education
  (a) The board shall design and produce a certificate of recognition for presentation by an institution of higher education to a person who in any...
• Texas Section 61.0904 - Review Of Institutional Groupings
  (a) At least once every 10 years, the board shall conduct a review of the institutional groupings under the board's higher education accountability system, including...
• Texas Section 61.0906 - Tracking System For Medical Training And Practice Choices
  (a) The board by rule shall establish a system under which the board acquires and maintains data regarding the initial residency program choices made by...
• Texas Section 61.0907 - Report Projecting Workforce Needs
  (a) The board, in conjunction with the Texas Workforce Commission and in consultation with any other state agency as requested by the board or the...
• Texas Section 61.0908 - Designation Of Liaison Officer To Assist Students Formerly In Foster Care
  The board shall designate at least one employee of the board to act as a liaison officer for current and incoming students at institutions of...

SUBCHAPTER D CONTRACTS WITH BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND BAYLOR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY

• Texas Section 61.0909 - Memorandum Of Understanding Regarding Exchange Of Information For Students Formerly In Foster Care
  (a) In this section, "department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services. (b) The board and the department shall enter into a memorandum of...
• Texas Section 61.091 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Bona fide Texas resident" means a person defined as a "resident student" in Subchapter B, Chapter 54 of this code, and...
• Texas Section 61.092 - Contracts With Baylor College Of Medicine
  (a) The board may contract with Baylor College of Medicine for the administration, direction, and performance of all services and the provision, maintenance, operation, and...
• Texas Section 61.093 - Disbursements
  (a) In the exercise of the authority described in Section 61.092 of this code, the board may disburse to Baylor College of Medicine, during each...
• Texas Section 61.095 - Restrictions
  The rights, powers, and authority granted in this subchapter shall not be subject to restriction, limitation, obligation, or requirement provided in Section 61.058 of this...

SUBCHAPTER F TUITION EQUALIZATION GRANTS

• Texas Section 61.097 - Contracts With Respect To Resident Physicians
  (a) The board shall contract with Baylor College of Medicine for the administration, direction, and performance of services necessary or proper to the education, training,...
• Texas Section 61.221 - Tuition Equalization Grants Authorized
  In order to provide the maximum possible utilization of existing educational resources and facilities within this state, both public and private, the coordinating board is...
• Texas Section 61.222 - Approved Institutions
  (a) The coordinating board shall approve only those private or independent colleges or universities that are private or independent institutions of higher education as defined...
• Texas Section 61.223 - Nondiscrimination Regulations
  The coordinating board shall make such regulations as may be necessary to insure compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VI (Public Law...
• Texas Section 61.224 - Application Of General Appropriations Act Riders
  Those riders in the General Appropriations Act that apply to expenditure of state funds at state-supported colleges and universities shall also apply to expenditure of...
• Texas Section 61.2251 - Eligibility For Grant; Persons Initially Awarded Grants During Or After 2005-2006 Academic Year
  (a) This section does not apply to a person who initially received a tuition equalization grant before the 2005-2006 academic year. (b) To be eligible...
• Texas Section 61.2252 - Reestablishing Eligibility For Grant
  If a person who receives an initial tuition equalization grant after the 2004-2005 academic year fails to meet any of the applicable requirements of this...
• Texas Section 61.226 - Application Of Laws To Receiving Institutions
  Any college or university receiving any benefit under the provisions of this subchapter, either directly or indirectly, shall be subject to all present or future...
• Texas Section 61.227 - Payment Of Grant; Amount
  (a) On determination of a person's financial need, the institution at which the student is enrolled shall certify the amount of the tuition equalization grant...
• Texas Section 61.228 - Implementation Of Grant Program
  This subchapter applies to freshmen (first year) students beginning in the fall semester of 1971; to freshmen and sophomores in 1972; to freshmen, sophomores, and...
• Texas Section 61.229 - Promulgation And Distribution Of Regulations
  (a) The coordinating board may make reasonable regulations, consistent with the purposes and policies of this subchapter, to enforce the requirements, conditions, and limitations expressed...

SUBCHAPTER G REGULATION OF PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

