{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-61.061","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 61.061","heading":"POLICIES, RULES, AND REGULATIONS RESPECTING JUNIOR COLLEGES.","body":"The board has the responsibility for adopting policies, enacting regulations, and establishing general rules necessary for carrying out the duties with respect to public junior colleges placed upon it by the legislature. The commissioner of higher education is responsible for carrying out these policies and enforcing these rules and regulations.\nActs 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE B. STATE COORDINATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION","CHAPTER 61. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD","SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.61.htm#61.061","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"221793a6fd6efabedeacf46d634726289b756b90c3f68e0f2af04726ad130a85","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-61.060","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-61.062"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}