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Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 14 - RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Subchapter E - PROCEDURAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Section 14.74 - Confidentiality

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Any information either submitted by
				  investigators or their institutions to the Coordinating Board or kept by the
				  Coordinating Board related to the evaluation and selection of research projects
				  to be funded by any of the research funding programs under this chapter shall
				  be confidential unless released by the Coordinating Board pursuant to the
				  following subsections of this section.
(b) The contents of pre-proposals and
				  proposals submitted under the research funding programs shall be confidential.
				  Reviewers shall be required to sign a confidentiality agreement prior to
				  reviewing pre-proposals and proposals. No information shall be released to the
				  general public on the content of unfunded proposals. Information released on
				  funded proposals shall be limited to an overall statement of work approved by
				  the affected institutions.
(c)
				  Pre-proposals and proposals submitted by investigators or their institutions
				  shall not be available to persons or entities other than the submitting
				  investigators or their institutions at any time, except that the copies of the
				  project summaries of awarded research projects may be made available in a
				  manner specified by the Coordinating Board.
(d) Reviews shall not be disclosed to persons
				  or entities outside the Coordinating Board at any time, except that each
				  individual investigator shall receive a copy of the reviews of his or her
				  proposal with the names, affiliations, and any other identifying
				  characteristics of the reviewers redacted.
(e) Only after the grant awards are complete,
				  the names and affiliations of reviewers shall be released as a group without an
				  identifying link to any grant application.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 14 - RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Subchapter E - PROCEDURAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Section 14.75 - Appeals Procedure for Declined Applicants

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Only the chancellor or president of an
				  eligible public or independent institution which retains a declined applicant
				  for funds under any of the research funding programs may appeal a decision of
				  declination to the Coordinating Board. Such an appeal must be made within 30
				  days after the date that the declination, including reviews, is made available
				  to the applicant.
(b) The appealing
				  claim should be in writing and should explain the specific reasons why the
				  institution believes that the declination is unwarranted.
(c) The Chair of the Advisory Committee shall
				  designate a panel consisting of at least three members to review appeals. The
				  appeal panel will select its own chair. The appeal panel, in consultation with
				  the original reviewers or members of the original peer review panel, shall
				  determine whether the declination of the application was fair and reasonable,
				  taking into account availability of funds, the rankings of other applications
				  that have been recommended for continuation or funding in that research area,
				  and the policies and priorities of the research funding programs and the
				  Coordinating Board in addition to the reasons provided in the appealing
				  claim.
(d) Within 30 days after the
				  date of the appeal, the chair of the appeal panel shall provide in writing
				  either the results of the determination as to the appeal claim or an
				  explanation of the need for more time indicating the date when the results can
				  be expected if results cannot be furnished within 30 days.
(e) The appeal panel shall make a
				  recommendation to the Commissioner regarding the declination. The Commissioner
				  shall inform the institution of the determination. If the appeal panel's
				  decision overturns the declination, the Commissioner shall inform the
				  institution of any deadlines regarding full proposal submission and review in
				  the case of overturned pre-proposal declinations or the award amount and
				  effective grant term in the case of overturned award declinations for full
				  proposals.
(f) The decision made
				  under this section is final.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 14 - RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Subchapter E - PROCEDURAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Section 14.76 - Funding and Grants

