Tex. Educ. Code § 132.051 · Subchapter C. AUTHORIZED OPERATION OF PROPRIETARY SCHOOLS
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A career school or college may not maintain, advertise, solicit for, or conduct any program of instruction in this state until the career school or college receives a certificate of approval from the commission.
(b) Any contract entered into with any person for a program of instruction by or on behalf of any person operating any career school or college to which a certificate of approval has not been issued pursuant to this chapter is unenforceable in any action brought thereon. Any note, other instrument of indebtedness, or contract relating to payment for educational services obtained from a career school or college that does not hold a certificate of approval issued under this chapter is unenforceable in any action brought on the note, instrument, or contract.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 2009, ch. 620, Sec. 1, eff. June 4, 1971. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 813, Sec. 4.06, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Redesignated from Education Code Sec. 32.31 and amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 2, eff. May 30, 1995; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 364, Sec. 1.04, 2.12, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 817, Sec. 8.04, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 747 (H.B. 2806), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.132.htm
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- sha256 a2ff77b168d4d4ccbbfa43a927d054862217481d0ac9423c569c43077324527a
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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