Legal Information

The links to these websites provide useful legal information on a variety of issues:

• The Texas Legislature Online
• Texas Attorney General's Office
  Texas Open Records Act
  Texas Open Meetings Act

• United States Code as presented by the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Supreme Court of the United States

• U.S. Office of Civil Rights

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commsion

• Charitable Raffles

As a public junior college district organized pursuant to Section 130.004 of the Education Code of the state of Texas, and as a higher education institution that receives federal funding to provide grants and loans to students, the District must comply with all laws of the state of Texas and the federal government of the United States. The following links to websites of the state of Texas and several federal agencies will provide useful legal information that directly molds the policies and procedures of Lone Star College System:

• The Texas Legislature Online
• Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)
• U.S. Department of Education
• Office of Civil Rights
• Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act:
  • Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
  • Recent Amendments to FERPA Relating to Anti-Terrorism Activities
• U.S. Copyright Act

Certain links on this site lead to servers maintained by individuals or orgnaniations over whom Lone Star College System has no control.  Those links, when provided, are available to help you identify and locate other Internet resources that may be of interest to you.  Lone Star College System makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy or any other aspect of the information located on such servers.