The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board adopts the repeal of §§5.41 - 5.49 concerning program development in public universities, health-related institutions, and two-year colleges and private and out-of-state public degree granting institutions (Criteria for Approval of New Master’s Degree Programs) without changes to the proposed text as published in the February 28, 2003 issue of the Texas Register (28 TexReg 1731). Specifically, the rules adopted for repeal cover a wide variety of topics. To provide better organization and to increase clarity, these rules are being reorganized into several new chapters, except for §§5.370 - 5.376 regarding the Medical and Health Professional Recruitment Fund. These sections are being eliminated because the program was never implemented or funded.

No comments were received regarding the repeal of these sections.

The repeal is adopted under the Texas Education Code, §61.027, which provides the Coordinating Board with general rule-making authority; §61.002, which establishes the Coordinating Board as an agency charged to provide leadership and coordination for the Texas higher education system; §61.051, which provides the Coordinating Board with authority to coordinate institutions of public higher education in promoting quality education; and §61.0651, which charges the Board to adopt and recommend management policies applicable to institutions of higher education in relation to management of human resources and physical plants.