tx-May82026-79: 19 TAC §§8.71 - 8.75 (New) — Creation, Expansion, Dissolution, or Conservatorship of Public Community College Districts
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The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Coordinating Board) adopts new rules in Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 8, Subchapter D, §§8.71 - 8.75, Formation of a Branch Campus, without changes to the proposed text as published in the January 16, 2026, issue of the Texas Register (51 TexReg 243). The rules will not be republished. The new rules clarifies and streamlines processes that public two-year institutions of higher education will go through to establish a branch campus. Texas Education Code, §61.053, §61.061, §61.063(c) - (d), §130.001(b)(3) - (4), and §130.251 provides the Coordinating Board with the authority to adopt policies, enact regulations, and establish rules to define, establish, and authorize a branch campus and to provide rules and regulations for a public community college district to operate a branch campus. Rule 8.71, Purpose, designates the purpose of the new rules as outlining processes to establish a branch campus. Rule 8.72, Authority, indicates the Coordinating Board has the authority to adopt policies, enact regulations, and establish rules to define, establish, and authorize a branch campus and to provide rules and regulations for a public community...
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