Institutional Certification and Compliance
Certifying compliance
The Certification for Appropriation compliance letter, per Texas Education Code, §130.003(b) is due to the THECB annually on or before August 1. The compliance letter is required prior to the Commissioner of Higher Education’s filing of a list of the public junior colleges that have certified compliance to the State Auditor and State Comptroller, which is due September 1. Your institution’s certification and the Commissioner’s list are required before the state may release funds to eligible institutions.
You can complete the attached template using the institution’s official letterhead, and return the letter to CCFinance@highered.texas.gov on or before August 1.
TEC Title 3, Subtitle A, Chapter 51, Subchapters E-2 and E-3
Submit CEO Certification to TIXCEOReport@highered.texas.gov
Mental Health Resources Annual Certification
Institutions shall use this form to submit a copy of the annual compliance letter required by Texas Education Code, Section 51.9193 (House Bill 2895, 85th Legislature, Regular Session) by August 1 of each year.
Texas Education Code, Sec. 51.96852 requires institutions of higher education to include recommended course sequences in its course catalog and on the institution’s Internet website. It also requires institutions to submit recommended course sequences to the Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Use this form to submit a link to your institution’s recommended course sequence to THECB and certify compliance no later than September 1, 2025.
Institutions shall use this form to submit a copy of the annual certification submitted to the legislature pursuant to 51.3525(e) no later than September 1.
***Compliance form submission period is August 1 through August 31 ***
An institution shall use this form to submit to the Coordinating Board its annual certification and a copy of related policies and procedures pursuant to 51.942 (c-4)(g) no later than September 1 of each year.
Submitting reports or information
General academic teaching institutions located within a 100-mile radius of the boundary of Texas with another U.S. State shall use this form to submit written requests, pursuant to Texas Education Code §54.0601, to offer an alternate nonresident tuition rate to eligible students.
Written requests for the 2026-27 legislative biennium may be submitted beginning January 15, 2024. An institution may not offer or publish an alternate rate under this program until its request has been approved by the Commissioner of Education.
Pursuant to Senate Bill 365 (89th Leg. R.S.) and Texas Education Code, §51.931(c-2)
Each public institution of higher education must adopt a policy regarding the admissions made by the institution under TEC, §51.931 – Right to an Academic Fresh Start, post the policy on its website, and submit the policy to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Institutions must submit this form prior to the start of the 2025 Fall semester.
Use the forms below to 1) notify THECB about proposed name changes to your community college district, institution, or campus; and 2) file a board resolution with the new name with THECB.
Pregnant and Parenting Students’ Data Collection
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) is requesting your participation in the following pregnant and parenting students’ data collection as required by House Bill 1361 and Senate Bill 412 of the 88th Texas legislative session.
If there are any questions regarding the policies or reporting requirements, please contact Student Success at studentsuccess@highered.texas.gov. If you need technical assistance with the survey, please contact Taylor Cox at Taylor.Cox@highered.texas.gov.
Executive Order GA-48 requires all public institutions of higher education that submit reporting on foreign gifts and contract disclosures to the U.S. Department of Education under Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to submit the same report to the Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). Reports to the THECB are due on February 14 and August 14.
An institution’s general counsel may submit trainings, programs, or activities designed or implemented in reference to race, color, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation, developed by an attorney and approved in writing by the institution ’s general counsel that the institution is required to submit to the THECB pursuant to Tex. Educ. Code Section 51.3525 for the sole purpose of ensuring compliance with any applicable court order or state or federal law.
(TAC Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 13, Subchapter S, Rule Section 13.563)
Texas Administrative Code Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 13, Subchapter S, Rule Section 13.563 requires public junior colleges with fewer than 5,000 full-time equivalent students which receives a scale adjustment under Section 13.554(b)(1)(C) to submit a report on their participation in shared services to the Coordinating Board by November 1, of each even numbered year in which the college received a scale adjustment.
Certificate of Authorization Annual Compliance Report (names A-O Jan. 15; names P-Z July 15) – Pursuant to Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Rule 7.7, an institution operating under a Certificate of Authorization is subject to annual review for continued compliance.
SARA is an agreement among member states, districts, and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs.
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