Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 130.453. ADMINISTRATION. The coordinating board shall administer the program in consultation with the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Workforce Commission. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 (H.B. 8), Sec. 45, eff. June 9, 2023. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., …

Sec. 130.454. APPROVAL OF ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA PROGRAM. (a) A public junior college may submit to the coordinating board an application to participate in the program. The application must propose an alternative competency-based high school diploma program to be offered…

Sec. 130.455. AWARD OF HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. (a) A public junior college participating in the program may award a high school diploma to a student enrolled in the alternative competency-based high school diploma program offered by the college under the program if the student perfo…

Sec. 130.456. FUNDING. (a) The coordinating board and the Texas Workforce Commission shall coordinate to jointly identify funding mechanisms, including grants, interagency contracts, financial aid, or subsidies, available to public junior colleges and students to encourage and fa…

Sec. 130.457. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2026, the coordinating board shall submit to the legislature a progress report on the effectiveness of the program and any recommendations for legislative or other action. This section expires September 1, 2027. Added by Acts 2023,…

Sec. 130.458. RULES. The coordinating board may adopt rules as necessary to implement this subchapter. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 (H.B. 8), Sec. 45, eff. June 9, 2023. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (S.B. 2139), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2023.

Sec. 130A.001. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the legislature that, as public junior colleges are locally governed institutions, providing foundational funding for instruction and operations of public junior colleges should be primarily a local responsibility, supported …

Sec. 130A.002. PURPOSE. The purpose of the public junior college state finance program established under this chapter is to provide a modern and dynamic finance system that ensures that each public junior college has access to adequate state appropriations and local resources to …

Sec. 130A.003. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of higher education. (2) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (3) "Program" means the public junior college state finance program established under this cha…

Sec. 130A.004. PROGRAM COMPONENTS. The program consists of: (1) a base tier of state and local funding determined in accordance with Subchapter B that ensures each public junior college has access to a defined level of base funding for instruction and operations; and (2) a perfor…

Sec. 130A.005. ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM. (a) The coordinating board may adopt rules, require reporting, and take other actions consistent with Chapter 61, Chapter 130, and this chapter as necessary to implement and administer the program. (b) In adopting rules under this section…

Sec. 130A.006. REQUIRED REPORTING. The coordinating board by rule shall require each junior college district to report to the coordinating board through the Education Data System, Community College Annual Reporting and Analysis Tool, Report of Fundable Operating Expenses, or any …

Sec. 130A.007. COMMISSIONER AUTHORITY TO RESOLVE DATA REPORTING ERRORS AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FROM FUNDING FORMULAS. (a) The commissioner may review the accuracy of data reported to the coordinating board by junior college districts. (b) The commissioner may adjust: (1) the …

Sec. 130A.008. CENSUS DATE ELIGIBILITY. A junior college district may report a student in attendance on the district's approved course census date for the purpose of funding under this chapter. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 (H.B. 8), Sec. 46, eff. September 1, 2023…

Sec. 130A.009. RECOVERY OF OVERALLOCATED FUNDS. (a) If a junior college district has received an overallocation of state funds, the coordinating board shall recover from the district an amount equal to the overallocation by withholding from subsequent allocations of state funds f…

Sec. 130A.010. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. Except as provided by other law, an affiliated nonprofit organization described by Section 61.051(b) may solicit and accept gifts, grants, or donations of personal property from any public or private source to implement or administer t…

Sec. 130A.051. BASE TIER FORMULA. The amount of base tier state funding to which a junior college district is entitled for instruction and operations under this subchapter for a state fiscal year is an amount equal to the amount, if any, by which the district's guaranteed instruc…

Sec. 130A.052. GUARANTEED INSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS FUNDING FORMULA. The amount of a junior college district's guaranteed instruction and operations funding for a state fiscal year is equal to the sum of: (1) the product of: (A) the district's basic allotment under Section 130A.…

Sec. 130A.053. BASIC ALLOTMENT. The basic allotment for a junior college district for a state fiscal year is an amount per weighted full-time equivalent student set by the General Appropriations Act or other legislative appropriation. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 …

Sec. 130A.054. WEIGHTED FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENT; SCALE ADJUSTMENT. (a) The coordinating board by rule shall establish student weights for purposes of this chapter that reflect the higher cost of educating certain students. (b) The student weights must be established in a man…

Sec. 130A.055. CONTACT HOUR FUNDING. (a) The legislature shall set by appropriation the amount of funding to be provided to a junior college district under this subchapter per contact hour. (b) The amount of funding per contact hour must be weighted by discipline to reflect the c…

Sec. 130A.056. LOCAL SHARE. A junior college district's local share of base tier funding is an amount equal to the sum of the amounts of revenue estimated to be generated by: (1) imposing a maintenance and operations ad valorem tax in the district at a rate of $0.05; and (2) asse…

Sec. 130A.101. PERFORMANCE TIER. (a) A junior college district is entitled to performance tier funding for a state fiscal biennium in an amount equal to the sum of the amounts determined under Subsection (b) for each measurable outcome described by Subsection (c). (b) The amount …

