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TITLE 19 - EDUCATION
PART 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
CHAPTER 2 - ACADEMIC AND WORKFORCE EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER G - APPROVAL PROCESS FOR NEW DOCTORAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS
SECTION/RULE §2.141 - Authority

The authority for this subchapter is Texas Education Code §§61.051 and 61.0512, which provide that no new degree program may be added at any public institution of higher education except with specific prior approval of the Board. In addition, Tex. Educ. Code §61.05122 requires institutions to submit a plan for graduate medical education ahead of submitting an M.D. or D.O. proposal.

Source Note: The provisions of this §2.141 adopted to be effective November 28, 2022, 47 TexReg 7895.

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