Tex. Educ. Code § 61.0515 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD
SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR BACCALAUREATE DEGREE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To earn a baccalaureate degree, a student may not be required by a general academic teaching institution to complete more than the minimum number of semester credit hours required for the degree by the institution's recognized accrediting agency unless the institution determines that there is a compelling academic reason for requiring completion of additional semester credit hours for the degree.
(b) The board may review one or more of an institution's baccalaureate degree programs to ensure compliance with this section.
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a baccalaureate degree awarded by an institution to a student enrolled in the institution before the 2008 fall semester. This subsection does not prohibit the institution from reducing the number of semester credit hours the student must complete to receive the degree.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1230 (H.B. 1172), Sec. 12, eff. June 18, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 530), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.61.htm
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- 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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