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TX Educ Code § 130.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter J. Junior College District Service Areas|Section 130.204. Texas Southmost College District Service Area

Sec. 130.204.  TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.  The service area of the Texas Southmost College District includes the territory within:(1)  the Brownsville, Los Fresnos Consolidated, and Point Isabel independent school districts;  and(2)  Cameron and Willacy counties.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 971, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 130.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter J. Junior College District Service Areas|Section 130.205. Trinity Valley Community College District Service Area

Sec. 130.205.  TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.  The service area of the Trinity Valley Community College District includes the territory within:(1)  the part of the Terrell Independent School District located in Hunt County;(2)  Anderson, Henderson, Kaufman, and Rains counties;  and(3)  Van Zandt County, except the territory within the Grand Saline, Lindale, and Van independent school districts.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 971, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 130.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter J. Junior College District Service Areas|Section 130.206. Tyler Junior College District Service Area

Sec. 130.206.  TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.  The service area of the Tyler Junior College District includes the territory within:(1)  the Chapel Hill, Grand Saline, Lindale, Tyler, Yantis, Winona, Alba-Golden, Arp, Bullard, Hawkins, Jacksonville, Mineola, New Summerfield, Quitman, Rusk, Troup, and Whitehouse independent school districts;  and(2)  the Van Independent School District, except the part of the district that is located in Henderson County.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 971, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 130.207 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter J. Junior College District Service Areas|Section 130.207. Vernon Regional Junior College District Service Area

Sec. 130.207.  VERNON REGIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.  The service area of the Vernon Regional Junior College District includes the territory within Wilbarger, Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, King, Knox, Throckmorton, and Wichita counties.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 971, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 130.208 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter J. Junior College District Service Areas|Section 130.208. The Victoria College District Service Area

Sec. 130.208.  THE VICTORIA COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.  The service area of The Victoria College District includes the territory within:(1)  Victoria, Lavaca, DeWitt, Gonzales, and Calhoun counties;(2)  Jackson County, except the territory within the Ganado Independent School District; and(3)  Refugio County, except the territory within the Woodsboro Independent School District.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 971, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 572, Sec. 2, eff. June 11, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 601 (S.B. 495), Sec. 3, eff. June 16, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 130.209 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter J. Junior College District Service Areas|Section 130.209. Weatherford College District Service Area

Sec. 130.209.  WEATHERFORD COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.  The service area of the Weatherford College District includes the territory within Hood, Parker, Wise, Jack, and Palo Pinto counties.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 971, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 45 (H.B. 407), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Educ Code § 130.210 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter J. Junior College District Service Areas|Section 130.210. Western Texas College District Service Area

Sec. 130.210.  WESTERN TEXAS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.  The service area of the Western Texas College District includes the territory within Scurry, Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Runnels, Dickens, Stonewall, Borden, Mitchell, and Kent counties.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 971, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 130.211 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter J. Junior College District Service Areas|Section 130.211. Wharton County Junior College District Service Area

Sec. 130.211.  WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.  The service area of the Wharton County Junior College District includes the territory within:(1)  Wharton County;(2)  the Needville Independent School District in Fort Bend County;(3)  the Wallis-Orchard Independent School District located in Austin County;(4)  the Columbus and Weimer independent school districts located in Colorado County;(5)  the Rice Consolidated Independent School District located in Colorado County;(6)  the Kendleton and Lamar independent school districts located in Fort Bend County;(7)  the Bay City, Boling, Matagorda, Palacios, Tidehaven, and Van Vleck independent school districts located in Matagorda County; (8)  the Ganado Independent School District located in Jackson County; and(9)  the incorporated area and extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Sugar Land located in Fort Bend County.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 971, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1211 (H.B. 776), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Educ Code § 130.252 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter K. Branch Campuses|Section 130.252. Security for Revenue Bonds Issued for Branch Campus, Center, or Extension Facility

Sec. 130.252.  SECURITY FOR REVENUE BONDS ISSUED FOR BRANCH CAMPUS, CENTER, OR EXTENSION FACILITY. Bonds payable from revenue and issued by the governing body of a county or school district to finance the purchase of land or the construction of a facility to be used for a branch campus, center, or extension facility authorized under Section 130.251 may be secured by a trust indenture, a deed of trust, or a mortgage granting a security interest in the applicable land or facility.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 357 (H.B. 2474), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 130.0865 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1242 (H.B. 382), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 130.254 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter K. Branch Campuses|Section 130.254. South Texas Community College District; Instructional Programs in Edcouch or Elsa

