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(a) The Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, referred to as the coordinating board, shall exercise general control of the public junior colleges of Texas.
(b) The coordinating board shall have the responsibility for adopting policies, enacting regulations, and establishing general rules necessary for carrying out the duties with respect to public junior colleges as prescribed by the legislature, and with the advice and assistance of the commissioner of higher education, shall have authority to:
(1) authorize the creation of public junior college districts as provided in the statutes, giving particular attention to the need for a public junior college in the proposed district and the ability of the district to provide adequate local financial support;
(2) dissolve any public junior college district which has failed to establish and maintain a junior college within three years from the date of its authorization;
(3) adopt standards for the operation of public junior colleges and prescribe the rules and regulations for such colleges;
(4) require of each public junior college such reports as deemed necessary in accordance with the coordinating board's rules and regulations; and
(5) establish a standing advisory committee composed of representatives of public junior colleges to provide advice and counsel to the coordinating board with respect to the funding of public junior colleges necessary to carry out this chapter and Chapter 130A.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Education Code - EDUC § 130.001. Supervision by Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/education-code/educ-sect-130-001/
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