Sec. 61.315. AGENTS AND RECORDS; ACADEMIC RECORDS REPOSITORY. (a) The authorized or certified institutions may be required to provide a list of their agents to the board, and to maintain in a manner specified by the board the academic records of enrolled or former students, including records of credits and degrees awarded, and provide those records to the board on request.
(b) The board may maintain a repository for academic records from closed institutions that were exempt or were authorized to operate under a certificate of authorization or certificate of authority. The board may discontinue its maintenance of the repository if adequate funding is not provided for that maintenance. The academic records repository is considered to be a repository of last resort. If a closed institution is part of a larger educational system or corporation, that system or corporation shall maintain the academic records. If students of the closed institution transfer to another institution through an agreement between the institutions to continue the students' degree programs, the institution responsible for accepting the transferring students shall maintain those academic records.
Amendments to this section made by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 940 (S.B. 1781), take effect on September 1, 2017, but only if a specific appropriation is provided as described by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 940 (S.B. 1781), Sec. 9, which states: This Act takes effect only if a specific appropriation for the implementation of the Act is provided in a general appropriations act of the 85th Legislature.
Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1867, ch. 587, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1975.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 940 (S.B. 1781), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.
See note following this section.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - State Coordination of Higher Education
Chapter 61 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Subchapter G. Regulation of Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions
Section 61.3021. Review of Degree Not Otherwise Regulated by Subchapter
Section 61.3025. Definition: Academic Records
Section 61.304. Requisite Authority to Grant Degrees and Offer Courses; Offenses
Section 61.305. Application for Certificate of Authority
Section 61.306. Issuance of Certificate
Section 61.307. Amendments to Applications
Section 61.3075. Required Financial Resources
Section 61.308. Renewal of Certificate
Section 61.309. Revocation of Certificate of Authority
Section 61.311. Rules and Regulations
Section 61.312. Honorary Degrees; Offenses
Section 61.313. Use of Protected Term in Name of Institution; Offenses
Section 61.314. Advisory Council on Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions
Section 61.315. Agents and Records; Academic Records Repository
Section 61.316. Administrative Penalties
Section 61.320. Application of Deceptive Trade Practices Act