{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-130.303","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 130.303","heading":"AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAMS.","body":"(a) The coordinating board shall authorize baccalaureate degree programs in the fields of applied science, applied technology, and nursing at each public junior college that previously participated in a pilot project to offer baccalaureate degree programs.\n(b) The coordinating board may authorize baccalaureate degree programs at one or more public junior colleges that offer a degree program in the field of applied science, including a degree program in the field of applied science with an emphasis in early childhood education, applied technology, or nursing and have demonstrated a workforce need.\nTransferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 130.0012(b) by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (S.B. 2118), Sec. 4, eff. June 12, 2017.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE G. NON-BACCALAUREATE SYSTEM","CHAPTER 130. JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER L. BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm#130.303","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"871b6c48a6a7cb4b786cd4919b38efba83b064d4693d6e2a371b289fda232622","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-130.302","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-130.304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}