Texas Education Code
§ 1.005 — EDUCATION RESEARCH CENTERS
ED § 1.005Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Ch. 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Center" means a center for education research authorized by this section. (1-a) "Cooperating agencies" means the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Texas Workforce Commission.
(2)"Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(b)The coordinating board shall establish not more than three centers for education research to conduct studies or evaluations using the data described by this section.
(c)A center must be established as part of a public junior college, public senior college or university, or public state college, as those terms are defined by Section 61.003, or a consortium of those institutions. The coordinating board shall solicit requests for proposals from appropriate institutions to establish centers under this section and shall select one or more institutions to establish each center based on criteria adopted by the coordinating board.
(d)A center must be operated under an agreement between the coordinating board and the governing board of each institution described by Subsection (c) operating or participating in the operation of the center. The agreement must provide for the operation of the center, so long as the center meets contractual and legal requirements for operation, for a 10-year period.
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Legislative history
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 465 (H.B. 2103), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 465 (H.B. 2103), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 465 (H.B. 2103), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2013.