Texas Education Code (TEC), §§29.182, 29.184, 61.076(a), 61.851 through 61.855, 130.001(b)(3) - (4), 130.008, 130.090, and 135.06(d), authorize the Coordinating Board to adopt policies, enact regulations, and establish rules for public two-year colleges to enter into agreements with secondary schools to offer courses which grant credit toward the student's high school academic requirements and/or college-level credit. In addition, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (hereinafter known as "the Act"), as amended, authorizes the State Board of Education in its capacity as the State Board for Career and Technology Education to designate the Coordinating Board as the administering agency of the Tech-Prep Education Act, or that section, part, or title of the Act referring to Tech-Prep Education.

Source Note: The provisions of this §9.142 adopted to be effective May 25, 2004, 29 TexReg 5069; amended to be effective November 25, 2009, 34 TexReg 8323; amended to be effective September 4, 2014, 39 TexReg 6847