Texas Register
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 01/23/2015
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
Coordinating Board staff may [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 program [programs] recommended for closure on the next legislative appropriations request submitted by the system or institution. If a system or institution is required to identify a degree program on its legislative appropriations request, the system or institution should also develop a plan to allow the degree program to achieve the minimum standard for the degree awarded, or if the standard is not attainable, provide a rationale describing the merits of continuing the degree program.

The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on January 12, 2015

TRD-201500070

Bill Franz

General Counsel

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Earliest possible date of adoption: February 22, 2015

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

 

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