(a) Except as set out under subsection (b) of this section, the Coordinating Board shall use the following regional list for the purpose of generating the list of high-demand fields for each institution under this subchapter.
  (1) Alamo Region:
    (A) Alamo Colleges District
    (B) Victoria College
  (2) Capital Region: Austin Community College
  (3) Central Texas Region:
    (A) Blinn College District
    (B) Central Texas College
    (C) Hill College
    (D) McLennan Community College
    (E) Temple College
  (4) Gulf Coast Region:
    (A) Alvin Community College
    (B) Brazosport College
    (C) College of the Mainland
    (D) Galveston College
    (E) Houston Community College
    (F) Lee College
    (G) Lone Star College System
    (H) San Jacinto College District
    (I) Wharton County Junior College
  (5) High Plains Region:
    (A) Amarillo College
    (B) Clarendon College
    (C) Frank Phillips College
    (D) South Plains College
  (6) Metroplex Region:
    (A) Collin County Community College District
    (B) Dallas College
    (C) Grayson College
    (D) Navarro College
    (E) North Central Texas College
    (F) Tarrant County College District
    (G) Weatherford College
  (7) Northwest Region:
    (A) Cisco College
    (B) Ranger College
    (C) Vernon College
    (D) Western Texas College
  (8) Southeast Region: Angelina College
  (9) South Texas Region:
    (A) Coastal Bend College
    (B) Del Mar College
    (C) Laredo College
    (D) South Texas College
    (E) Southwest Texas Junior College
    (F) Texas Southmost College
  (10) Upper East Region:
    (A) Kilgore College
    (B) Northeast Texas Community College
    (C) Panola College
    (D) Paris Junior College
    (E) Texarkana College
    (F) Trinity Valley Community College
    (G) Tyler Junior College
  (11) Upper Rio Grande Region: El Paso Community College
  (12) West Texas Region:
    (A) Howard College District
    (B) Midland College
    (C) Odessa College
(b) Not later than March 1 annually, a public junior college that is assigned to a region established under this subchapter may request, via electronic communication to CCFinance@highered.texas.gov signed by the chief executive officer, reassignment to a different region overlapping with the college's service area, as established in Texas Education Code, chapter 130, subchapter J, for the purpose of this subchapter.
  (1) An election to a different region under this section shall begin on September 1 and continue for no fewer than the following four (4) fiscal years.
  (2) The Coordinating Board shall maintain an updated list that includes each institution and its assigned region pursuant to this section.

Source Note: The provisions of this §13.592 adopted to be effective May 16, 2024, 49 TexReg 3270