Texas Education Code

§ 61.059 — APPROPRIATIONS

ED § 61.059Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part B. STATE COORDINATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION · Ch. 61. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD · Art. C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD

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(a)To finance a system of higher education and to secure an equitable distribution of state funds deemed to be available for higher education, the board shall perform the functions described in this section. Funding policies shall:

(1)allocate resources efficiently and provide incentives for programs of superior quality and for institutional diversity;

(2)provide incentives for supporting the five-year master plan developed and revised under Section 61.051;

(3)discourage unnecessary duplication of course offerings between institutions and unnecessary construction on any campus; and

(4)emphasize an alignment with education goals established by the board.

(b)The board shall devise, establish, and periodically review and revise formulas for the use of the governor and the Legislative Budget Board in making appropriations recommendations to the legislature for institutions of higher education other than public junior colleges funded under Chapter 130A. As a specific element of the periodic review, the board shall study and recommend changes in the funding formulas based on the role and mission statements of those institutions of higher education. In carrying out its duties under this section, the board shall employ an ongoing process of committee review and expert testimony and analysis. (b-1) A committee under Subsection (b) must be composed of representatives of a cross-section of institutions representing each of the institutional groupings under the board's accountability system, other than public junior colleges funded under Chapter 130A. The commissioner of higher education shall solicit recommendations for the committee's membership from the chancellor of each university system and from the president of each institution of higher education that is not a component of a university system. The chancellor of a university system may recommend to the commissioner at least one institutional representative for each institutional grouping to which a component of the university system is assigned. The president of an institution of higher education that is not a component of a university system may recommend to the commissioner at least one institutional representative for the institutional grouping to which the institution is assigned.

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Legislative history

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 287 (H.B. 51), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 90 (S.B. 1272), Sec. 2, eff. May 19, 2011. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1120 (H.B. 9), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1183 (H.B. 3468), Sec. 4, eff. June 17, 2011. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 22.001(12), eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 727 (S.B. 31), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155 (S.B. 215), Sec. 62(9), eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 941 (S.B. 1782), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1210 (S.B. 25), Sec. 7, eff. June 14, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 (H.B. 8), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 754 (H.B. 4005), Sec. 3, eff. June 12, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1133 (S.B. 646), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 22.001(7), eff. September 1, 2025.