Tex. Educ. Code § 130.308 · Subchapter L. BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NURSING DEGREE PROGRAM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In determining whether a public junior college may offer a baccalaureate degree program in nursing, the coordinating board shall:
(1) require a public junior college to provide evidence to the coordinating board and the Texas Board of Nursing that the public junior college has secured adequate long-term clinical space;
(2) obtain a letter from each clinical site provided indicating that the clinical site has not refused a similar request from a general academic teaching institution or medical and dental unit; and
(3) establish that the corresponding associate degree program offered by the public junior college has been successful as indicated by job placement rates and licensing exam scores.
(b) A baccalaureate degree program offered under this subchapter by a public junior college in the field of nursing must:
(1) be a bachelor of science degree program;
(2) meet the standards and criteria the Texas Board of Nursing uses to approve pre-licensure degree programs at general academic teaching institutions and medical and dental units regardless of whether the program is a pre-licensure or post-licensure program; and
(3) be accredited by a national nursing accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (S.B. 2118), Sec. 9, eff. June 12, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm
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