EL PASO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
BOARD POLICY
4.02.01
ACADEMIC APPROPRIATION
The District shall participate in the annual appropriation made by the Texas Legislature under the title of Public Junior
Colleges - State Aid.
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Be certified as a public junior college as prescribed in Section 61.063 of the Texas Education Code;
Offer a minimum of 24 semester hours of vocational and/or terminal courses;
Have complied with all existing laws, rules, and regulations governing the establishment and maintenance of public junior colleges;
Collect from each full-time and part-time student enrolled, matriculation and other session fees in the amounts required and provided by law for other state-supported institutions of higher education, - except that the amount charged nonresidents need not be greater than the amount so required by law on January 1, 1971, and that notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (b) of Section 54.051 of the Texas Education Code, the minimum tuition charge for resident students shall be $25.00;
Grant, when properly applied for, the scholarships and tuition exemptions provided for in the Texas
Education Code; but
Nothing in these requirements shall be construed to alter, amend, or repeal Section 54.060 of the Texas
Education Code.
Sec. 130.003, Tex. Educ. Code.
Restrictions - All funds appropriated to the District as State Aid, except those necessary for paying the costs of audits, shall be used exclusively for the purpose of paying salaries of the instructional and administrative forces of the District and the purchase of supplies and materials for instructional purposes.