| (a) A public junior college proposal for a new baccalaureate
degree is subject to the following levels of approval:
(1) If the baccalaureate degree will be the institution's
first degree at that level, the new degree proposal will be subject
to Board Approval under subchapter A, §2.4, of this chapter (relating
to Preliminary Planning Process for New Degree Programs).
(2) If the baccalaureate degree is not the institution's
first degree at that level, the new degree proposal will be subject
to the following levels of approval:
(A) If the proposed degree contains not greater than
50% new content, then the proposal will be subject to Assistant Commissioner
approval under subchapter A, §2.4, of this chapter.
(B) If the proposed degree contains greater than 50%
new content, then the proposal will be subject to Commissioner Approval
under subchapter A, §2.4, of this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a pilot institution
submitting a proposal for a new baccalaureate degree is subject to
Assistant Commissioner Approval under subchapter A, §2.4, of
this chapter.
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