• Texas Section 61.230 - Annual Report
  The coordinating board shall include in its annual report to the legislature on financial aid in this state a breakdown of tuition equalization grant recipients...
• Texas Section 61.301 - Purpose
  It is the policy and purpose of the State of Texas to prevent deception of the public resulting from the conferring and use of fraudulent...
• Texas Section 61.302 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Degree" means any title or designation, mark, abbreviation, appellation, or series of letters or words, including associate, bachelor's, master's, doctor's, and...
• Texas Section 61.3021 - Review Of Degree Not Otherwise Regulated By Subchapter
  (a) The board by rule shall establish a process for reviewing and approving a degree conferred by a person described by Section 61.302(11)(B) or (C)....
• Texas Section 61.303 - Exemptions
  (a) The provisions of this subchapter do not in any way apply to an institution which is fully accredited by a recognized accrediting agency, or...
• Texas Section 61.304 - Requisite Authority To Grant Degrees And Offer Courses; Offenses
  (a) A person may not grant or award a degree or offer to grant or award a degree on behalf of a private postsecondary educational...
• Texas Section 61.305 - Application For Certificate Of Authority
  (a) A private postsecondary educational institution that has been in operation for not less than two years may apply to the board for a certificate...
• Texas Section 61.306 - Issuance Of Certificate
  (a) The board may issue a certificate of authority to grant a degree or degrees and to enroll students for courses which may be applicable...
• Texas Section 61.307 - Amendments To Applications
  (a) The chief administrative officers of each institution which has been issued a certificate of authority shall immediately notify the board of any change in...
• Texas Section 61.308 - Renewal Of Certificate
  (a) A private postsecondary educational institution which desires to renew its certificate of authority shall apply to the board at least 180 days prior to...
• Texas Section 61.309 - Revocation Of Certificate Of Authority
  The board may revoke a certificate of authority to grant degrees at any time if it finds that: (1) any statement contained in an application...
• Texas Section 61.310 - Appeal
  An institution whose application for an original, amended, or renewal certificate of authority to grant degrees is denied by the board is entitled to written...
• Texas Section 61.311 - Rules And Regulations
  (a) The board shall promulgate standards, rules, and regulations governing the administration of this subchapter. (b) The board may delegate to the commissioner such authority...
• Texas Section 61.312 - Honorary Degrees; Offenses
  (a) No person may award or offer to award an honorary degree on behalf of a private postsecondary educational institution subject to the provisions of...
• Texas Section 61.313 - Use Of Protected Term In Name Of Institution; Offenses
  (a) Unless the institution has been issued a certificate of authority under this subchapter, a person may not: (1) use the term "college," "university," "seminary,"...
• Texas Section 61.314 - Advisory Council On Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions
  (a) The board shall appoint an advisory council on private postsecondary educational institutions consisting of six members with experience in the field of higher education,...
• Texas Section 61.315 - Agents And Records
  The authorized or certified institutions may be required to furnish a list of their agents to the board, and to maintain records of students enrolled,...
• Texas Section 61.316 - Administrative Penalties
  (a) If a person violates a provision of this subchapter, the commissioner may assess an administrative penalty against the person as provided by this section....
• Texas Section 61.318 - Injunctions
  (a) The commissioner may report information concerning a possible violation of this subchapter to the attorney general. The attorney general shall make the necessary investigations...
• Texas Section 61.319 - Civil Penalty
  (a) A person who violates this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter is liable for a civil penalty in addition to any injunctive...
• Texas Section 61.320 - Application Of Deceptive Trade Practices Act
  (a) A person who violates this subchapter commits a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice within the meaning of Section 17.46, Business & Commerce...

SUBCHAPTER H REGULATION OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION ESTABLISHED OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

• Texas Section 61.321 - Information Provided To Protect Public From Fraudulent, Substandard, Or Fictitious Degrees
  To protect the public from private postsecondary educational institutions or other persons that confer or offer to confer fraudulent or substandard degrees and from persons...
• Texas Section 61.401 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Public institution of higher education" includes any senior college, university, community college, technical institute, or junior college or the equivalent which...
• Texas Section 61.402 - Requisite Approval
  (a) Public institutions of higher education established outside the boundaries of the State of Texas must have the approval of the coordinating board before offering...
• Texas Section 61.403 - Rules And Regulations
  The coordinating board shall prepare rules and regulations which, when properly followed, may qualify a public institution of higher education established outside the boundaries of...
• Texas Section 61.404 - Procedures In Case Of Violation
  If the coordinating board obtains evidence that a public institution of higher education established outside the boundaries of the State of Texas is in apparent...

SUBCHAPTER I CONTRACTS FOR MEDICAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS

• Texas Section 61.405 - Advisory Committees
  The coordinating board may appoint such advisory committees as deemed useful for the effective administration of this subchapter. Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p....
• Texas Section 61.501 - Definitions
  As used in this subchapter: (1) "Medical school" means the medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the medical school...
• Texas Section 61.502 - Contracts
  The board may contract with a medical school, licensed hospitals, or nonprofit corporations for the purpose of establishing and operating an approved Family Practice Residency...
• Texas Section 61.503 - Rules And Regulations
  The board shall adopt rules and regulations to implement this subchapter, including rules providing for: (1) prior consultation on the annual budget with the board;...
• Texas Section 61.504 - Disbursements
  (a) Pursuant to a contract, the board may disburse through the designated project director to a medical school, licensed hospitals, or nonprofit corporations funds for...
• Texas Section 61.505 - Advisory Committee
  (a) The Family Practice Residency Advisory Committee is created and shall consist of 12 members. One member shall be a licensed physician appointed by the...

SUBCHAPTER J REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN PHYSICIAN EDUCATION LOANS

• Texas Section 61.506 - Family Practice Residency Training Pilot Programs
  (a) The Family Practice Residency Advisory Committee shall work to enhance approved family practice residency programs and to establish not less than three or more...
• Texas Section 61.531 - Repayment Authorized
  (a) The coordinating board may provide, using funds appropriated for that purpose and in accordance with this subchapter and rules of the board, assistance in...
• Texas Section 61.532 - Eligibility
  (a) To be eligible to receive repayment assistance, a physician must: (1) apply to the coordinating board; (2) at the time of application, be licensed...
• Texas Section 61.533 - Limitation
  (a) A physician may receive repayment assistance grants for not more than four years. (b) Repayment assistance grants paid in relation to services described by...
• Texas Section 61.534 - Eligible Loans
  (a) The coordinating board may provide repayment assistance for the repayment of any student loan for education at an institution of higher education, including loans...
• Texas Section 61.535 - Repayment
  (a) The coordinating board shall deliver any repayment made under this subchapter in a lump sum payable: (1) to both the physician and the lender...
• Texas Section 61.536 - Advisory Committees
  The coordinating board may appoint advisory committees from outside the board's membership to assist the board in performing its duties under this subchapter. Added by...
• Texas Section 61.5361 - Acceptance Of Funds
  The coordinating board may accept gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1084, Sec. 1.28,...
• Texas Section 61.537 - Rules
  (a) The coordinating board shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this subchapter. (b) The coordinating board shall distribute to each medical unit and...
• Texas Section 61.538 - Amount Of Repayment Assistance
  (a) A physician may receive repayment assistance under this subchapter in the amount determined by board rule, not to exceed the following amounts for each...
• Texas Section 61.5391 - Physician Education Loan Repayment Program Account
  (a) The physician education loan repayment program account is an account in the general revenue fund. The account is composed of: (1) gifts and grants...
• Texas Section 61.5392 - Federal Matching Funds
  (a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the Health and Human Services Commission shall seek any federal matching funds that are available for the purposes...

