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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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EDUCATION CODE |
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Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION |
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Subtitle B. STATE COORDINATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION |
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Chapter 61. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD |
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Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD |
Sec. 61.0904. REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONAL GROUPINGS
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(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 a review of the criteria for and definitions assigned to those groupings.
(b) The board shall include within the board's higher education accountability system any career schools and colleges in this state that offer degree programs. Regardless of whether the board is conducting a periodic review of institutional groupings as required by Subsection (a), the board shall determine whether to create one or more separate institutional groupings for entities to which this subsection applies. In implementing this subsection, the board shall:
(1) consult with affected career schools and colleges regarding the imposition of reporting requirements on those entities; and
(2) adopt rules that clearly define the types and amounts of information to be reported to the board.
(c) In advance of each regular session of the legislature, the board shall report to each standing legislative committee with primary jurisdiction over higher education regarding any entities to which Subsection (b) applies that do not participate in the board's higher education accountability system as provided by that subsection.