{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-130.308","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 130.308","heading":"SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NURSING DEGREE PROGRAM.","body":"(a) In determining whether a public junior college may offer a baccalaureate degree program in nursing, the coordinating board shall:\n(1) require a public junior college to provide evidence to the coordinating board and the Texas Board of Nursing that the public junior college has secured adequate long-term clinical space;\n(2) obtain a letter from each clinical site provided indicating that the clinical site has not refused a similar request from a general academic teaching institution or medical and dental unit; and\n(3) establish that the corresponding associate degree program offered by the public junior college has been successful as indicated by job placement rates and licensing exam scores.\n(b) A baccalaureate degree program offered under this subchapter by a public junior college in the field of nursing must:\n(1) be a bachelor of science degree program;\n(2) meet the standards and criteria the Texas Board of Nursing uses to approve pre-licensure degree programs at general academic teaching institutions and medical and dental units regardless of whether the program is a pre-licensure or post-licensure program; and\n(3) be accredited by a national nursing accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (S.B. 2118), Sec. 9, 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#130.308","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"70ad80488ae6c892034313a056018d0a2bc33150d87a867ec5a1e6dd391ab31f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-130.307","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-130.309"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}