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Funding for the
				  research funding programs are subject to Texas Education Code, §
										142.004.
(b) Limitations on the number of awards that
				  an individual investigator may receive will be recommended by the Advisory
				  Committee and published in the Request for Applications.
(c) Budgets recommended by a review panel may
				  be adjusted to comply with the Request for Applications. Budgets recommended by
				  a review panel for a proposal that is in line for funding but has not yet been
				  funded may be decreased to allow award of any remaining funds in the final
				  stages of the funding assignment process.
(d) The Coordinating Board shall assign
				  funding to all proposals in order of rank by review panels until the money
				  assigned to that research area allocation is depleted. However, no more than 70
				  percent of the funds in each of the research program and the technology program
				  may be awarded to eligible institutions from The University of Texas System and
				  the Texas A&M University System.
(e) There is no upper limit to the percentage
				  of funds that can be awarded to eligible institutions outside of The University
				  of Texas System and the Texas A&M University System.
(f) The Advisory Committee shall recommend
				  research projects and allocation of funds to the Commissioner and the
				  Coordinating Board.
(g) The
				  Coordinating Board shall make the final selection of research projects and
				  allocation of funds after considering the recommendations of the Commissioner
				  and the Advisory Committee.
(h)
				  Prior to expenditure of funds for any grant, the institution must have an
				  approved budget on file with the Coordinating Board.
(i) The Coordinating Board shall work with
				  the Comptroller of Public Accounts to ensure that grants funds are forwarded to
				  the institutions in a timely manner. Funds for the selected awards at public
				  institutions will be held on account with the Comptroller. Funds for
				  independent institutions will be forwarded by warrant in quarterly payments
				  after a contract between the Coordinating Board and the institution is fully
				  executed.
(j) An eligible
				  institution and its grant participants to be funded by any of the research
				  funding programs are subject to grant conditions provided by the Coordinating
				  Board.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 14 - RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Subchapter E - PROCEDURAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Section 14.77 - Progress Reports

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) An institution
				  funded by any of the research funding programs under this chapter shall report
				  on the progress of the funded research to the Coordinating Board not later than
				  the dates specified by the Coordinating Board.
(b) The progress reports shall be in the
				  manner and format specified by the Coordinating Board and shall provide all
				  requested information.
(c) The
				  Coordinating Board shall report on the progress of active grants by annually
				  posting information on the research funding programs' web site. Each year, the
				  Coordinating Board shall notify the Governor and the Legislative Budget Board
				  of the date and location of the posting.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 14 - RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Subchapter E - PROCEDURAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Section 14.78 - Merit Review

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  Coordinating Board shall appoint an external evaluation committee to evaluate
				  the effectiveness of the research funding programs in the second year of each
				  biennium.
(b) The external
				  evaluation committee shall consist of nationally or internationally recognized
				  experts with experience in the physical sciences, engineering, medicine, and
				  Texas industry.
(c) The external
				  evaluation committee will meet to discuss the research funding programs with
				  representatives of the State government, institutional research offices,
				  investigators, industry, the Advisory Committee, and the Coordinating Board
				  staff.
(d) The Commissioner shall
				  present the external evaluation committee report to the Coordinating Board no
				  later than January 31 of each odd numbered year.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 14 - RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Subchapter E - PROCEDURAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Section 14.79 - Suspension and Termination of Funding

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A
				  grant awarded under any of the research funding programs may be suspended or
				  terminated in whole or in part after the Coordinating Board's finding that a
				  funded institution or its grant participant has failed to perform suitably or
				  failed to conform to grant conditions.
(b) A grant awarded under any of the research
				  funding programs may be suspended or terminated in whole or in part after the
				  Coordinating Board's finding that a funded institution or its grant participant
				  has made a false statement in information submitted to the Coordinating
				  Board.
(c) A grant awarded under
				  any of the research funding programs may be suspended or terminated in whole or
				  in part after the Coordinating Board's finding that a funded institution or its
				  grant participant has engaged in any misconduct in science, engineering, and
				  education, such as falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism.
(d) A grant awarded to an institution under
				  any of the research funding programs may be terminated in whole or in part if
				  all of the original investigator(s) leave the institution. However, if the
				  original investigator(s) moves to another eligible institution, any remaining
				  grant funds may be transferred to the new institution if the participating
				  institutions and the Coordinating Board staff agree to the transfer.
(e) The Coordinating Board may require
				  reimbursement of grant funds in whole or in part if a grant is suspended or
				  terminated under subsections (a)-(c) of this section.
(f) Funds not expended or encumbered for
				  purposes of the grant during the term of the grant shall be returned to the
				  Coordinating Board.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 14 - RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Subchapter F - SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS › Section 14.91 - Purpose

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The supplemental grants program is
				  intended to provide research experiences to active science and mathematics
				  teachers in Texas high schools.
(b)
				  The supplemental grants program is established to enable such teachers to
				  participate in existing research activities funded by the research program and
				  the technology program under the mentorship of university scientists or
				  engineers.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 14 - RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Subchapter F - SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS › Section 14.92 - Eligibility

