Tex. Educ. Code § 80.04 · Chapter 80. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY, A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
COURSES AND DEGREES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board may prescribe courses leading to customary degrees offered at leading American universities and may award those degrees, including bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and their equivalents.
(b) The board shall award degrees in the name of the university.
(c) A degree program may not be instituted without the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, except that the university may offer any degree program previously approved for Stephen F. Austin State University or expressly authorized by this chapter or other law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 1055), Sec. 1, eff. May 10, 2023.
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.80.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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