Texas § ED.115.002 - POWERS OF BOARD OF REGENTS

§ ED.115.002. POWERS OF BOARD OF REGENTS

POWERS OF BOARD OF REGENTS. Text of section effective September 1, 1998, provided that the transfer authorized by section 1 of Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1176 takes effect and the transfer is made to a university system other than The Texas A&M University System (a) The board may: (1) prescribe courses leading to degrees customarily offered in leading American upper-level educational institutions; (2) award the degrees described by Subdivision (1); (3) enter into an affiliation or coordination agreement with an entity if reasonably necessary or desirable for the operation of a first-class upper-level educational institution; (4) make joint appointments in the Public University for Central Texas and another institution within the same university system; and (5) adopt rules for the operation, control, and management of the institution as necessary for the operation of a first-class upper-level educational institution, including rules governing the number of students who may be admitted to any program at the institution. (b) The salary of a person who receives a joint appointment under Subsection (a)(4) must be apportioned among the institutions to which the individual is appointed on the basis of the services rendered. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1176, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1998.