TX HB771

Requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop and implement a single common course numbering system for all courses (not just lower-division) at public institutions of higher education by June 1, 2026, with full institutional compliance required by the 2030-2031 academic year

Mandates that courses successfully completed under the common numbering system must transfer and be substituted at any receiving institution offering a course with the same common course number

Exempts certain course types from the common numbering system, including career and technical education courses, applied performing arts, clinical health coursework, criminal justice skill courses, graduate courses, and special topics courses (internships, study abroad, theses, dissertations)

Requires each institution to annually certify to the board the accuracy of their course identification under the common numbering system and publish transfer guidelines using the standardized course numbers in catalogs and websites

Authorizes the board to recommend corrective action to non-compliant institutions and report those failing to comply in legislative appropriations requests