| (a) Regional Councils shall advise the Commissioner
on appropriate policies and procedures for effective state-level administration
of off-campus lower-division instruction.
(b) With the exception of subsection (e), (i), and
(j) of this section, Regional Councils in each of the ten Uniform
State Service Regions shall make recommendations to the Commissioner
and shall resolve disputes regarding plans for lower-division courses
and programs proposed by public institutions.
(c) With the exception of subsection (e), (i), and
(j) of this section, for any dispute arising from off-campus delivery
of lower-division courses to groups, any institution party to the
disagreement may appeal first to the Regional Council, and then to
the Commissioner and then the Board.
(d) Each Regional Council shall make recommendations
to the Commissioner regarding off-campus courses and programs proposed
for delivery within its Uniform State Service Region in accordance
with the consensus views of Council members, except for courses and
programs proposed to be offered by public community colleges in their
designated service areas and courses and programs governed by the
provisions of subsection (e), (i), and (j) of this section.
(e) A public community college may enter into an agreement
to offer dual credit courses with a high school located in the service
area of another public community college without additional regional
council approval.
(f) Public community colleges shall submit for the
appropriate Regional Council's review all off-campus lower-division
courses proposed for delivery to sites outside their service areas.
(g) With the exception of subsection (h) and (i) of
this section, universities, health-related institutions, public technical
colleges, and Lamar state colleges shall submit for Regional Council
review all off-campus lower-division courses proposed for delivery
to sites in the Council's Service Region.
(h) Universities, health-related institutions, public
community and technical colleges, and Lamar state colleges may offer
clinical courses at clinical facilities without Regional Council approval
if each of the following criteria is met:
(1) the student(s) enrolled in the clinical course
is already employed by the clinical facility;
(2) the institution receives written verification from
the clinical facility that there will be no reduction in the number
of clinical opportunities available for use by area institutions;
and
(3) the institution of higher education shall notify
the appropriate Regional Council(s) of the clinical course and provide
the Regional Council(s) with written verification from the clinical
facility that the course will not reduce the number of clinical opportunities
available for use by area institutions.
(i) An institution of higher education may offer a
credit or noncredit workforce education course or lower-division program
without the approval of a higher education regional council in accordance
with Education Code §51.981.
(j) Universities, health-related institutions, public
technical colleges, and Lamar state colleges may enter into an agreement
to offer lower-division dual credit courses with a school district
and/or high school without additional regional council approval.
(k) All institutions of higher education shall provide
notice to the Higher Education Regional Councils when planning to
offer requested off-campus and/or electronic to groups dual credit
courses in the Council's service area.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §4.278 adopted to be effective February 23, 2010, 35 TexReg 1452; amended to be effective February 23, 2011, 36 TexReg 917; amended to be effective November 26, 2014, 39 TexReg 9203; amended to be effective June 6, 2016, 41 TexReg 3997; amended to be effective February 17, 2022, 47 TexReg 649 |
