Texas § ED.135.04 - APPROVAL OF PROGRAMS
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§ ED.135.04. APPROVAL OF PROGRAMS
APPROVAL OF PROGRAMS. (a) Educational programs wholly or partially financed from state funds are subject to the prior approval or disapproval and continuing review of the coordinating board. (b) Before any program may be offered by a campus or extension center within the tax district of a public junior college that is operating a vocational and technical program, it must be established that the public junior college is not capable of offering or is unable to offer the program. After it is established that a need for the program exists and that the program is not locally available, the campus or extension center may offer the program, provided approval is secured from the coordinating board. Approval of technical-vocational programs under this section does not apply to Brown, McLennan, Cameron, Fort Bend, Comal, Denton, Guadalupe, Williamson, and Potter Counties. (c) Where a local government, business, or industry located in a county or a portion of a county that is not operating a public junior college district requests that the campus or extension center offer a program, the campus or extension center may offer the program provided approval is secured from the coordinating board. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3316, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 646, Sec. 8, eff. Aug. 26, 1985; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 287, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1076 (H.B. 3332 ), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (H.B. 658 ), Sec. 2, eff. May 23, 2015. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 528 (H.B. 3287 ), Sec. 3, eff. June 10, 2023.
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Section ED.135.04 ("APPROVAL OF PROGRAMS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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