SECTION 206.74. Indexing

(a) All new or changed documents on an institution of higher education website that meet the criteria of a "state publication" as defined by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission must include the meta tags required by 13 TAC §3.3, Standard Deposit and Reporting Requirement, when technically feasible.

(b) The home page of an institution of higher education website must incorporate TRAIL meta data and must include links to the following State of Texas resources:

(1) State electronic Internet portal, Texas.gov;

(2) Texas Homeland Security website;

(3) TRAIL, statewide search website; and

(4) State Auditor's Office Fraud, Waste, or Abuse Hotline, and agency fraud policy, if applicable.

(c) The home page or site policies page of an institution of higher education website must include links to the following institution of higher education resources:

(1) Institution of higher education linking notice;

(2) Institution of higher education privacy notice;

(3) Contact information;

(4) Institution of higher education policy and procedures relating to Open Records/Public Information Act;

(5) Compact with Texans; and

(6) Institution of higher education electronic and information resources accessibility:

(A) Policy; and

(B) Coordinator contact information.

(d) Key public entry points must include links to the following institution of higher education resources:

(1) Home page;

(2) Site policies page or contact information;

(3) Site policies page or linking notice;

(4) Site policies page or privacy notice; and

(5) Institution of higher education electronic and information resources accessibility:

(A) Policy; and

(B) Coordinator contact information.

(e) An institution of higher education must post on the institution's Internet website:

(1) For institution-awarded state grants in an amount greater than $25,000, the purposes for which the grant was awarded, as specified in Texas Government Code, §403.0245.

(2) Institution information regarding accepted gifts, grants, donations or other consideration for any salary supplement for an institution employee, as specified in Texas Government Code, §659.0201.

(3) Institution information regarding staff compensation, as specified in Texas Government Code, §659.026.

(4) The institution's approved internal audit plan and agency annual report, including any required updates, as specified in Texas Government Code, §2102.015.

Source Note: The provisions of this §206.74 adopted to be effective March 7, 2012, 37 TexReg 1487; amended to be effective March 19, 2014, 39 TexReg 1926; amended to be effective June 12, 2014, 39 TexReg 4645; amended to be effective September 29, 2019, 44 TexReg 5389