The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board adopts amendments to Texas Administration Code, Chapter 15, Subchapter C, §15.43, concerning the eligibility criteria to receive distributions from the National Research University Fund, without changes to the proposed text as published in the July 26, 2019, issue of the Texas Register (44 TexReg 3731).

Specifically, the amendments clarify:

(a) in rule section 15.43(b)(3)(C)(ii), a minimum 75th percentile score for the SAT effective with the fall 2017 semester, based on the concordance table for scores prior to and since fall 2017, as provided by the College Board (https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/educators/highered/scoring/concordance);

(b) in rule section 15.43(b)(3)(E)(i), corrected names for the academies that provide awards of national and international distinction to faculty; and

(c) in rule section 15.43(b)(3)(E)(ii), corrected names for faculty awards of distinction.

No comments were received.

The amendments are adopted under the Texas Education Code, Chapter 62, Subchapter G, Section 62.146, which provides the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board with the authority to prescribe standard methods of reporting information for the purpose of determining the eligibility of institutions for the National Research University Fund.