(a) - (i)(No change.) (j)Substitutions and Waivers. No institution or institutional representative may approve course substitutions or waivers of the institution's core curriculum requirements for any currently enrolled student, except as provided in subsection (k) of this section. For students who transfer to a public institution from a college or university that is not a Texas public institution of higher education, [evaluation of the] courses the student completed prior to admission should be evaluated to determine whether they apply to one of [the fulfillment of] the institution's core curriculum component areas. Only [only] those courses the institution has accepted for transfer that can demonstrate fulfillment of the exemplary educational objectives for the appropriate component area or areas should be applied to the institution's core curriculum. (k)Accommodations. (1)An institution of higher education [The Commissioner or the Commissioner's designated staff representative] may, on a case-by-case basis, approve an accommodation of a specific core curriculum component area requirement as described in paragraph (3) of this subsection for a student with a medically-documented learning disability, including but not limited to dyslexia, dysgraphia, or Asperger's Syndrome. (2)Accommodation shall not include a waiver or exemption of any core curriculum requirement. (3)An [In requesting an accommodation under the subsection, an] institution may approve for [ request approval of] core curriculum applicability [for] a course the institution offers but that is not approved as a part of the [that] institution's core curriculum, if the institution demonstrates that the course has been approved to fulfill the same specific core curriculum component area requirement at five or more other Texas public colleges or universities. The Texas Common Course Numbering System course number may be used as evidence of the suitability of the course under this subsection.
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 January 25, 2010
TRD-201000329 Bill Franz
General Counsel
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Proposed date of adoption: April 29, 2010
For further information, please call: (512) 427-6114
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