Votes at a glance: THECB actions Oct. 23, 2025
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Summary
Summary of motions and board actions taken Oct. 23 by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, including consent calendars, rule adoptions, program approvals, the transfer report and bond authorization.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board took the following actions during its Oct. 23, 2025 quarterly meeting. Items are grouped by type; the board approved consent calendars, adopted several rule changes, approved program and certificate actions, adopted the community college transfer report and authorized bond activity for the College Access Loan program.
Consent actions (approved) - Excused absence for Board Member Javed Anwar (motion moved and passed). - Approval of minutes for the July 23, 2025 quarterly board meeting and for the August 7, 2025 special called meeting. - Nonrule consent calendar (items include: acknowledgement of gifts and donations; appointments to formula advisory committees; delegation of authority to the commissioner for specified reports; reports on grants and fiscal activity; acceptance of Carl D. Perkins midyear reallocation funds up to $10,500,000; and other routine reports). - Rule consent calendar (multiple noncontroversial rule changes and repeals placed on consent were approved as a block).
Rule and policy adoptions (approved) - Adopted new board rules, chapter 13, subchapter K (sections 13.191–13.203) concerning determination of resident status (with a staff edit removing the word “knowingly” from 13.200). - Adopted new board rules, chapter 13, subchapter P (sections 13.460–13.479) consolidating tuition exemptions and waivers and adding recent program changes. - Adopted new board rules, chapter 24, subchapter F (sections 24.70–24.74) concerning Texas Armed Services Scholarships converted to loans (includes cancellation for exceptional circumstances per HB 300). - Adopted proposed amendments to chapter 22, subchapter I (sections 22.163 and 22.165–22.170) implementing House Bill 300 changes to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship program. - Adopted proposed amendments to chapter 4, subchapter C, section 4.52 concerning the Texas Success Initiative, implementing Senate Bill 2786 (exemptions for certain emergency services and peace officers deployed as specified).
Program and institutional approvals (approved) - Granted the University of Austin (UATX) a second certificate of authority to operate in Texas (renewal through Oct. 2027). - Approved UATX’s amendment to add a Master of Startup Innovation to its second certificate of authority. - Approved the University of Texas at Austin’s substantive change to represent separate Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) pathways: DNP — nurse practitioner and DNP — clinical nurse specialist on the inventory. - Approved a new degree program at the University of Houston: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Statistics and Data Science (71 credit hours, in‑person, projected time to degree ~5 years).
Reports and charters (approved) - Adopted the Community College Transfer Student Report as required by the General Appropriations Act (Senate Bill 1, Article 3, Sec. 45). - Adopted the internal audit charter and accepted updates on internal audit and compliance monitoring activities.
Financial authorization (approved) - Adopted a resolution authorizing the issuance of up to $100,000,000 in private activity bonds for the College Access Loan Program and delegated authority to the commissioner and CFO to administer and approve activities necessary to complete bond sales and eligible refundings within limits established in the resolution.
Closed‑session actions (approved in open session following executive session) - Delegated to the commissioner the authority to select one or more employees to serve as interim internal auditor. - Approved annual performance evaluations of the commissioner of higher education and the general counsel and delegated to the chair authority to finalize and sign the evaluations and any salary adjustments as discussed in executive session.
How to read this: The meeting minutes indicate most motions were adopted by voice vote with no roll call recorded in the transcript; items placed on the consent calendar were approved as a block unless removed for discussion.
Ending: The meeting adjourned after executive session business was reported and the board recorded votes to approve the closed‑session delegations and evaluations.