Sec. 130.254.  SOUTH TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT; INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS IN EDCOUCH OR ELSA.  The board of trustees of the South Texas Community College District shall adopt and implement a plan to expand opportunity for instructional programs consisting of postsecondary courses leading to an associate degree offered in a classroom setting within the corporate limits of the municipality of Edcouch or Elsa. Any instructional program provided under this section is subject to the requirements of Section 130.251.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1242 (H.B. 382), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 130.301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter L. Baccalaureate Degree Programs|Section 130.301. Definitions

Sec. 130.301.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.(2)  "General academic teaching institution," "medical and dental unit," and "institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 130.0012(l) by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (S.B. 2118), Sec. 2, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 130.302 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter L. Baccalaureate Degree Programs|Section 130.302. Baccalaureate Degree Programs; General Authorization

Sec. 130.302.  BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAMS; GENERAL AUTHORIZATION.  The coordinating board may authorize public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs as provided by this subchapter.  Offering a baccalaureate degree program under this subchapter does not otherwise alter the role and mission of a public junior college.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 130.0012(a) by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (S.B. 2118), Sec. 3, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 130.303 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter L. Baccalaureate Degree Programs|Section 130.303. Authorization for Certain Baccalaureate Degree Programs

Sec. 130.303.  AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAMS.  (a)  The coordinating board shall authorize baccalaureate degree programs in the fields of applied science, applied technology, and nursing at each public junior college that previously participated in a pilot project to offer baccalaureate degree programs.(b)  The coordinating board may authorize baccalaureate degree programs at one or more public junior colleges that offer a degree program in the field of applied science, including a degree program in the field of applied science with an emphasis in early childhood education, applied technology, or nursing and have demonstrated a workforce need.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 130.0012(b) by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (S.B. 2118), Sec. 4, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 130.304 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter L. Baccalaureate Degree Programs|Section 130.304. Baccalaureate in Dental Hygiene

Sec. 130.304.  BACCALAUREATE IN DENTAL HYGIENE.  (a)  The coordinating board shall authorize baccalaureate degree programs in the field of dental hygiene at a public junior college that offers a degree program in that field, has a main campus located in the county seat of a county with a population greater than 200,000, and includes territory in at least six public school districts located in two counties. (b)  Expired.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 130.0012 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (S.B. 2118), Sec. 5, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 130.305 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter L. Baccalaureate Degree Programs|Section 130.305. Accreditation

Sec. 130.305.  ACCREDITATION.   A public junior college offering a baccalaureate degree program under this subchapter must meet all applicable accreditation requirements of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 130.0012(c) by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (S.B. 2118), Sec. 6, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 130.306 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter L. Baccalaureate Degree Programs|Section 130.306. Limitation

Sec. 130.306.  LIMITATION.  (a)  A public junior college offering a baccalaureate degree program under this subchapter may not offer more than five baccalaureate degree programs at any time.(b)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 900 (H.B. 3348), Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 2021.(c)  Degree programs offered under this subchapter are subject to the continuing approval of the coordinating board.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 130.0012(d) by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (S.B. 2118), Sec. 7, eff. June 12, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 900 (H.B. 3348), Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2021.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 900 (H.B. 3348), Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 130.308 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter L. Baccalaureate Degree Programs|Section 130.308. Special Requirements for Nursing Degree Program

Sec. 130.308.  SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NURSING DEGREE PROGRAM.  (a)  In determining whether a public junior college may offer a baccalaureate degree program in nursing, the coordinating board shall:(1)  require a public junior college to provide evidence to the coordinating board and the Texas Board of Nursing that the public junior college has secured adequate long-term clinical space;(2)  obtain a letter from each clinical site provided indicating that the clinical site has not refused a similar request from a general academic teaching institution or medical and dental unit; and(3)  establish that the corresponding associate degree program offered by the public junior college has been successful as indicated by job placement rates and licensing exam scores.(b)  A baccalaureate degree program offered under this subchapter by a public junior college in the field of nursing must:(1)  be a bachelor of science degree program;(2)  meet the standards and criteria the Texas Board of Nursing uses to approve pre-licensure degree programs at general academic teaching institutions and medical and dental units regardless of whether the program is a pre-licensure or post-licensure program; and(3)  be accredited by a national nursing accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education.(c)  A public junior college offering a baccalaureate degree program in the field of nursing under this subchapter must demonstrate to the coordinating board that it will maintain or exceed the enrollment available to nursing students enrolled in an associate degree program at the public junior college in the 2016-2017 academic year and must continue to maintain or exceed that level of enrollment in the corresponding associate degree program until the 2021-2022 academic year.  This subsection expires January 1, 2023.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (S.B. 2118), Sec. 9, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 130.309 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter L. Baccalaureate Degree Programs|Section 130.309. Articulation Agreement Required

