Tex. Education Code § 51.243
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 51.243, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 51.243. REQUIRED HEARING PROCEDURES.
Official statutory text
A person from whom consent to remain on the campus of a state-supported institution of higher education has been withdrawn in accordance with Section 51.233 is entitled, in addition to the procedures set out in Section 51.234, to the following:
(1) to be represented by counsel;
(2) to the right to call and examine witnesses and to cross-examine adverse witnesses;
(3) to have all matters upon which the decision may be based introduced into evidence at the hearing in his presence;
(4) to have the decision based solely on the evidence presented at the hearing;
(5) to prohibit the introduction of statements made against him unless he has been advised of their content and the names of the persons who made them, and has been given the opportunity to rebut unfavorable inferences that might otherwise be drawn; and
(6) to have all findings made at the hearing be final, subject only to his right to appeal to the president and the governing board of the institution.
(1) to be represented by counsel;
(2) to the right to call and examine witnesses and to cross-examine adverse witnesses;
(3) to have all matters upon which the decision may be based introduced into evidence at the hearing in his presence;
(4) to have the decision based solely on the evidence presented at the hearing;
(5) to prohibit the introduction of statements made against him unless he has been advised of their content and the names of the persons who made them, and has been given the opportunity to rebut unfavorable inferences that might otherwise be drawn; and
(6) to have all findings made at the hearing be final, subject only to his right to appeal to the president and the governing board of the institution.
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