Texas Education Code

§ 130.003 — STATE APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES

ED § 130.003Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part G. NON-BACCALAUREATE SYSTEM · Ch. 130. JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)There shall be appropriated biennially from money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated an amount sufficient to supplement local funds for the proper support, maintenance, operation, and improvement of those public junior colleges of Texas that meet the standards prescribed by this chapter. The sum shall be allocated in accordance with Chapter 130A.

(b)To be eligible for and to receive money appropriated under Subsection (a), a public junior college must certify to the coordinating board, in the manner prescribed by coordinating board rule, that the college:

(1)offers a minimum of 24 semester hours of vocational and/or terminal courses;

(2)collects, from each full-time and part-time student enrolled, tuition and other fees in the amounts required by law or in the amounts set by the governing board of the junior college district as authorized by this title;

(3)grants, when properly applied for, the scholarships and tuition exemptions provided for in this code;

(4)for a public junior college established on or after September 1, 1986, levies and collects ad valorem taxes as provided by law for the operation and maintenance of the college; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 805 (S.B. 532), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 (H.B. 8), Sec. 34, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 (H.B. 8), Sec. 52, eff. September 1, 2023.