This document consists of 12 chapters pertaining to the role, scope, and functions of the Coordinating Board of the Texas College and University System in regulating Texas public junior colleges, and presents the Board rules and regulations regarding junior college program development and operations. Chapters include: (1) statutory authority of the Board; (2) general provisions; (3) core curricula for public junior colleges; (4) rules governing approval of less-than-baccalaureate programs in senior institutions; (5) rules for approval of off-campus credit courses; (6) criteria to be met in the creation of public junior colleges; (7) procedures to be followed in the creation of public junior colleges; (8) procedures for the dissolution of dormant junior college districts; (9) basic standards for public junior colleges; (10) operational provisions for public junior colleges; (11) rules for approval of academic courses for state appropriations to public community colleges; (12) rules for open-circuit television courses offered for credit by public institutions of higher education. (JDS)