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TITLE 19 EDUCATION
PART 1TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
CHAPTER 5RULES APPLYING TO PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, HEALTH-RELATED INSTITUTIONS, AND/OR SELECTED PUBLIC COLLEGES OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN TEXAS
SUBCHAPTER CAPPROVAL OF NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, HEALTH-RELATED INSTITUTIONS, AND/OR SELECTED PUBLIC COLLEGES
RULE §5.48Criteria for Certificate Programs at Universities and Health-Related Institutions
ISSUE 08/07/2009
ACTION Proposed
Preamble No Rule Available
(a) - (e)(No change.)

(f)Lower-division certificate programs.

  (1)One and two-year, post-secondary career technical/ workforce education programs should be delivered primarily by community, state, and technical colleges. These institutions are uniquely suited by virtue of their specialized mission, local governance, and student support services to provide such opportunities in an efficient and economical manner. For that reason, new lower-division career technical/workforce certificate [certification] programs shall not generally be approved at public universities and health-related institutions.

  (2)(No change.)

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on July 24, 2009

TRD-200903086

Bill Franz

General Counsel

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Proposed date of adoption: October 29, 2009

For further information, please call: (512) 427-6114

 

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