Events
Events and meetings for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
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Quarterly Board Meeting
October 23 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Public Testimony
**PLEASE NOTE: For the October 2025 Committee and Board Meetings, public testimony will be taken only on Wednesday, October 22. The deadline to register is 9am, Tuesday, October 21.**
The presiding chair shall designate whether public testimony will be taken at the beginning of the meeting, at the time the related item is taken up by the Board after staff has presented the item, or any other time as determined by the presiding chair. For procedures on testifying please go to http://www.highered.texas.gov/public-testimony.
Agenda and Materials
Agenda Item VI: Major Policy Discussion PPT
Agenda Item VII-A: Update on Texas transfer initiatives and consideration and possible action to adopt the “Community College Transfer Student Report” PPT
Agenda Item VII-B: Update on program approval PPT
Agenda Item VII-E: Consideration and possible action to adopt a resolution authorizing the issuance of State of Texas College Student Loan Bonds and College Student Loan Refunding Bonds in one or more series and delegation of the authority for administering and approving the activities necessary
to complete the sale of the private activity bonds PPT
Agenda Item VIII-D: Consideration and possible action to adopt the recommendation relating to the “Facilities Audit Report”
Agenda Item VIII-F (3): Consideration and possible action to adopt new Board Rules, CH13, Subchapter K, Sections 13.191-13.203, concerning Determination of Resident Status Supplemental Materials *Updated
Agenda Item VIII-F (4): Consideration and possible action to adopt new Board Rules, CH 13, Subchapter P, Sections 13.460-13.479, concerning Tuition Exemptions and Waivers Supplemental Materials*Updated
Agenda Item VIII-F (8): Consideration and possible action to adopt proposed amendments to Board Rules, CH 23, Subchapter D, Sections 23.94, 23.96, 23.97, and 23.100-23.102, and new section 23.103, concerning the Mental Health Professionals Loan Repayment Assistance Program Supplemental Materials
Agenda Item VIII-F (14): Consideration and possible action to adopt new Board Rules, Chapter 24, Subchapter F, Sections 24.70-24.74, concerning Texas Armed Services Scholarships Converted to Loans Supplemental Materials
Agenda Item VIII-F (15): Consideration and possible action to adopt proposed amendments to Board Rules, Chapter 22, Subchapter I, Sections 22.163 and 22.165-22.170, concerning Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program Supplemental Materials
Agenda Item X-B: Consideration and possible action to approve the “Tobacco Fund Settlement: Annual Progress Report” for Fiscal Year 2025
Agenda Item X-C: Consideration and possible action to adopt the “Study and Report on Assisting Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder”
Agenda Item X-L (4): Consideration and possible action to adopt proposed amendments to Board Rules, Chapter 2, Subchapter O, Sections 2.357 and 2.358, concerning Approval Process and Required Reporting for Self-Supporting Degree Programs Supplemental Materials
Gun Notice
Texas Penal Code Section 46.035(c) states: “A license holder commits an offense if the license holder intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, regardless of whether the handgun is concealed or carried in a shoulder or belt holster, in the room or rooms where a meeting of a governmental entity is held and if the meeting is an open meeting subject to Chapter 551, Government Code, and the entity provided notice as required by that chapter.” Thus, no person can carry a handgun and enter the room or rooms where a meeting of the THECB is held if the meeting is an open meeting subject to Chapter 551, Government Code.
Please Note that this governmental meeting is, in the opinion of counsel representing THECB, an open meeting subject to Chapter 551, Government Code and THECB is providing notice of this meeting as required by Chapter 551. In addition, please note that the written communication required by Texas Penal Code Sections 30.06 and 30.07, prohibiting both concealed and open carry of handguns by Government Code Chapter 411 licensees, will be posted at the entrances to this governmental meeting.