Tex. Educ. Code § 72.02 · Chapter 72. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN
COURSES AND DEGREES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The board of regents may prescribe courses leading to such customary degrees as are offered at leading American universities and may award those degrees. It is the intent of the legislature that those degrees include baccalaureate and master's degrees and their equivalents; but no department, school, or degree program shall be instituted except with the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3167, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 77, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.72.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 99bd45e058d93c915bb5a33f75c197765b2302ba19fd84dd79443e6b4699af3a
- 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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