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Institutions and their investigators that
				  are currently receiving award grants under either the research program or the
				  technology program are eligible to participate in the supplemental grants
				  program.
(b) Each investigator who
				  must be present to mentor the teachers during the grant period may have no more
				  than one active supplemental grant at any given time.
(c) Teachers supported under the supplemental
				  grants program must have a standard certificate to teach science or mathematics
				  and must have a signed statement from a high school principal indicating that
				  the school intends to offer the teacher a contract to teach full-time at a
				  Texas high school during the academic year subsequent to the grant
				  period.
(d) Teachers supported
				  under the supplemental grants program must be qualified to make positive
				  contributions to the goals of the research projects and must work full-time on
				  the project for the grant period.
(e) Teachers supported under the supplemental
				  grants program are not required to be students at the institution receiving the
				  supplemental grants.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 14 - RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Subchapter F - SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS › Section 14.93 - Application and Review Procedure

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) An
				  application must be submitted in the manner and format specified by the
				  Coordinating Board with all requested information included and
				  attached.
(b) An application must
				  be signed by the investigator and the teacher involved, and must be approved by
				  responsible officials at the teacher's high school and the investigator's
				  institution.
(c) The Coordinating
				  Board shall review applications accepted during the period specified by the
				  Coordinating Board in the order they are received.
(d) After review, the Coordinating Board will
				  notify applying investigators within two weeks of its decision on
				  applications.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 14 - RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Subchapter F - SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS › Section 14.94 - Grants and Grant Conditions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Grant amounts
				  will be in addition to the original award amounts granted under the research
				  program or the technology program.
(b) Grants will be awarded on a first-come,
				  first-served basis.
(c) The term of
				  the grant will be four to nine contiguous weeks as designated in applications
				  during the summer period that shall be specified by the Coordinating
				  Board.
(d) Dollar amounts of awards
				  are tied to the length of the research period proposed.
(e) The Coordinating Board shall determine
				  the grant amounts and their use.
(f) The Coordinating Board reserves the right
				  to terminate any grants under the supplemental grants program at any
				  time.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 14 - RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAMS › Subchapter F - SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS › Section 14.95 - Reporting Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Principal
				  investigators and teachers supported by the grants shall complete brief reports
				  of activities conducted as a part of the research experience.
(b) Final expenditure reports from the
				  institutions shall be required.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 15 - RESEARCH FUNDS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.1 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise:
(1)
				  Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher Education; as used in this subchapter,
				  "Commissioner" means the agency acting through its executive, and his or her
				  designees, staff, or agents.
(2)
				  Coordinating Board or Board--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating
				  Board.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 15 - RESEARCH FUNDS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.10 - Texas Research Incentive Program (TRIP)

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Purpose. The purpose of this program is
				  to provide matching funds to assist eligible public institutions in leveraging
				  private gifts for the enhancement of research productivity and faculty
				  recruitment.
(b) Authority.
(1) Texas Education Code, §
											62.122,
				  establishes the Texas Research Incentive Program to provide matching funds to
				  assist eligible public institutions in leveraging private gifts for the
				  enhancement of research productivity and faculty recruitment.
(2) Texas Education Code, §
											62.123,
				  establishes the rate of matching and authorizes the Board, to establish
				  procedures for the certification of gifts.
(3) Texas Education Code, §
											62.124, authorizes the
				  Board, to adopt rules for the administration of the program.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 15 - RESEARCH FUNDS › Subchapter B - TEXAS UNIVERSITY FUND › Section 15.20 - Authority and Purpose