Sec. 130.309.  ARTICULATION AGREEMENT REQUIRED.  (a)  Each public junior college that offers a baccalaureate degree program under this subchapter must enter into an articulation agreement for the first five years of the program with one or more general academic teaching institutions or medical and dental units to ensure that students enrolled in the degree program have an opportunity to complete the degree if the public junior college ceases to offer the degree program.  The coordinating board may require a general academic teaching institution or medical and dental unit that offers a comparable degree program to enter into an articulation agreement with the public junior college as provided by this subsection.(b)  The coordinating board shall prescribe procedures to ensure that each public junior college that offers a degree program under this subchapter informs each student who enrolls in the degree program of the articulation agreement entered into under this section for the student's degree program.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 820, Sec. 50, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1201, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1397 (H.B. 2198), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 674 (H.B. 2425), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2009.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 4.013, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155 (S.B. 215), Sec. 60, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1112 (H.B. 3348), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 130.0012 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (S.B. 2118), Sec. 10, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 130.310 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter L. Baccalaureate Degree Programs|Section 130.310. Funding

Sec. 130.310.  FUNDING.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a degree program created under this subchapter may be funded solely by a public junior college's proportionate share of state appropriations under Section 130.003, local funds, and private sources.  This subsection does not require the legislature to appropriate state funds to support a degree program created under this subchapter.  The coordinating board shall weigh contact hours attributable to students enrolled in a junior-level or senior-level course offered under this subchapter used to determine a public junior college's proportionate share of state appropriations under Section 130.003 in the same manner as a lower division course in a corresponding field.(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), in its recommendations to the legislature relating to state funding for public junior colleges, the coordinating board shall recommend that a public junior college authorized to offer baccalaureate degree programs under Section 130.303(a) or 130.304 receive substantially the same state support for junior-level and senior-level courses in the fields of applied science, applied technology, dental hygiene, and nursing offered under this subchapter as that provided to a general academic teaching institution for substantially similar courses.  For purposes of this subsection, in determining the contact hours attributable to students enrolled in a junior-level or senior-level course in the field of applied science, applied technology, dental hygiene, or nursing offered under this subchapter used to determine a public junior college's proportionate share of state appropriations under Section 130.003, the coordinating board shall weigh those contact hours as necessary to provide the junior college the appropriate level of state support to the extent state funds for those courses are included in the appropriations.  This subsection does not prohibit the legislature from directly appropriating state funds to support junior-level and senior-level courses to which this subsection applies.(c)  A public junior college may not charge a student enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program offered under this subchapter tuition and fees in an amount that exceeds the amount of tuition and fees charged by the junior college to a similarly situated student who is enrolled in an associate degree program in a corresponding field.  This subsection does not apply to tuition and fees charged for a baccalaureate degree program in the field of applied science or applied technology previously offered as part of a pilot project and offered by a public junior college authorized to offer baccalaureate degree programs under Section 130.303(a).|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 130.0012(g) by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (S.B. 2118), Sec. 11, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 130.311 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter L. Baccalaureate Degree Programs|Section 130.311. Report

Sec. 130.311.  REPORT.  Each biennium, each public junior college offering a baccalaureate degree program under this subchapter shall conduct a review of each baccalaureate degree program offered and prepare a report on the operation, quality, and effectiveness of those degree programs.  A copy of the report shall be delivered to the coordinating board in the form and at the time determined by the coordinating board.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 130.0012(h) by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (S.B. 2118), Sec. 12, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 130.312 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter L. Baccalaureate Degree Programs|Section 130.312. Rules

Sec. 130.312.  RULES.  The coordinating board shall adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this subchapter.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 130.0012(k) by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (S.B. 2118), Sec. 13, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 130.351 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter M. Workforce Continuing Education|Section 130.351. Definitions

Sec. 130.351.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Adult" means a person who:(A)  has completed the person's sophomore year of high school;(B)  is 17 years of age and has been awarded a high school diploma or its equivalent; or(C)  is 18 years of age or older, regardless of the person's previous educational experience.(2)  "Avocational course" means a course of study in a subject or activity that is usually engaged in by a person in addition to the person's regular work or profession for recreation or in relation to a hobby.  The term includes a community interest course.(3)  "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.(4)  "Workforce continuing education" means a program of instruction that:(A)  is designed primarily for adults; and(B)  is intended, on completion by a participant, to prepare the participant to qualify to apply for and accept an employment offer or a job upgrade within a specific occupational category or to bring the participant's knowledge or skills up to date on new developments in a particular occupation or profession.(5)  "Workforce continuing education course" means a course of instruction in workforce continuing education that is approved by the coordinating board.  The term does not include an avocational course.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 510 (H.B. 2994), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.Redesignated from Education Code, Section 130.301 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 21.001(9), eff. September 1, 2019.|