The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Coordinating Board) adopts an amendment to §5.46, concerning Criteria for New Doctoral Programs, without changes to the proposed text as published in the October 26, 2012, issue of the Texas Register (37 TexReg 8416).

The amendment to this section provides an accurate reference to the section of the Texas Administrative Code requiring Coordinating Board approval prior to public colleges and universities delivering doctoral programs through distance education and/or off-campus instruction.

No comments were received regarding the proposed amendment.

The amendment is adopted under Texas Education Code, Chapter 61, Subchapter C, §61.051(j), which provides the Coordinating Board with the authority to require public colleges and universities to gain approval from the Coordinating Board prior to the delivery of doctoral programs through distance education and/or off-campus instruction.