The college is located on land deeded to the governing board by the federal Department of Education for the purpose of operating the college. The governing board may not conduct regular junior college programs for students with unimpaired hearing on the college campus except as an integral part of the program offered to hearing-impaired students when:

1. (1) it is educationally appropriate to enroll hearing students in classes for the hearing-impaired; or
2. (2) special programs are needed to train hearing and hearing-impaired persons to become professional service providers for the deaf.

Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 366, ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. May 14, 1981.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 2 (H.B. 1101), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.