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This
				  subchapter establishes rules for eligible institutions to receive funds through
				  the Texas University Fund and the allocation of funds distributed from the
				  Texas University Fund each state fiscal year. The Texas University Fund is
				  established to support general academic teaching institutions to achieve
				  national prominence as major research universities and drive the state
				  economy.
(b) The Board adopts
				  subchapter B pursuant to Texas Education Code, §62.152, requiring the
				  Board to adopt rules to implement Texas Education Code, Chapter 62, subchapter
				  G, Texas University Fund. Texas Education Code, §62.132, provides that the
				  Board specify the eligibility threshold of research expenditures for receipt of
				  the National Research Support Fund.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 15 - RESEARCH FUNDS › Subchapter B - TEXAS UNIVERSITY FUND › Section 15.21 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise.
(1) Available
				  University Fund (AUF)--A fund established in Article 7, §18, of the Texas
				  Constitution to receive all interest and earnings of the Permanent University
				  Fund (PUF) and used to pay the debt service on PUF-backed bonds.
(2) Board--The governing body of the Texas
				  Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(3) Commissioner--The Texas Commissioner of
				  Higher Education.
(4) Coordinating
				  Board--The agency known as the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board,
				  including agency staff.
(5)
				  Coordinating Board Staff or Board Staff--Agency staff acting under the
				  direction of the Board and the Commissioner.
(6) Federal Expenditures--Expenditures of
				  funds reported as Federal Expenditures, as defined in §13.302 of this
				  title (relating to Definitions). Amounts exclude R&D expenditures that do
				  not meet the narrow definition of R&D expenditures used in the Coordinating
				  Board's Research Expenditure Survey.
(7) General Academic Teaching
				  Institution--Any college, university, or institution so classified in Texas
				  Education Code, §61.003(3).
(8) Medical and Dental Unit--Any public
				  health related institution as defined in Texas Education Code,
				  §61.003(5).
(9) Other Agency
				  of Higher Education--Any agency of higher education as defined in Texas
				  Education Code, §61.003(6).
(10) Private Expenditures--Expenditures of
				  funds reported as Business Expenditures, Non-profit Organization Expenditures,
				  and All Other Expenditures as defined in §13.302 of this title. Amounts
				  exclude R&D expenditures that do not meet the narrow definition of R&D
				  expenditures used in the Coordinating Board's Research Expenditure
				  Survey.
(11) Research Expenditure
				  Survey--Instrument administered by the Coordinating Board that establishes
				  total R&D expenditures for each institution by research field and areas of
				  special interest, both accounted by funding source, as defined in §13.302
				  of this title.
(12) Texas
				  University Fund (TUF)-Eligible Institution--An institution listed in Texas
				  Education Code, §62.145(a), or an institution that becomes eligible by
				  meeting the requirements listed in Texas Education Code,
				  §62.145(b).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 15 - RESEARCH FUNDS › Subchapter B - TEXAS UNIVERSITY FUND › Section 15.22 - Eligible Institutions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  following general academic teaching institutions are eligible to receive
				  distributions from the Texas University Fund in a state fiscal year:
(1) Texas State University;
(2) Texas Tech University;
(3) University of Houston; and
(4) University of North Texas.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 15 - RESEARCH FUNDS › Subchapter B - TEXAS UNIVERSITY FUND › Section 15.23 - Eligibility to Receive a Distribution from the Texas University Fund

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General
				  academic teaching institutions may become a TUF-eligible institution in a state
				  fiscal year if, based on most recently available data, the institution:
(1) Is not entitled to participate in funding
				  through the Available University Fund;
(2) Expends an average of $20.0 million in
				  combined Federal Expenditures and Private Expenditures during the prior three
				  fiscal years, adjusted in accordance with subsection (b);
(3) Awards an average of at least 45 research
				  doctoral degrees, as determined by §15.26 of this subchapter (relating to
				  Research Performance Funding), per academic year during the prior three fiscal
				  years; and
(4) The legislature
				  provides an appropriation to the Texas University Fund, as defined in
				  §15.27 of this subchapter (relating to Percentage Share for Legislative
				  Appropriation).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 15 - RESEARCH FUNDS › Subchapter B - TEXAS UNIVERSITY FUND › Section 15.24 - Allocation of Distributions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
In a state fiscal year, the allocation of funds distributed
					 from the Texas University Fund shall be as follows:
(1) Seventy-five (75) percent to the
				  Permanent Endowment for Education and Research Base Funding; and
(2) Twenty-five (25) percent to Research
				  Performance Funding.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 15 - RESEARCH FUNDS › Subchapter B - TEXAS UNIVERSITY FUND › Section 15.25 - Permanent Endowment for Education and Research Base Funding

