Tex. Educ. Code § 135.51 · Subchapter C. BOARD OF REGENTS; POWERS AND DUTIES
CERTIFICATES, DIPLOMAS, AND ASSOCIATE DEGREES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board shall prescribe and award associate of applied science degrees, certificates, and diplomas limited to those appropriate to technical education.
(b) The board may offer and award an associate of science degree in a field of study at Texas State Technical College--Harlingen campus if the coordinating board determines that the degree in that field of study:
(1) is appropriate to the role and mission of the system; and
(2) meets the educational or workforce needs of the region in which the campus is located.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3318, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 646, Sec. 10, eff. Aug. 26, 1985; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 287, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 629 (H.B. 1325), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.135.htm
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- 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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