Texas Education Code

§ 61.003 — DEFINITIONS

ED § 61.003Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part B. STATE COORDINATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION · Ch. 61. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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In this chapter:

(1)"Board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(2)"Public junior college" means any junior college associated with a junior college district described by Subchapter J, Chapter 130.

(3)"General academic teaching institution" means The University of Texas at Austin; The University of Texas at El Paso; The University of Texas of the Permian Basin; The University of Texas at Dallas; The University of Texas at San Antonio; Texas A&M University, Main University; The University of Texas at Arlington; Tarleton State University; Prairie View A&M University; Texas Maritime Academy; Texas Tech University; University of North Texas; Lamar University; Lamar State College--Orange; Lamar State College--Port Arthur; Texas A&M University--Kingsville; Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi; Texas Woman's University; Texas Southern University; Midwestern State University; University of Houston; The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Texas A&M University--Commerce; Sam Houston State University; Texas State University; West Texas A&M University; Stephen F. Austin State University; Sul Ross State University; Angelo State University; The University of Texas at Tyler; and any other college, university, or institution so classified as provided in this chapter or created and so classified, expressly or impliedly, by law.

(4)"Public senior college or university" means a general academic teaching institution as defined above.

(5)"Medical and dental unit" means The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center and its component institutions, agencies, and programs; the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso; the University of Houston College of Medicine; the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine; The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; The University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio; The University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston; The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston; The University of Texas Dental School at San Antonio; The University of Texas Medical School at Houston; the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin; the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; the nursing institutions of The Texas A&M University System and The University of Texas System; and The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston; and such other medical or dental schools as may be established by statute or as provided in this chapter.

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 373 (S.B. 480), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1341 (S.B. 98), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (S.B. 5), Sec. 8.02, eff. June 17, 2011. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 30 (S.B. 974), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 65 (S.B. 120), Sec. 11, eff. May 18, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 179 (H.B. 1844), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 8 (H.B. 826), Sec. 5, eff. May 1, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 294 (H.B. 2867), Sec. 5, eff. May 29, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 517 (S.B. 479), Sec. 2, eff. June 7, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 602 (S.B. 799), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 852 (H.B. 2794), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 188 (S.B. 1467), Sec. 6, eff. May 30, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 889 (S.B. 1780), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 165 (S.B. 1887), Sec. 4, eff. May 23, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 (H.B. 8), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 530), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 191 (S.B. 1786), Sec. 4, eff. May 27, 2025.