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) In a state
				  fiscal year, the Coordinating Board shall confer with the Legislative Budget
				  Board to determine Permanent Endowment for Education and Research Base Funding
				  for TUF-eligible institutions based on the following categories:
(1) Level 1 Base Funding for TUF-eligible
				  institutions that are eligible to receive the maximum allocation of base
				  funding as calculated in subsection (b); and
(2) Level 2 Base Funding for TUF-eligible
				  institutions that are not eligible to receive the maximum allocation of base
				  funding.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 15 - RESEARCH FUNDS › Subchapter B - TEXAS UNIVERSITY FUND › Section 15.26 - Research Performance Funding

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  In a state fiscal year, the Coordinating Board shall confer with the
				  Legislative Budget Board to determine Research Performance Funding allocations
				  for each TUF-eligible institution based on the following:
(1) Eighty-five percent (85%) of the Research
				  Performance Funds shall be allocated based on the most recent three-year
				  average of combined Federal Expenditures and Private Expenditures. The
				  allocation shall be proportional based on the institutions' share of total
				  combined Federal Expenditures and Private Expenditures.
(A) Federal Expenditures and Private
				  Expenditures are as reported in each state fiscal year on the Research
				  Expenditure Survey as required by §13.303 of this title (relating to
				  Standards and Accounting Methods for Determining Total Research Expenditures).
				  Private research expenditures include business expenditures, nonprofit
				  organization expenditures, and all other expenditures.
(B) For purposes of the allocation of the
				  Research Performance funds, Federal Expenditures and Private Expenditures shall
				  exclude unrecovered indirect costs and pass through funds to other general
				  academic teaching institutions, medical and dental units, and other agencies of
				  higher education.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 15 - RESEARCH FUNDS › Subchapter B - TEXAS UNIVERSITY FUND › Section 15.27 - Percentage Share for Legislative Appropriation

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) For the purposes of calculating the
				  legislative appropriation required for an individual institution to become
				  TUF-eligible or to receive Level 1 Base Funding, the legislature must
				  appropriate an amount to the Texas University Fund not less than the difference
				  between:
(1) the quotient of:
(A) the market value of the Texas University
				  Fund on September 1 of the state fiscal year; and
(B) one minus an incoming institution's
				  percentage share of the Texas University Fund; and
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 15 - RESEARCH FUNDS › Subchapter B - TEXAS UNIVERSITY FUND › Section 15.28 - Endowment Calculation

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A
				  TUF-eligible institution may report a percentage share of the market value of
				  the Texas University Fund as a true endowment for financial reporting
				  purposes.
(b) An institution shall
				  calculate its percentage share as seventy-five percent of the market value of
				  the Texas University Fund multiplied by the institution's share of the
				  Permanent Endowment for Education and Research base funding, as calculated in
				  §15.25 of this subchapter (relating to Permanent Endowment for Education
				  and Research Base Funding).
(c) The
				  market value of the Texas University Fund shall be as of August 31 of the
				  reported fiscal year as determined by the Comptroller of Public
				  Accounts.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 15 - RESEARCH FUNDS › Subchapter B - TEXAS UNIVERSITY FUND › Section 15.29 - Reporting

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Coordinating Board staff shall annually publish the most
					 recent three state fiscal years of combined Federal Expenditures and Private
					 Expenditures and research doctorates awarded, as defined under this subchapter,
					 for general academic teaching institutions.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 15 - RESEARCH FUNDS › Subchapter B - TEXAS UNIVERSITY FUND › Section 15.30 - National Research Support Fund

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Coordinating Board staff shall annually publish the
					 adjusted threshold of combined Federal Expenditures and Private Expenditures
					 needed to establish eligibility to receive a distribution from the National
					 Research Support Fund. The amount shall align with the threshold established
					 and published for §15.23(a)(2) of this subchapter (relating to Eligibility
					 to Receive a Distribution from the Texas University Fund).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17.1 - Purpose and Scope

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				  this chapter is to provide guidance to the public and to public institutions of
				  higher education regarding reporting of facilities project data to the Board,
				  standards for new construction, repair and renovation projects, property
				  acquisitions, or lease-purchase arrangements as authorized by law.
(b) This chapter establishes rules and an
				  approval process for energy savings performance contracts.
(c) This chapter establishes rules for
				  facilities audits.
(d) This chapter
				  establishes guidelines for certain institutional reports to the Board and the
				  Board's reports.
(e) This chapter
				  does not apply to facilities used exclusively for auxiliary
				  enterprise.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17.2 - Authority