SUBCHAPTER K REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LOANS

• Texas Section 61.540 - Loan Repayment Assistance Under Former Law; Saving Provision
  (a) This subsection applies only to a person who entered into a written agreement to perform service as a physician in exchange for loan repayment...
• Texas Section 61.601 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "mental health professional" means: (1) a licensed physician who is: (A) a graduate of an accredited psychiatric residency training program; or (B)...
• Texas Section 61.602 - Repayment Authorized
  If the legislature appropriates funds for purposes of this subchapter, the board shall establish a program to provide, in accordance with this subchapter and rules...
• Texas Section 61.603 - Eligibility
  (a) To be eligible to receive repayment assistance under this subchapter, a mental health professional must: (1) apply to the board; (2) have completed one,...
• Texas Section 61.604 - Limitations
  (a) A mental health professional may receive repayment assistance under this subchapter for not more than five years. (b) Not more than 10 percent of...
• Texas Section 61.605 - Eligible Loans
  (a) The board may provide repayment assistance under this subchapter for the repayment of any student loan for education at an institution of higher education,...
• Texas Section 61.606 - Repayment
  (a) The board shall deliver any repayment under this subchapter in a lump sum payable: (1) to both the lender or other holder of the...
• Texas Section 61.607 - Amount Of Repayment Assistance
  (a) A mental health professional may receive repayment assistance under this subchapter for each year the mental health professional establishes eligibility for the assistance in...
• Texas Section 61.608 - Rules
  (a) The board shall adopt rules necessary to administer this subchapter. (b) The board shall distribute to each institution of higher education or private or...

SUBCHAPTER L FINANCIAL AID FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING STUDENTS AND VOCATIONAL NURSING STUDENTS AND LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN NURSES

• Texas Section 61.609 - Solicitation And Acceptance Of Funds
  The board may solicit and accept gifts and grants from any public or private source for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 2015,...
• Texas Section 61.651 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Professional nursing student" means a student enrolled in an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher...
• Texas Section 61.652 - Scholarship Program
  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall establish and administer, using funds appropriated for that purpose and in accordance with this subchapter and board rules,...
• Texas Section 61.653 - Matching Fund Program
  The board shall establish and administer, using funds appropriated for that purpose and in accordance with this subchapter and board rules, a matching fund program...
• Texas Section 61.654 - Loan Repayment Program
  The board shall establish and administer, using funds appropriated for that purpose and in accordance with this subchapter and board rules, an educational loan repayment...
• Texas Section 61.655 - Purpose; Eligibility
  (a) A scholarship program, matching fund program, or loan repayment program established under this subchapter shall be established and administered in a manner that the...
• Texas Section 61.656 - Rules
  (a) The board shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this subchapter. (b) The board shall adopt rules relating to the establishment of the...
• Texas Section 61.657 - Advisory Committees
  (a) The board shall appoint a 10-member advisory committee to advise the board concerning assistance provided under this subchapter to professional nursing students. The advisory...
• Texas Section 61.658 - Funding
  (a) In addition to funds appropriated by the legislature, the board may accept gifts, grants, and donations of real or personal property from any individual,...

SUBCHAPTER M REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN TEACHER AND FACULTY EDUCATION LOANS

• Texas Section 61.659 - Administrative Costs
  A reasonable amount, not to exceed 10 percent, of the funds appropriated by the legislature to fund the programs established under this subchapter, may be...
• Texas Section 61.701 - Repayment Authorized
  The board may provide, in accordance with this subchapter and board rules, assistance in the repayment of student loans for persons who apply and qualify...
• Texas Section 61.702 - Eligibility For Classroom Teacher Repayment Assistance
  (a) To be eligible to receive repayment assistance for classroom teachers, a person must apply to the board and must: (1) have completed at least...
• Texas Section 61.7021 - Eligibility For Border Institution Faculty Repayment Assistance
  To be eligible to receive repayment assistance for border institution faculty, a person must apply to the board and must: (1) have received a doctoral...
• Texas Section 61.703 - Limitation
  A person may not receive repayment assistance grants for more than 10 years. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1084, Sec. 1.30, eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 61.704 - Eligible Loans
  (a) The board may provide repayment assistance for the repayment of any student loan for education at a public or private institution of higher education,...
• Texas Section 61.705 - Repayment
  (a) The board shall deliver any repayment made under this subchapter in a lump sum payable to the lender and the person, in accordance with...
• Texas Section 61.706 - Advisory Committees
  The board may appoint advisory committees from outside the board's membership to assist the board in performing its duties under this subchapter. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 61.707 - Acceptance Of Funds
  The board may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1084, Sec....

SUBCHAPTER O CONTRACTS WITH TEXAS CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE AND PARKER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC

• Texas Section 61.708 - Rules
  (a) The board shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this subchapter, including a rule that sets a maximum amount of repayment assistance that...
• Texas Section 61.771 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Texas resident" means a person entitled to pay resident tuition under Subchapter B, Chapter 54, of this code. (2) "Undergraduate chiropractic...
• Texas Section 61.772 - Contracts With Texas Chiropractic College And Parker College Of Chiropractic
  The board may contract with Texas Chiropractic College and Parker College of Chiropractic for the preparation or instruction of Texas resident undergraduate chiropractic students as...

