Legal Opinion
Heb Ministries, Inc. v. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided October 2, 2003No. 03-01-00103-CVPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEE YEAKEL, Justice.
At issue is the constitutionality of two provisions of the Texas Education Code that require all private postsecondary educational institutions operating in Texas to obtain a certifícate of authority from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board or obtain accreditation from a state- approved agency to (1) grant degrees or their equivalents or (2) name or refer to an educational institution as a “seminary.” See U.S. Const, amend. I, cl. 1; Tex. Const, art. I, §§ 6, 8, 29; Tex. Educ.Code Ann. §§ 61.304,-.313(a)(1) (West 1996 & Supp.2003). In the underlying…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Heb Ministries, Inc., Southern Bible Institute, and Hispanic Bible Institute v. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and Commissioner Raymund ParedesTexas Supreme Court · 2007
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