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Texas Education Code, §
										61.0572,
				  requires the Board to assure the efficient use of construction funds and the
				  orderly development of physical plants to accommodate projected college student
				  enrollments.
(b) Texas Education
				  Code, §
										61.058,
				  authorizes the Board to review new construction and repair and renovation
				  projects as well as purchases of improved real property at institutions.
				  Standards used in review must be adopted using negotiated rulemaking.
(c) Texas Education Code, §
										61.0583,
				  requires the Board to conduct a comprehensive audit of all educational and
				  general facilities.
(d) Texas
				  Education Code, §
										51.927,
				  authorizes the Board to establish guidelines and an approval process for
				  awarding energy savings performance contracts.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter B - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Section 17.20 - Facility Projects to Be Submitted to the Board

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Institutions shall submit data on the
				  following projects to the Board:
(1) New
				  construction of building and facilities and/or additions to buildings and
				  facilities having an E&G project cost of $10 million or greater;
(2) Repair and renovation projects for
				  buildings and facilities having an E&G project cost of $10 million or
				  greater;
(3) Improved real property
				  purchases that the institution intends to include in the E&G buildings and
				  facilities inventory if the purchase price is more than $1,000,000;
(4) Energy Savings Performance Contract
				  projects; and
(5) Projects financed
				  by Capital Construction Assistance Projects pursuant to Education Code §
											61.0572 and §
											61.058.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter B - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Section 17.21 - Submission Procedures

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Institutions shall submit the following materials to the
					 Board:
(1) a signed Board of Regents
				  Certification form certifying that the institution's Board of Regents or its
				  delegated authority has approved the project and that the project complies with
				  applicable state and federal requirements as listed on the form shall be
				  submitted to the Board before the start of the project.
(2) Institutions shall submit a completed
				  project application electronically through the Board's website once completed
				  project costs are known, but no later than 90 days after the project has been
				  added to the Facilities Inventory.
(3) For Real Property Purchase Projects, in
				  addition to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this section, institutions shall submit
				  appraisals in accordance with the below:
(A)
				  An institution shall provide two current appraisal reports providing a current
				  value of the property. The most recent appraisal of the local property tax
				  appraisal district may be used for one of these reports.
(B) Appraisals shall be considered current if
				  the appraisal was completed no more than two years prior to the date the
				  project application is submitted to the Coordinating Board.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter C - RULES APPLYING TO ALL PROJECTS › Section 17.30 - Standards for New Construction and/or Addition Projects

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The established project standards for New Construction and
					 Addition projects are as follows:
(1)
				  Space Need--The project shall not create a campus space surplus, or add to an
				  existing surplus, as determined by the Board's space projection model report,
				  required by §
										17.100
				  of this title (relating to Board Reports).
(2) Cost--The construction building cost per
				  gross square foot shall not exceed one standard deviation above the mean of
				  similar projects received by the Board within the last seven years, adjusted
				  for inflation as described in the Board's Construction Cost report, §
										17.100
				  of this title.
(3) Building
				  Efficiency--The ratio of NASF to GSF for the space in projects for classrooms
				  and general-purpose facilities shall be 0.60 or greater. Where the following
				  specialized space is predominant in the project, the ratios of NASF to GSF
				  shall be as follows:
(A) Office space: 0.65 or
				  greater;
(B) Clinical facility;
				  0.50 or greater;
(C) Diagnostic
				  support laboratories: 0.50 or greater;
(D) Technical research buildings: 0.50 or
				  greater; and
(E) For mixed-use
				  facilities, the ratio of NASF to GSF shall be calculated for each space type
				  and considered separately.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter C - RULES APPLYING TO ALL PROJECTS › Section 17.31 - Standards for Repair and Renovation Projects

