| (B) pay the fee required by §535.101 and §535.210
of this title.
(2) If after review the Commission is not satisfied
with the updated course materials and revised course outline, the
Commission may direct a provider to:
(A) further revise the materials;
(B) cease use of materials; or
(C) withdraw a course text.
(3) If a provider paid a fee for the initial course
approval, the provider will receive a prorated credit on the fee paid
under this subsection for the unexpired time remaining on that initial
approval. The Commission will calculate the prorated credit by dividing
the fee paid for the initial approval by 48 months and multiplying
that amount by the number of full months remaining between the approval
date of the revised course and the expiration date of the currently
approved version of the course.
(4) A revised course approved under this subsection
expires four years from the date of approval of the revision.
(5) No later than 90 days before the effective date
of a revised course, a provider shall send written notice to all students
who have purchased the currently approved course and not completed
it, that credit will no longer be given for the current course as
of the effective date of the revised course.
(6) If an approved provider fails to give the notice
set out in paragraph (5) of this subsection, the provider shall allow
the student to take the revised course at no additional charge.
(g) Approval and Expiration of approval.
(1) A Qualifying provider shall not offer qualifying
education courses until the provider has received written notice of
the approval from the Commission.
(2) A Qualifying course expires four years from the
date of approval and providers must reapply and meet all current requirements
of this Section to offer the course for another four years.
(3) Courses approved for use by a subsequent provider
under subsection (d) of this section expire on the same date that
the originally approved course expires.
(h) Renewal of course approval.
(1) Not earlier than 90 days before the expiration
of a course approval, a provider may apply for a renewal of course
approval for another four-year period.
(2) Approval of an application to renew course approval
shall be subject to the standards for initial approval set out in
this section.
(3) The Commission may deny an application to renew
course approval if the provider is in violation of a Commission order.
(i) Course preapproval for exempt providers.
(1) Providers exempt from approval by the Commission
may submit courses to the Commission for preapproval by meeting the
standards for course approval under this section, including submitting
all applicable forms and fees.
(2) Any course offered by an exempt provider without
preapproval by the Commission will be evaluated by the Commission
to determine whether it qualifies for credit at such time as a student
submits a course completion certificate to the Commission for credit.
(3) The Commission will determine whether or not a
course offered by an exempt provider without preapproval by the Commission
qualifies for credit using the standards set out under this section.
(4) An exempt provider may not represent that a course
qualifies for credit by the Commission unless the exempt provider
receives written confirmation from the Commission that the course
has been preapproved for credit.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §535.62 adopted to be effective January 1, 2015, 39 TexReg 9669; amended to be effective January 1, 2016, 40 TexReg 8226; amended to be effective December 7, 2016, 41 TexReg 9521; amended to be effective December 9, 2018, 43 TexReg 7898; amended to be effective December 11, 2019, 44 TexReg 7702 |