SUBCHAPTER P-1 ENGINEERING RECRUITMENT PROGRAMS

• Texas Section 61.773 - Adoption And Distribution Of Rules
  (a) The board may adopt rules to administer this subchapter. (b) The board shall distribute to each state medical school copies of all rules adopted...
• Texas Section 61.791 - Engineering Summer Program
  (a) The board shall establish and administer, using funds appropriated for that purpose, a one-week summer program to take place on the campus of each...
• Texas Section 61.792 - Engineering Scholarship Program
  (a) The board shall establish and administer, using funds appropriated for that purpose, scholarships for students pursuing a degree in engineering at a general academic...

SUBCHAPTER Q TEXAS PARTNERSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

• Texas Section 61.793 - Funding
  The board shall administer this subchapter using available appropriations and gifts, grants, and donations made for the purposes of this subchapter. Redesignated from Education Code,...

SUBCHAPTER S TRANSFER OF CREDIT

• Texas Section 61.806 - Award Of Financial Assistance; Partnership Program
  Sec. 61.806. AWARD OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. (a) Expired. (b) Expired. (c) An eligible entity must make application to the board to receive financial...
• Texas Section 61.821 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Core curriculum" means the curriculum in liberal arts, humanities, and sciences and political, social, and cultural history that all undergraduate students...
• Texas Section 61.822 - Transfer Of Credits; Core Curriculum
  (a) The board shall encourage the transferability of lower division course credit among institutions of higher education. (a-1) The board, with the assistance of advisory...
• Texas Section 61.823 - Field Of Study Curriculum
  (a) The board, with the assistance of advisory committees composed of representatives of institutions of higher education, shall develop field of study curricula. Each advisory...
• Texas Section 61.8235 - Career And Technical Education Program Of Study Curricula
  (a) The board, with the assistance of institutions of higher education, career and technical education experts, and college and career readiness experts, shall establish alignment...
• Texas Section 61.824 - Institutional Evaluations
  Each institution shall review and evaluate the institution's core curriculum and applicable field of study curricula at intervals specified by the board and shall report...
• Texas Section 61.825 - Board Evaluations
  The board shall develop criteria to evaluate the transfer practices of each institution of higher education and shall evaluate the transfer practices of each institution...
• Texas Section 61.826 - Dispute Resolution
  (a) The board by rule shall adopt procedures to be followed by: (1) institutions of higher education in resolving disputes concerning the transfer of lower...
• Texas Section 61.827 - Rules
  The board is authorized to adopt rules implementing the provisions of this subchapter. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1016, Sec. 1, eff. June...
• Texas Section 61.828 - Concurrently Enrolled Students
  A student concurrently enrolled at more than one institution of higher education shall follow the core curriculum or the field of study curriculum of the...
• Texas Section 61.829 - Effect On Other Policies
  This subchapter does not affect the authority of an institution of higher education to adopt its own admission standards in compliance with this title or...
• Texas Section 61.830 - Publication Of Guidelines Addressing Transfer Practices
  In its course catalogs and on its website, each institution of higher education shall publish guidelines addressing the practices of the institution regarding the transfer...
• Texas Section 61.831 - Purpose Of Subchapter
  The purpose of this subchapter is to develop a seamless system of higher education with respect to student transfers between institutions of higher education, including...
• Texas Section 61.832 - Common Course Numbering System
  (a) The board shall approve a common course numbering system for lower-division courses to facilitate the transfer of those courses among institutions of higher education...

SUBCHAPTER T TECH-PREP EDUCATION

• Texas Section 61.833 - Credit Transfer For Associate Degree
  (a) In this section, (1) "lower-division institution of higher education" means a public junior college, public state college, or public technical institute; and (2) "reverse...
• Texas Section 61.851 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Articulation agreement" means a written commitment between the participants in a tech-prep consortium to a program designed to provide students with...
• Texas Section 61.852 - Tech-prep Program
  (a) A tech-prep program is a program of study that: (1) combines at least two years of secondary education with at least two years of...
• Texas Section 61.853 - Regional Tech-prep Consortia: Governing Board; Director; Fiscal Agent
  (a) Each regional tech-prep consortium is governed by a governing board composed of private sector and public sector leaders in the ratio agreed to by...
• Texas Section 61.854 - Tech-prep Consortium Allotment
  (a) In each fiscal year, the board, as the agent of the Texas Education Agency, shall allot the federal tech-prep implementation money this state receives...
• Texas Section 61.855 - Grants For Tech-prep Education
  (a) From amounts made available under Section 61.854, the board, in accordance with this subchapter and with a formula adopted by the board, shall award...
• Texas Section 61.856 - Grant Application
  (a) Each regional tech-prep consortium that desires to obtain a grant under this subchapter must submit an application to the board at the time and...
• Texas Section 61.857 - Report; Review Of Five-year Plan
  (a) Each regional tech-prep consortium that receives a grant under this subchapter shall annually prepare and submit to the board a written report on the...

