Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
EDUCATION CODE |
Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION |
Subtitle A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL |
Chapter 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION |
Subchapter D. INFORMATION NETWORK ASSOCIATIONS |
Sec. 51.152. PURPOSE
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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 of a cooperative system for communication and information retrieval and transfer between the institutions and between the institutions and private educational institutions, industry, and the public. The system, employing two-way, closed-circuit television and other electronic communication facilities, is to provide a means of effecting the interchange of ideas, talents, faculties, libraries, and data processing equipment and a means of carrying out an approved program of instructional television.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.