| (a) An institution may request the Commissioner to
approve substitute Discipline Foundation Courses based upon the following
criteria:
(1) The institution demonstrates that approved Discipline
Foundation Courses significantly vary from the institution's lower-division
curriculum for a given major; or
(2) The institution demonstrates based on evidence
that students completing approved Discipline Foundation Courses are
not successful in the institution's upper-division curriculum.
(b) The Chief Academic Officer of an institution that
requests substitute Discipline Foundation Courses based on the criteria
in this rule must submit a petition for substitute Discipline Foundation
Courses in writing to the Commissioner, along with a written, evidence-based
rationale. The Commissioner shall promptly notify the Texas Transfer
Advisory Committee of the request for substitute Discipline Foundation
Courses.
(c) Upon notification by the Commissioner, the Texas
Transfer Advisory Committee shall evaluate the institution's request
for substitute Discipline Foundation Courses based upon the number
of students affected, how the substitute Discipline Foundation Courses
would impact transfer, and any other criteria as decided by a majority
vote of public junior college representative members and general academic
teaching institution members present and voting.
(d) After review of the criteria, the Texas Transfer
Advisory Committee shall vote on whether to recommend the substitute
Discipline Foundation Courses to the Commissioner. A majority of the
public junior college sector representatives and a majority of the
general academic teaching institution sector representatives who are
present and voting must both vote in favor for the substitute Discipline
Foundation Courses to advance to the Commissioner for approval.
(e) No more than thirty (30) days after its vote on
the petition, the Texas Transfer Advisory Committee shall provide
a written report to the Commissioner explaining the rationale for
the action taken by the Texas Transfer Advisory Committee on the request
for substitute Discipline Foundation Courses.
(f) No more than thirty (30) days after receiving the
written report from the Texas Transfer Advisory Committee, the Commissioner
shall consider the Texas Transfer Advisory Committee report and make
a final determination whether to approve the substitute Discipline
Foundation Courses. The Commissioner's decision is final and may not
be appealed.
(g) The Commissioner shall inform the Board at the
next quarterly meeting of all decisions to approve or deny petitions
for substitute Discipline Foundation Courses.
(h) The Coordinating Board shall maintain a public
website that includes a list of all substitute Discipline Foundation
Courses approved by the Commissioner.
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