SUBCHAPTER T-1 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

• Texas Section 61.858 - Tech-prep Consortium Evaluation
  (a) The board shall develop and implement a statewide system to evaluate each tech-prep consortium. The evaluation must include: (1) an assessment of the consortium's...
• Texas Section 61.861 - Development Of Mathematics And Science Courses For High-demand Occupations
  (a) The commissioner of higher education and the commissioner of education, in consultation with the comptroller and the Texas Workforce Commission, may award a grant...
• Texas Section 61.862 - Grant Application Criteria
  The commissioner of higher education and the commissioner of education, in consultation with the comptroller and the Texas Workforce Commission, shall establish application criteria for...
• Texas Section 61.863 - Use Of Funds
  An institution of higher education may use funds awarded under this section to develop, in connection with a course described by Section 61.861: (1) curriculum;...
• Texas Section 61.864 - Review Of Courses
  Courses for which a grant is awarded under this subchapter shall be reviewed by the commissioner of higher education and the commissioner of education, in...
• Texas Section 61.865 - Matching Contribution Required
  An institution of higher education awarded a grant under this subchapter must obtain from one or more business entities in the industry for which students...
• Texas Section 61.866 - Limitation On Total Amount Of Grants
  In any state fiscal biennium, the total amount of grants awarded under this subchapter may not exceed $10 million. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg.,...

SUBCHAPTER V REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN DENTAL EDUCATION LOANS

• Texas Section 61.867 - Funding Of Grants
  The commissioner of higher education shall administer this section using available appropriations and gifts, grants, and donations made for the purposes of this subchapter. Added...
• Texas Section 61.901 - Repayment Authorized
  The board may provide, using funds appropriated for that purpose and in accordance with this subchapter and rules of the board, assistance in the repayment...
• Texas Section 61.902 - Eligibility
  (a) To be eligible to receive repayment assistance, a dentist must apply to the board and have completed at least one year of dental practice...
• Texas Section 61.904 - Eligible Loans
  (a) The board may provide repayment assistance for the repayment of any student loan for education at a public or private institution of higher education,...
• Texas Section 61.905 - Repayment
  (a) The coordinating board shall deliver any repayment made under this subchapter in a lump sum payable to the lender and the dentist, in accordance...
• Texas Section 61.906 - Advisory Committees
  The board may: (1) appoint advisory committees from outside the board's membership to assist the board in performing its duties under this subchapter; and (2)...
• Texas Section 61.907 - Acceptance Of Funds
  The board may accept gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1480, Sec. 1, eff....
• Texas Section 61.908 - Rules
  (a) The board shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this subchapter, including a rule that sets a maximum amount of repayment assistance that...
• Texas Section 61.909 - Total Amount Of Repayment Assistance
  The total amount of repayment assistance distributed by the board under this subchapter may not exceed the total amount of gifts and grants accepted by...

SUBCHAPTER X REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN LAW SCHOOL EDUCATION LOANS: ATTORNEY OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION SERVING INDIGENT PERSONS

• Texas Section 61.910 - Dental School Tuition Set Aside For Certain Loan Repayments
  (a) The governing board of each dental school of an institution of higher education shall set aside two percent of tuition charges for resident students...
• Texas Section 61.951 - Repayment Assistance Authorized
  (a) The board shall provide, in accordance with this subchapter and board rules, assistance in the repayment of law school education loans for attorneys who...
• Texas Section 61.952 - Eligibility
  To be eligible to receive repayment assistance, an attorney must: (1) apply to the board; (2) be a full-time employee of the eligible organization; and...
• Texas Section 61.953 - Limitations
  (a) An attorney may receive repayment assistance grants for each of not more than 10 years. (b) The amount of loan repayment assistance received by...
• Texas Section 61.954 - Eligible Loans
  (a) The board may provide repayment assistance for the repayment of any education loan received by the attorney through any lender for education at a...
• Texas Section 61.955 - Repayment
  (a) The board shall deliver any repayment assistance made under this subchapter in a lump sum payable to the lender and the attorney and in...
• Texas Section 61.956 - Advisory Committee
  The board may appoint an advisory committee to assist the board in performing the board's duties under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 61.957 - Acceptance Of Gifts
  The board may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1320, Sec....

SUBCHAPTER Y REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN LAW SCHOOL EDUCATION LOANS: ASSISTANT DISTRICT OR COUNTY ATTORNEY

• Texas Section 61.958 - Rules
  (a) The board shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this subchapter, including a rule that sets a maximum amount of repayment assistance that...
• Texas Section 61.9601 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "rural county" means a county with a population of 50,000 or less. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1320, Sec. 2,...
• Texas Section 61.9602 - Repayment Assistance Authorized
  (a) The board shall provide, using funds appropriated for that purpose and in accordance with this subchapter and board rules, assistance in the repayment of...
• Texas Section 61.9603 - Eligibility
  To be eligible to receive repayment assistance, an attorney must: (1) apply to the board; (2) be currently employed as an attorney by a district...
• Texas Section 61.9604 - Eligible Loans
  (a) The board may provide repayment assistance for the repayment of any education loan received by the attorney through any lender for education at a...
• Texas Section 61.9605 - Agreement
  (a) To qualify for loan repayment assistance under this subchapter, a person must enter into a written agreement with the board as provided by this...
• Texas Section 61.9606 - Repayment
  (a) Except as provided by Section 61.9609(a), the board shall provide repayment assistance under this subchapter in the following amounts: (1) 60 percent of each...
• Texas Section 61.9607 - Advisory Committee
  The board may appoint an advisory committee from outside the board's membership to assist the board in performing the board's duties under this subchapter. Added...
• Texas Section 61.9608 - Funding
  (a) The loan repayment assistance program established by this subchapter is funded from the rural district and county attorney student loan assistance trust fund. The...

