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Tex. Educ. Code § 65.11 (2026)

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Sec. 65.11. BOARD OF REGENTS. The government of the university system is vested in a board of nine regents appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The board may provide for the administration, organization, and names of the institutions and entities in The University of Texas System in such a way as will achieve the maximum operating efficiency of such institutions and entities, provided, however, that no institution or entity of The University of Texas System not authorized by specific legislative act to offer a four-year undergraduate program as of the effective date of this Act shall offer any such four-year undergraduate program without prior recommendation and approval by a two-thirds vote of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and a specific act of the Legislature.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3144, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1188, ch. 435, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 27, 1973; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 644, Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 1989.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2005–2025 · leading case: Dallas Cnty. Cmty. Coll. Dist. v. Bolton, 185 S.W.3d 868 (Tex. 2005).
Dallas Cnty. Cmty. Coll. Dist. v. Bolton, 185 S.W.3d 868 (Tex. 2005). · cites it 2× “, TEX. EDUC. CODE §§ 65.11, 85.11, 135.22; see also id.”
Gwendolyn Daniel v. Univ of TX SW Health Sys., 960 F.3d 253 (5th Cir. 2020). “” TEX. EDUC. CODE §§ 65.11, 65.31(a) (“The board is authorized and directed to govern, operate, support, and maintain each of the component institutions that are now or may hereafter be included in a part of The University System.”
Lenoir v. U.T. Physicians, 491 S.W.3d 68 (Tex. App. 2016). “” Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 65.11 (West *78 2002).”
United States Ex Rel. King v. Univ. of Texas Health Sci. Ctr.-Houston, 544 F. App'x 490 (5th Cir. 2013). “” Tex. Educ.Code §§ 65.11, 65.31. All UTHSCH contracts must be in accordance with board rules or specially approved by the board of regents.”
In re Petrobras Sec. Litig., 169 F. Supp. 3d 547 (S.D.N.Y. 2016). “7, § 11a; Tex. Educ.Code § 65.11. The cases and materials cited by the Board demonstrating the proximity of the Board to the State of Texas are not material to a SLUSA analysis.”
Univ. of Texas at Austin// S. O. v. S. O.// Univ. of Texas at Austin/. (Tex. App. 2020). “” See Tex. Educ. Code § 65.11. 7 A “governing board” is defined by statute as “the body charged with policy direction of any public technical institute, public junior college, public senior college or university, medical or dental unit, or other agency of higher education,…”
Juan Enriquez v. the Univ. of Texas Sys. Bd. of Regents, James B. Milliken, & Dr. Erin Jones (Tex. App. 2024). “See Tex. Educ. Code § 65.11 (authorizing Board of Regents); cf.”
the Univ. of Texas at Austin v. Dijaira B. Smith (Tex. App. 2015). “The objective reasonableness of Smith’s belief in the appropriateness of her report to the Office of Internal Audit is proven through the free-standing criminal investigative authority is bestowed by university policy, HOP 3-1021; established under the Regents’ Rules, Rule…”
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2015). “" TEX. EDUC. CODE ANN. § 65.11 (West 2002).”
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