(a) The Board shall provide a training program for members of institutional governing boards in accordance with provisions set forth in Texas Education Code, §61.084 and §61.0841.
(b) The Board may prescribe an alternative training program for members of governing boards as permitted in §61.084.
(c) A registration fee will be paid by training program participants in an amount adequate to cover the costs incurred by the Board and any other state agencies the Board enlists in providing the program. Such amount will be determined prior to each training program.
(d) The Board shall provide, as part of the training program, an intensive short orientation course developed under Texas Education Code, §61.0841. The orientation course shall be offered as an online interactive course and may also be offered in the form of a written document or in a one-on-one or group setting.
(e) A governing board member of a public institution of higher education who holds an appointive position must attend such intensive short orientation course developed under Texas Education Code §61.0841 as well as any available training course sponsored or coordinated by the Office of the Governor with a curriculum designed for training newly appointed state officers, board members, or high-level executive officials. A governing board member holding an appointive position must attend those courses the first time they are offered following the date the member takes the oath of office. A governing board member may have additional time to attend such courses if the member for good cause is unable to attend the courses the first time they are offered.
(f) Any member of the governing board of an institution of higher education who holds an appointive position and whose first year of service on the governing board begins on or after January 1, 2016, shall not vote on a budgetary or personnel matter related to system administration or institutions of higher education until the member completes the intensive short orientation course developed under Texas Education Code, §61.0841.
(g) The Board is responsible for documenting governing board members' completion of the training program requirements.

Source Note: The provisions of this §1.9 adopted to be effective February 26, 2004, 29 TexReg 1658; amended to be effective February 22, 2016, 41 TexReg 1226