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The established project standards for Repair and Renovation
					 projects are as follows:
(1) Space
				  Need--The project shall not create a campus space surplus, or add to an
				  existing surplus, as determined by the Board's space projection model report,
				  required by §
										17.100
				  of this title (relating to Board Reports).
(2) Cost--The construction building cost per
				  gross square foot shall not exceed one standard deviation above the mean of
				  similar projects received by the Board within the last seven years, adjusted
				  for inflation as described in the Board's Construction Cost report, §
										17.100
				  of this title.
(3) Building
				  Efficiency--The institution shall demonstrate that the project does not reduce
				  the existing ratio of NASF to GSF for the building by more than 10 percent. If
				  the project renovation is required to comply with federal or state
				  requirements, the institution shall explain any reduction in the ratio of NASF
				  to GSF for the building.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter C - RULES APPLYING TO ALL PROJECTS › Section 17.32 - Standards for Improved Real Property Purchase Projects

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The established project standards for Improved Real
					 Property Purchase projects are as follows:
(1) Space Need--The project shall not create
				  a campus space surplus, or add to an existing surplus, as determined by the
				  Board's space projection model report, required by §
										17.100
				  of this title (relating to Board Reports).
(2) Cost--The proposed purchase price should
				  not exceed the higher of two appraisal values. If the purchase price is greater
				  than the highest appraised value, the institution shall demonstrate the need
				  for purchasing the property at the greater value.
(3) Repair and Renovation--If the project
				  includes repair and renovation of any improvements on the property, the
				  standards in § 17.31 of this title (relating to Standards for Repair &
				  Renovation Projects) shall apply.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter D - RULES APPLYING TO NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ADDITION PROJECTS › Section 17.40 - Projects Requiring Board Approval

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
An institution is required to obtain Board approval before
					 the institution enters into an energy savings performance contract as defined
					 in Texas Education Code, §
										51.927.
					 Energy Savings Performance Contract projects shall be evaluated under the
					 provisions of § 17.31 of this title (relating to Standards for Repair
					 & Renovation Projects). Additionally, the Board will conduct a review based
					 on a set of guidelines to be developed in collaboration with the State Energy
					 Conservation Office.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter D - RULES APPLYING TO NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ADDITION PROJECTS › Section 17.41 - Delegation of Approval Authority for Energy Savings Performance Contracts

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Assistant Commissioner. The Board
				  authorizes the appropriate Assistant Commissioner designated by the
				  Commissioner to approve the following types of energy savings performance
				  contracts, upon certification of authority by the proposing institution's
				  governing board that the project meets all of the Board standards and statutory
				  requirements:
(1) Less than $20 million in
				  cost with a contract term of ten or fewer years from the date of installation;
				  and
(2) $10 million or less in cost
				  with a contract term greater than 10 years but less than or equal to 15 years
				  from the date of installation.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter D - RULES APPLYING TO NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ADDITION PROJECTS › Section 17.42 - Additional Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) In addition
				  to those outlined in §
										17.21 of
				  this title (Relating to Submission Procedures), each institution must include a
				  statement with the application, certified by a Professional Engineer licensed
				  in the State of Texas who shall not be an officer or employee of the offeror
				  for the contract, the institution seeking approval, or otherwise associated
				  with the contract, that the contract meets the following guidelines:
(1) The contract complies with any and all
				  applicable federal, state and local statutes;
(2) The contract contains an energy audit
				  report, a Measurement and Verification plan that conforms to the International
				  Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMPV) or a case-specific
				  methodology conforming to IPMVP principles, and a detailed calculation of
				  energy savings as a direct result of the project;
(3) The savings achieved over the specified
				  term is equal to or greater than the cost of the project; and
(4) The contract meets the guidelines
				  specified in Texas Education Code, §
											51.927,
				  (relating to Energy Savings Performance Contracts).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter E - REPORTS › Section 17.100 - Board Reports

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The Board shall annually prepare the following
					 reports:
(1) Space Projection Model.
				  The Board, in consultation with the institutions, shall develop space planning
				  models to estimate the NASF of E&G space needed at institutions of higher
				  education.
(A) Periodic Review. Each biennium,
				  the Commissioner may convene an advisory committee of institutional
				  representatives to review the model and recommend changes.
(B) Use. The Board shall use the models
				  developed under this section to determine the need for space on campuses, as a
				  component of funding formulas for public institutions other than community
				  colleges, and as standards for facilities development projects.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter E - REPORTS › Section 17.101 - Institutional Reports

