Tex. Educ. Code § 61.07771 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD
TRANSPARENCY IN CERTIFICATE AND DEGREE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board, in consultation with institutions of higher education, shall adopt rules requiring institutions of higher education to provide transparency in certificate and degree program requirements for students enrolling at or transferring to the institution.
(b) The rules must require each institution of higher education to:
(1) ensure that the requirements for each certificate or degree program offered by the institution:
(A) are current, accessible to students enrolled at the institution and members of the public through the following sources, as applicable, and uniform at each of the following sources:
(i) the institution's internal Internet website for students;
(ii) the institution's Internet website; and
(iii) the Internet website of the department at the institution that offers the certificate or degree program; and
(B) state:
(i) the prerequisites for each course required as part of the certificate or degree program; and
(ii) any non-course requirements for the certificate or degree program and, if the institution offers different tracks for completing the program, those requirements for each track; and
(2) post on the institution's Internet website the minimum requirements to be accepted as a transfer student at the institution.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1039 (S.B. 3039), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 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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