SUBCHAPTER Z PROFESSIONAL NURSING SHORTAGE REDUCTION PROGRAM

• Texas Section 61.9609 - Rules
  (a) The board shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this subchapter, including a rule that sets the maximum amount of loan repayment assistance...
• Texas Section 61.9621 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "professional nursing program" means an educational program offered by a public or private institution of higher education for preparing students for initial...
• Texas Section 61.9622 - Program
  A professional nursing shortage reduction program is established. The board shall administer the professional nursing shortage reduction program to make grants to professional nursing programs...
• Texas Section 61.9623 - Grants
  (a) A grant from the professional nursing shortage reduction program to a professional nursing program or other entity involved with a professional nursing program in...
• Texas Section 61.96231 - Nursing Faculty Enhancement Grants
  (a) Under the professional nursing shortage reduction program, the board may award nursing faculty enhancement grants to professional nursing programs to assist the programs in...
• Texas Section 61.96232 - Grants To Increase Number Of Graduates: Application Process
  (a) The board by rule shall establish a process under which a public or private institution of higher education that offers a professional nursing program...
• Texas Section 61.96233 - New Professional Nursing Programs
  (a) The board shall adopt rules for permitting newly established professional nursing programs to participate in and receive grant awards under the program established under...
• Texas Section 61.9624 - Administration
  The board shall adopt rules for the administration of the professional nursing shortage reduction program. The board shall grant funds under Sections 61.9623(a)(1)(A) and (D)...
• Texas Section 61.9625 - Grants, Gifts, And Donations
  In addition to funds appropriated by the legislature, the board may solicit, receive, and spend grants, gifts, and donations from public or private sources for...
• Texas Section 61.9626 - Annual Report
  (a) Each institution of higher education that has a professional nursing program shall submit an annual report to the board detailing its strategy for increasing...
• Texas Section 61.9627 - Disbursement And Accounting Of Appropriated Funds
  (a) The board shall adopt procedures for assuring that money appropriated by the legislature specifically to fund enrollment growth in a professional nursing program is:...
• Texas Section 61.9628 - Administrative Costs
  A reasonable amount, not to exceed five percent, of the money appropriated by the legislature to increase enrollments in professional nursing programs may be used...

SUBCHAPTER AA DENTAL HYGIENISTS STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM

• Texas Section 61.9629 - Continued Eligibility Of Programs To Receive Grants
  Notwithstanding Section 61.9621, a professional nursing program offered by an entity other than a public or private or independent institution of higher education that was...
• Texas Section 61.9651 - Repayment Authorized
  The board may provide, using funds appropriated for that purpose and in accordance with this subchapter and rules of the board, assistance in the repayment...
• Texas Section 61.9652 - Eligibility
  To be eligible to receive repayment assistance, a dental hygienist must: (1) apply to the board; (2) have graduated from a dental hygiene degree or...
• Texas Section 61.9653 - Limitation
  A dental hygienist may receive repayment assistance grants for each of not more than five years. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec....
• Texas Section 61.9654 - Eligible Loans
  (a) The board may provide repayment assistance for the repayment of any student loan received by a dental hygienist through any lender for the costs...
• Texas Section 61.9655 - Repayment
  (a) The coordinating board shall deliver any repayment made under this subchapter in a lump sum payable to the lender and the dental hygienist, in...
• Texas Section 61.9656 - Advisory Committees
  The board may: (1) appoint advisory committees to assist the board in performing its duties under this subchapter; and (2) request the assistance of the...
• Texas Section 61.9657 - Acceptance Of Gifts And Grants
  The board may accept gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 1, eff....
• Texas Section 61.9658 - Rules
  (a) The board shall adopt rules to administer this subchapter, including a rule that sets a maximum amount of repayment assistance that may be received...
• Texas Section 61.9659 - Total Amount Of Repayment Assistance
  The total amount of repayment assistance distributed by the board under this subchapter may not exceed the total amount of gifts and grants accepted by...

SUBCHAPTER BB TEXAS FUND FOR GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION

• Texas Section 61.9660 - Tuition Set Aside For Certain Loan Repayments
  (a) The governing board of each institution of higher education authorized by the board to award a degree or certificate in dental hygiene shall set...
• Texas Section 61.9681 - Purpose
  The purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) create an endowment to support geographic education programs in Texas; (2) improve the quality of geography education...
• Texas Section 61.9682 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "fund" means the Texas Fund for Geography Education. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 901, Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2001....
• Texas Section 61.9683 - Fund; Grants
  (a) The board may enter into an agreement with the National Geographic Society of Washington, D.C., to operate an endowment fund for purposes of this...

SUBCHAPTER CC PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN PROMOTING HIGHER EDUCATION

• Texas Section 61.9684 - Geography Education Advisory Committee
  (a) The board shall appoint an advisory committee consisting of seven persons who have expertise and an interest in geography education to assist the National...
• Texas Section 61.9701 - Public Awareness Campaign
  (a) The board shall establish a statewide public awareness campaign to promote the value and availability of higher education. (b) The campaign must include the...
• Texas Section 61.9702 - Target Audience
  (a) The campaign established by the board must target primary and secondary school students. (b) The board shall give priority to reaching primary and secondary...
• Texas Section 61.9703 - Coordination With Other Entities
  The board shall coordinate with the Texas Education Agency, the P-16 Council established under Section 61.076, and other appropriate entities, including regional P-16 councils and...
• Texas Section 61.9704 - Funding
  The board may use any available revenue, including legislative appropriations, and may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations to undertake the campaign. Added by...