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Institutions of higher education shall submit current data
					 to the Board for the following reports:
(1) Facilities Inventory.
(A) Periodic Review. Institutions shall
				  report a record of all property, buildings, and rooms occupied or in the
				  control of an institution in a format specified by the Board.
(i) The institution shall update its
				  inventory of facilities on an ongoing basis.
(ii) The inventory is subject to periodic
				  audits.
(iii) The inventory shall
				  be certified by the institution annually on or before November 1, or as
				  specified by the Board.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter F - FACILITIES AUDIT › Section 17.110 - General Provisions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The Board shall
				  periodically conduct a comprehensive audit of all education and general
				  facilities on the campuses of institutions to verify the accuracy of the
				  institutional facilities inventory and approved facilities development projects
				  for each of those institutions.
(b)
				  No later than 30 days after THECB staff has presented the Facilities Audit
				  Report to the Board (or appropriate standing committee of the Board), the Board
				  files a copy of the report with the institution and the Legislative Budget
				  Board.
(c) Institutions that
				  conduct regularly scheduled self-audits may be exempted from the on-site review
				  providing that:
(1) The institution presents
				  to the THECB a copy of the formal report of the audit and its documented
				  processes that demonstrate the accuracy of the data; and
(2) confirmation that the review includes
				  consideration of the facilities audit objectives stated in §
											17.111
				  of this title (relating to Facilities Audit Objectives).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter F - FACILITIES AUDIT › Section 17.111 - Facilities Audit Objectives

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The objectives of the audit are to determine whether
					 selected institutions of higher education:
(1) are accurately reporting their facilities
				  inventory data to the Board; and
(2) have followed the Board rules and
				  received approval where such approval was required.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter F - FACILITIES AUDIT › Section 17.112 - Data Sources

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The Board may use the following data sources in the course
					 of the audit:
(1) Institutional
				  Capital Expenditure Plans (MP1);
(2) Campus Condition Report as submitted to
				  the governing board;
(3) Space
				  Model Projection Reports;
(4)
				  Reports required by the Educational Data Center;
(5) Facilities Inventory Reports;
(6) Facilities Development and Improvement
				  Applications and Reviews;
(7)
				  Classroom and Class Laboratory Utilization Reports;
(8) Energy Savings Performance
				  Contracts;
(9) Governing Board
				  facilities approvals; and
(10) Any
				  other institutional data deemed appropriate by the Coordinating Board
				  staff.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter F - FACILITIES AUDIT › Section 17.113 - Institutional Audit Cycle

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The Board
				  shall determine the frequency and the scope of the audits authorized by this
				  section; audits shall be limited to objectives stated in §
										17.111
				  of this title (relating to Facilities Audit Objectives).
(b) The Board may conduct an audit of an
				  institution more often than every five years upon the request of the
				  institution, the Board, the Legislature, or another agency within revenue
				  appropriated for this purpose.
(c)
				  Staff of the Board shall publish a schedule of audits for the succeeding fiscal
				  year.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 17 - RESOURCE PLANNING › Subchapter F - FACILITIES AUDIT › Section 17.114 - Audit Components

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Audits consist of two components:
(1) On-Site Audit of an Institution's
				  Facilities Inventory:
(A) Institutions may
				  participate in the Peer Review Team (PRT) process, by which institutions aid in
				  auditing one another, with the participation of THECB staff. Institutions
				  participating in the PRT program must provide one or more qualified individuals
				  with facilities management for the PRT pool maintained by the THECB Staff;
				  or
(B) Institutions choosing not to
				  participate in the PRT audit process are required to conduct self-audits in
				  accordance with Subchapter F, 17.110(c).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 21 - STUDENT SERVICES › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 21.2 - Determination of Tuition Rate for Nonresident and Foreign Students

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Prior to January 1 of each calendar year
				  in which the academic year begins, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, the
				  Coordinating Board shall determine the tuition rate for nonresident and foreign
				  students enrolled in general academic teaching and health-related institutions
				  except in programs leading to a D.D.S., M.D., D.O., D.V.M., or law degree, and
				  report the rate to the appropriate institutions.
(b) The rate set per semester credit hour is
				  to equal the average of the nonresident undergraduate tuition charged to a
				  resident of this state at a public state university in each of the five most
				  populous states other than Texas.