Governance and Service Area
The college is governed by a seven-member board of trustees elected to six-year terms by the residents of the college district.
As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of COM includes:
- the Dickinson, Friendswood, Hitchcock, La Marque, Santa Fe, and Texas City school districts, and
- the portion of the Clear Creek Independent School District located within Galveston County.
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