SUBCHAPTER DD REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN EDUCATION LOANS OWED BY CERTAIN STATE ATTORNEYS

• Texas Section 61.9705 - Sale Of Promotional Items And Media And Training Materials
  (a) The board may sell or contract for the sale of promotional items, including clothing, posters, and banners, designed to promote the public awareness campaign....
• Texas Section 61.9721 - Repayment Assistance Authorized
  (a) The board may provide, in accordance with this subchapter and board rules, assistance in the repayment of education loans for attorneys who apply and...
• Texas Section 61.9722 - Eligibility
  To be eligible to receive repayment assistance, an attorney must: (1) apply to the board; and (2) have been employed for at least one year...
• Texas Section 61.9724 - Maximum Amount Of Repayment Assistance
  (a) For each year that an attorney serves as an attorney with the office of the attorney general, the attorney may receive repayment assistance under...
• Texas Section 61.9725 - Eligible Loans
  (a) The board may provide repayment assistance for the repayment of any education loan received by the attorney through any lender, other than a private...
• Texas Section 61.9726 - Repayment
  (a) The board shall deliver any repayment assistance made under this subchapter in a lump sum payable to the lender and the attorney and in...
• Texas Section 61.9727 - Assistance Available To Board
  The board may: (1) appoint an advisory committee from outside the board's membership to assist the board in performing the board's duties under this subchapter;...
• Texas Section 61.9728 - Acceptance Of Funds
  The board may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1403, Sec....
• Texas Section 61.9729 - Rules
  (a) The board shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this subchapter. (b) The board shall distribute a copy of the rules adopted under...
• Texas Section 61.9730 - Total Amount Of Repayment Assistance
  The total amount of repayment assistance distributed by the board under this subchapter may not exceed the total amount available for the program under Section...

SUBCHAPTER EE TEXAS HOSPITAL-BASED NURSING EDUCATION

• Texas Section 61.9732 - Limitations On Funding
  The loan repayment program under this subchapter may be funded only from: (1) gifts, grants, and donations accepted by the board; (2) legislative appropriations for...
• Texas Section 61.9751 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Hospital-based nursing education partnership" means a partnership that: (A) consists of one or more hospitals in this state that are not...
• Texas Section 61.9752 - Program: Establishment; Administration; Purpose
  (a) The Texas hospital-based nursing education partnership grant program is established. (b) The board shall administer the program in accordance with this subchapter and rules...
• Texas Section 61.9753 - Grants: Conditions; Limitations
  (a) The board may make a grant under this subchapter to a hospital-based nursing education partnership only if the board determines that: (1) the partnership...
• Texas Section 61.9754 - Priority For Funding
  In awarding a grant under this subchapter, the board shall give priority to a hospital-based nursing education partnership that submits a proposal that: (1) provides...
• Texas Section 61.9755 - Grants, Gifts, And Donations
  In addition to money appropriated by the legislature, the board may solicit, receive, and spend grants, gifts, and donations from any public or private source...
• Texas Section 61.9756 - Rules
  The board shall adopt rules for the administration of the Texas hospital-based nursing education partnership grant program. The rules must include: (1) provisions relating to...
• Texas Section 61.9757 - Approval As Nursing Education Pilot Program
  The board and the Texas Board of Nursing shall establish a single application process under which a hospital-based nursing education partnership may apply both for...
• Texas Section 61.9758 - Reporting Requirements
  (a) Each hospital-based nursing education partnership that receives a grant under this subchapter shall submit to the board narrative and financial reports that include information...

SUBCHAPTER FF TEXAS ARMED SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

• Texas Section 61.9759 - Administrative Costs
  A reasonable amount, not to exceed three percent, of any money appropriated for purposes of this subchapter may be used to pay the costs of...
• Texas Section 61.9771 - Scholarship Program; Scholarship Amount
  (a) The board shall establish and administer, in accordance with this subchapter and board rules, the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program under which the board...
• Texas Section 61.9772 - Eligibility; Nomination And Selection
  (a) To receive an initial scholarship under this subchapter, a student must: (1) be enrolled in a public or private institution of higher education in...
• Texas Section 61.9773 - Agreement Requirements
  (a) To receive a scholarship under this subchapter, a student must enter into an agreement with the board as provided by this section. The agreement...
• Texas Section 61.9774 - Rules
  The board shall adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this subchapter, including rules regarding the eligibility criteria and the selection of scholarship recipients....
• Texas Section 61.9775 - Limitations On Scholarship
  (a) A person may not receive a scholarship under this subchapter after earning a cumulative total of 150 credit hours or after being awarded a...

SUBCHAPTER GG TEXAS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND

• Texas Section 61.9776 - Funding
  The board shall administer this subchapter using available appropriations and gifts, grants, and donations made for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 2009,...
• Texas Section 61.9791 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "STEM program" means a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1169 (H.B. 2910), Sec....
• Texas Section 61.9792 - Scholarship Program
  The board shall establish and administer, in accordance with this subchapter and board rules, the Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (T-STEM) Challenge Scholarship program...
• Texas Section 61.9793 - Eligible Student
  (a) To receive an initial scholarship under this subchapter, a student must: (1) graduate from high school with a grade point average of at least...
• Texas Section 61.9794 - Eligible Institution
  (a) To qualify as an eligible institution under this subchapter, an institution must: (1) be a public junior college or public technical institute; (2) admit...

SUBCHAPTER HH TEXAS EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA CARE EDUCATION

• Texas Section 61.9795 - Amount; Funding
  (a) Subject to available funding, the board shall award scholarships, with at least 50 percent of the amount awarded from private funds. (b) An eligible...
• Texas Section 61.9801 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Emergency and trauma care education partnership" means a partnership that: (A) consists of one or more hospitals in this state and...
• Texas Section 61.9802 - Program: Establishment; Administration; Purpose
  (a) The Texas emergency and trauma care education partnership program is established. (b) The board shall administer the program in accordance with this subchapter and...
• Texas Section 61.9803 - Grants: Conditions; Limitations
  (a) The board may make a grant under this subchapter to an emergency and trauma care education partnership only if the board determines that: (1)...
• Texas Section 61.9804 - Priority For Funding
  In awarding a grant under this subchapter, the board shall give priority to an emergency and trauma care education partnership that submits a proposal that:...
• Texas Section 61.9805 - Grants, Gifts, And Donations
  In addition to money appropriated by the legislature, the board may solicit, accept, and spend grants, gifts, and donations from any public or private source...
• Texas Section 61.9806 - Rules
  The board shall adopt rules for the administration of the Texas emergency and trauma care education partnership program. The rules must include: (1) provisions relating...

