{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-72.02","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 72.02","heading":"COURSES AND DEGREES.","body":"The board of regents may prescribe courses leading to such customary degrees as are offered at leading American universities and may award those degrees. It is the intent of the legislature that those degrees include baccalaureate and master's degrees and their equivalents; but no department, school, or degree program shall be instituted except with the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.\nActs 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3167, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 77, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE C. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM","CHAPTER 72. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.72.htm#72.02","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"2b165bd1b621e8b372a7c7557e11e97d2c2ec387c29bce529e396046480412e5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-72.01","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-72.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}