Sec. 130A.1011. STUDY ON DUAL CREDIT OR DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSE SEQUENCES AND WORKFORCE CAPACITY. (a) The coordinating board shall conduct a study to assess the feasibility and the fiscal and policy implications, including the fiscal impact to the state, of decreasing the number o…

Sec. 130A.1012. STUDY ON STUDENT TRANSFERS. (a) In this section, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (b) The coordinating board, in consultation with the standing advisory committee established under Section 130.001, shall conduct a…

Sec. 130A.102. CREDENTIALS OF VALUE. (a) For purposes of Section 130A.101(c)(1), the coordinating board shall designate a credential as a credential of value if the credential: (1) provides a positive return on investment for a student who received the credential, as measured by …

Sec. 131.001. SOUTHWEST COLLEGE FOR THE DEAF. The Southwest College for the Deaf is a postsecondary educational institution providing instruction for hearing-impaired students preparing for a career or for enrollment in a senior college or university. Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg…

Sec. 131.002. ADMINISTRATION. (a) The college is under the direct control and management of the board of trustees of the Howard Junior College District. (b) The college and its programs shall be administered by personnel who are trained and qualified to work with hearing-impaired…

Sec. 131.003. LOCATION. The college is located on land deeded to the governing board by the federal Department of Education for the purpose of operating the college. The governing board may not conduct regular junior college programs for students with unimpaired hearing on the co…

Sec. 131.004. COURSES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES. (a) The college shall offer, but is not limited to offering, the following courses, programs, and services for hearing-impaired post-secondary students: (1) learning development services, including academic counseling, tutorial servi…

Sec. 131.005. TUITION. (a) A Texas resident student enrolled in the college is exempt from tuition fees under Section 54.364. (b) A student who is not a resident of Texas shall pay tuition at a rate that is the lesser of: (1) the rate provided by this code for a nonresident stude…

Sec. 131.006. APPROPRIATIONS; GRANTS. (a) The governing board of the college may receive appropriations for the college's operations only if the board operates the college in compliance with this chapter. (b) The board may accept gifts, grants, or donations of money or property g…

Sec. 132.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Career school or college": (A) means any business enterprise operated for a profit or on a nonprofit basis that maintains a physical place of business within this state or solicits business within this state, that is not specifical…

Sec. 132.0015. REFERENCE TO PROPRIETARY SCHOOL. A reference in this code or another law to a proprietary school means a career school or college. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 364, Sec. 1.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 817, Sec. 8.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Sec. 132.002. EXEMPTIONS. (a) The following schools or educational institutions may be exempted from this chapter by the commission under Subsection (d): (1) a school or educational institution supported by taxation from either a local or state source; (2) a nonprofit school owne…

Sec. 132.003. COURSE EXEMPTION: DEVELOPMENT OF CAREER SKILLS; RECREATIONAL OR AVOCATIONAL SUBJECTS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (f), a course of instruction is exempt from this chapter if: (1) the length of the course is 24 classroom hours or less; (2) the fee for the co…

Sec. 132.004. EXCLUSIVE OFFERING OF EXEMPTED COURSES OR PROGRAMS BY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. A business enterprise that offers exclusively courses or programs of instruction that are exempt under Section 132.002 or 132.003 is exempt from this chapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., c…

Sec. 132.005. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply to a school or training program that offers only avocational or recreational instruction or teacher instruction for the following subjects: (1) dance; (2) music; (3) martial arts; (4) yoga; (5) physical fitness; (6) horseba…

Sec. 132.006. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS. (a) The commission by rule shall require each career school or college offering a commercial driver's license training program to include as a part of that program education and training …

Sec. 132.021. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION. (a) The commission shall exercise jurisdiction and control of the system of career schools and colleges, and the commission shall carry out supervision of the provisions of this chapter, and enforce minimum standards for approval of caree…

Sec. 132.022. DUTIES OF COMMISSION. The commission shall carry out the policies of this chapter and enforce the rules adopted under this chapter. The commission shall also certify the names of those career schools and colleges meeting the requirements for a certificate of approva…

Sec. 132.0225. DIVISION OF EDUCATION. To the extent possible, the agency administrator and commission shall administer their functions under this chapter through the division. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 2, eff. May 30, 1995.

Sec. 132.023. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR REGULATION OF CAREER SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. (a) The commission shall develop, in consultation with the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation and each state agency that regulates career schools and colleges in this state, a comprehe…

Sec. 132.024. STUDENT INFORMATION; OFFENSE; PENALTY. (a) In this section: (1) "Student" means any prospective, current, or former student of: (A) a career school or college; or (B) any other school, educational institution, or business entity from which the commission receives, o…

Sec. 132.025. REQUIRED POSTING. To facilitate a prospective student's informed selection among career schools and colleges, the commission shall include in its searchable directory of career schools and colleges maintained on its Internet website information regarding any formal …

Sec. 132.026. MEASURES TO FACILITATE AWARD OF COURSE CREDIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE. (a) The commission shall evaluate programs of study or courses offered by career schools or colleges leading to industry-based certifications or other workforce credentials to identify programs or c…