Texas Education Code Title 3, Chapter 135 - Texas State Technical College System
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 135.01 - Texas State Technical College System; Role And Mission
(a) Texas State Technical College System is a coeducational two-year institution of higher education offering courses of study in technical-vocational education for which there is...
- Texas Section 135.011 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of regents of the Texas State Technical College System. (2) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education...
- Texas Section 135.02 - Location
(a) The Texas State Technical College System is composed of: (1) a system office located in the city of Waco in McLennan County; (2) a...
- Texas Section 135.04 - Approval Of Programs
(a) Educational programs wholly or partially financed from state funds are subject to the prior approval or disapproval and continuing review of the coordinating board....
- Texas Section 135.05 - Services For The Deaf
(a) The system shall provide qualified interpreters for deaf students in attendance at each campus. In order to be qualified, an interpreter must: (1) be...
- Texas Section 135.06 - Extension Program
(a) Texas State Technical College System is authorized to provide extension programs of training in the fields of Technical-Vocational Education as temporary programs to address...
- Texas Section 135.07 - Funding; Gifts And Grants
(a) The legislature shall appropriate funds for administration, instruction, and physical plant operations and utilities for each campus of the system and for each extension...
SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF REGENTS; ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 135.08 - Airport
(a) The Waco campus may operate its airport as a public airport. (b) The system may not use legislative appropriations for the airport but may...
- Texas Section 135.21 - Board Of Regents
The organization and control of the system is vested in a board of nine regents. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3317, ch. 1024, art. 1,...
- Texas Section 135.22 - Appointment Of Board
The governor shall appoint members of the board with the advice and consent of the senate. In appointing members of the board the governor shall...
- Texas Section 135.23 - Terms Of Office
The term of office of each regent is six years. Any vacancy that occurs on the board is filled for the unexpired term by appointment...
- Texas Section 135.24 - Organization; Bylaws
The board shall elect one of the members chairman; elect other officers as it deems necessary; and enact bylaws, rules, and regulations as it deems...
- Texas Section 135.25 - Meetings
The board shall meet as prescribed by its bylaws. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3317, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971....
- Texas Section 135.26 - Compensation
Members of the board may not receive salary or compensation for their services, but they shall receive reimbursement for their actual expenses incurred in attending...
SUBCHAPTER C BOARD OF REGENTS; POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 135.27 - System Central Administration Office; Executive Officer
(a) The central administration office of the system shall provide oversight and coordination of the activities of each component of the system. (b) The board...
- Texas Section 135.51 - Certificates, Diplomas, And Associate Degrees
(a) The board shall prescribe and award associate of applied science degrees, certificates, and diplomas limited to those appropriate to technical education. (b) The board...
- Texas Section 135.52 - Fees And Tuition
(a) The board shall collect tuition at the rates provided by law and registration fees. (b) The board may charge a student a higher rate...
- Texas Section 135.53 - Nonresident Fee Exemptions
The board may enter into cooperative agreements which exempt technical students from nonresident fees when there are reciprocal privileges granted to Texas residents. Acts 1971,...
- Texas Section 135.54 - Contracts
The board may contract with individuals, federal, state, and local agencies and departments, corporations, and associations to provide: (1) educational programs designed to meet the...
- Texas Section 135.55 - Suits; Venue
The board may sue, and may be sued, in the name of the Texas State Technical College System, with venue being in either McLennan County...
- Texas Section 135.56 - Bonds And Notes; Pledge Of Revenue
(a) The board may irrevocably pledge the fees, charges, revenues, and the proceeds of the lease, sale, transfer, or exchange of or from the buildings,...
- Texas Section 135.561 - Use Of Property
The board may lease, sell, transfer, or exchange land and permanent improvements owned by the system as the board determines is in the best interest...
- Texas Section 135.57 - Insurance
The board may procure the property and liability insurance coverages required by the United States to protect it and its agencies against the possibility of...
- Texas Section 135.58 - Workers' Compensation Insurance
The board may provide workers' compensation insurance for its employees according to the provisions of Chapter 229, Acts of the 50th Legislature, 1947, as amended...
- Texas Section 135.59 - Contracts With Institutions Of Higher Education
The board may enter into any contracts and agreements with an institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003 of this code, or a...
- Texas Section 135.60 - Eminent Domain
(a) The board may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire land, clearance easements for airport zoning, and facilities in any of the counties...
SUBCHAPTER D PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM AND PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES
- Texas Section 135.61 - Forecasting Technical Education Program Needs
(a) The board shall develop and administer a program to forecast the types of technical education programs that are needed to maintain and improve the...
- Texas Section 135.101 - Definition
In this subchapter, "public junior college" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 366 (H.B. 2760), Sec....
- Texas Section 135.102 - Partnership Agreements
(a) With the approval of the coordinating board, the board and a public junior college may enter into a partnership agreement designed to coordinate the...
- Texas Section 135.103 - Joint Use Of Personnel
The governing boards of the participating institutions may fill by joint appointment any administrative, faculty, or support position necessary for the operation of the institutions....
- Texas Section 135.104 - Support Services
The governing boards of the participating institutions may assign the management and operation of selected services, including maintenance of buildings and grounds, operation of auxiliary...
- Texas Section 135.105 - Facilities
(a) The participating institutions may, under the terms of the partnership agreement, make provisions for adequate physical facilities for use by the institutions. (b) The...
- Texas Section 135.106 - State Funding
The system is entitled to receive state appropriations on the same formula basis as if the system did not enter into a partnership agreement under...
Last modified: September 28, 2016