(a) Contact hours attributable to the enrollment of
a student in a workforce continuing education course offered by a
public junior college shall be included in the contact hours used
to determine the college's proportionate share of state money appropriated
and distributed to public junior colleges under Texas Education Code §130.003
and §130.0031, regardless of whether the college waives all or
part of the tuition or fees for the course under §130.304.
(b) Workforce continuing education courses with fewer
than seven (7) contact hours of instruction will not receive state
funding unless the specific type and length of instruction are required
by local, state, or national licensing, certifying, regulatory, or
accrediting agencies.
(c) No funds appropriated to any public two-year college
may be expended for any workforce continuing education course which
has not been approved by the Board staff.
(d) Avocational courses shall not be eligible for state
appropriations. This includes community interest courses. A community
college can offer community interest courses using local funds.
(e) Workforce Education Course Manual continuing education
special topics courses that are not designed to prepare adult students
for employment shall not be eligible for state appropriations. This
includes basic employability courses, basic learning skills courses
and learning framework courses.
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