COLLEGE DISTRICT GOVERNANCE: BOARD LEGAL STATUS

The official name of the governing board of the junior college district shall be the board of trustees. Education Code 130.082(b)

The board of trustees shall constitute a body corporate and shall have the exclusive power to manage and govern the college district. Education Code 1.001(a), 130.082(d), .084; Texas Ass’n of Steel Importers, Inc. v. Tex. Highway Comm’n, 372 S.W.2d 525 (Tex. 1963)

Extent of State and Local Control

All authority not vested by Education Code Chapter 130 or by other laws of the state in the Coordinating Board or in the Texas Education Agency is reserved and retained locally in each of the respective public junior college districts or the governing board of such junior colleges as provided in the laws applicable.

Education Code 130.002