Texas Statutes
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 130.001. Supervision by Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System

Sec. 130.001. SUPERVISION BY COORDINATING BOARD, TEXAS COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. (a) The Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, referred to as the coordinating board, shall exercise general control of the public junior colleges of Texas.
(b) The coordinating board shall have the responsibility for adopting policies, enacting regulations, and establishing general rules necessary for carrying out the duties with respect to public junior colleges as prescribed by the legislature, and with the advice and assistance of the commissioner of higher education, shall have authority to:
(1) authorize the creation of public junior college districts as provided in the statutes, giving particular attention to the need for a public junior college in the proposed district and the ability of the district to provide adequate local financial support;
(2) dissolve any public junior college district which has failed to establish and maintain a junior college within three years from the date of its authorization;
(3) adopt standards for the operation of public junior colleges and prescribe the rules and regulations for such colleges;
(4) require of each public junior college such reports as deemed necessary in accordance with the coordinating board's rules and regulations; and
(5) establish advisory commissions composed of representatives of public junior colleges and other citizens of the state to provide advice and counsel to the coordinating board with respect to public junior colleges.
Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 2993, ch. 889, Sec. 1. Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.001 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3280, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.

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