Institutional Certification and Compliance
Requesting 100-Mile Alternate Nonresident Tuition Rate
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.
Reporting Foreign Gifts and Contracts
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.
SB17 Annual Certification Form
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, 2024 ***
SB17 Training Materials Requiring THECB Review
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.
SB18 Annual Certification Form
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.
Compliance with Reporting Certain Incidents of Sexual Misconduct
TEC Title 3, Subtitle A, Chapter 51, Subchapters E-2 and E-3
Submit CEO Certification to TIXCEOReport@highered.texas.gov
Pregnant and Parenting Students
TEC, Chapter 51, Subchapter Z, Section 51.9357 and Sections 51.982-51.983
Mental Health Certification (HB2895)
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.
Certificate of Authorization Annual Compliance Report
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.
Shared Services Report
(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.
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