SUBCHAPTER II REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST AND AUDIOLOGIST EDUCATION LOANS

• Texas Section 61.9807 - Administrative Costs
  A reasonable amount, not to exceed three percent, of any money appropriated for purposes of this subchapter may be used to pay the costs of...
• Texas Section 61.9811 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Audiologist" means a person licensed as an audiologist under Chapter 401, Occupations Code. (2) "Communicative disorders program" means: (A) a graduate...
• Texas Section 61.9812 - Repayment Assistance Authorized
  The board shall provide, in accordance with this subchapter and board rules, assistance in the repayment of student loans for speech-language pathologists and audiologists who...
• Texas Section 61.9813 - Eligibility
  (a) To be eligible to receive repayment assistance, a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist must: (1) apply to the board; and (2) at the time...
• Texas Section 61.9814 - Limitation
  (a) On qualifying for the assistance, a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist may receive repayment assistance grants for each year of employment, not to exceed...
• Texas Section 61.9815 - Eligible Loans
  The board may provide repayment assistance for the repayment of any student loan, as defined by board rule, for education at any public or private...
• Texas Section 61.9816 - Repayment
  (a) The board shall deliver any repayment made under this subchapter in a lump sum payable to: (1) the lender and the speech-language pathologist or...
• Texas Section 61.9817 - Advisory Committees
  The board may appoint advisory committees to assist the board in administering this subchapter. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 133 (S.B. 620),...
• Texas Section 61.9818 - Program Funding
  The program may be funded solely from gifts, grants, and donations solicited and accepted by the board for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by...

SUBCHAPTER JJ NURSING FACULTY LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

• Texas Section 61.9819 - Rules
  (a) The board shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this subchapter. (b) The board shall distribute a copy of the rules adopted under...
• Texas Section 61.9821 - Repayment Authorized
  The board shall establish and administer a program to provide, in accordance with this subchapter and board rules, assistance in the repayment of student loans...
• Texas Section 61.9822 - Eligibility
  To be eligible to receive loan repayment assistance under this subchapter, a nurse must: (1) apply to the board; (2) at the time of application...
• Texas Section 61.9823 - Limitations
  (a) On qualifying for loan repayment assistance under this subchapter, a nurse may receive repayment assistance for each year of full-time employment as a faculty...
• Texas Section 61.9824 - Eligible Loans
  (a) The board may provide repayment assistance for the repayment of any student loan for education at any public or private institution of higher education,...
• Texas Section 61.9825 - Repayment
  (a) The board shall deliver any repayment under this subchapter in a lump sum: (1) payable to both the lender or other holder of the...
• Texas Section 61.9826 - Reallocation Of Money
  (a) In each state fiscal year, the board shall reallocate for loan repayment assistance under this subchapter for a particular year any money in the...
• Texas Section 61.9827 - Gifts And Grants
  The board may solicit and accept gifts and grants from any source for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S.,...

SUBCHAPTER KK MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOLARS LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM

• Texas Section 61.9828 - Rules
  (a) The board shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this subchapter. (b) The board shall distribute a copy of the rules adopted under this...
• Texas Section 61.9831 - Loan Repayment Assistance Authorized
  The board shall provide, in accordance with this subchapter and board rules, assistance in the repayment of eligible student loans for eligible persons who agree...
• Texas Section 61.9832 - Eligibility; Agreement Requirements
  (a) To be eligible to receive loan repayment assistance under this subchapter, a person must: (1) apply annually for the loan repayment assistance in the...
• Texas Section 61.9833 - Award
  (a) Except as provided by Section 61.9834, the board shall determine the annual amount of loan assistance payments provided under this subchapter in any year...
• Texas Section 61.9834 - Exception To Consecutive Years Of Employment Requirement
  The board shall excuse an otherwise eligible person from a requirement imposed by Section 61.9832 that the employment qualifying the person for loan repayment assistance...
• Texas Section 61.9835 - Eligible Loans
  (a) The board may provide repayment assistance under this subchapter for the repayment of any student loan that: (1) is for education at a public...
• Texas Section 61.9836 - Payment Of Assistance
  (a) The board shall pay any loan repayment assistance under this subchapter in a lump sum delivered on the eligible person's behalf directly to the...
• Texas Section 61.9837 - Mathematics And Science Teacher Investment Fund
  (a) In this section, "fund" means the mathematics and science teacher investment fund. (b) The fund is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund...
• Texas Section 61.9838 - Amount Of Loan Repayment Assistance
  (a) The total amount of loan repayment assistance paid by the board under this subchapter may not exceed the total amount of money available in...
• Texas Section 61.9839 - Repayment Based On Continuing Employment
  (a) An eligible person may continue to receive loan repayment assistance if the person continues to teach in a public school that receives funding under...
• Texas Section 61.9840 - Rules
  The board shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this subchapter, including a rule providing for: (1) the manner in which a person may...
• Texas Section 61.9841 - Application Form
  (a) The board shall by rule adopt a common application form for use by new applicants and renewal applicants. (b) The form must include a...

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