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TITLE 19 EDUCATION
PART 1TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
CHAPTER 4RULES APPLYING TO ALL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN TEXAS
SUBCHAPTER RREVIEW OF LOW-PRODUCING DEGREE PROGRAMS
RULE §4.290Consequences for Non-Exempt Low-Producing Degree Programs
ISSUE 08/16/2013
ACTION Emergency
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
Coordinating Board staff will recommend to the institution's governing board or to an institution where a system does not exist the closure of any non-exempt degree program which has been on the annual list of low-producing programs for three or more consecutive years. If the governing board or institution does not accept the recommendation to close the program, then the university system or, where a system does not exist, the institution must identify the programs recommended for closure on the next legislative appropriations request submitted by the system or institution. [Once the institution has been notified that a degree program has not met the minimum standards for five consecutive years, the institution must:]

   [(1)Phase out or consolidate the low-producing degree program with another program or programs; or]

   [(2)Request a temporary exemption.]

This agency hereby certifies that the emergency adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on August 5, 2013

TRD-201303198

Bill Franz

General Counsel

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Effective date: August 5, 2013

Expiration date: December 2, 2013

For further information, please call: (512) 427-6114

 

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