Terms Used In Texas Education Code 155.004

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005

To the extent funding is available and for the purpose of operating, managing, and providing services or facilities for the center, the commission shall contract with a private postsecondary educational institution that:
(1) is a member of the Association of American Universities;
(2) has an enrollment of at least 3,000 students; and
(3) is located in a municipality in the Gulf Coast Region with a population of 1.8 million or more.