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TITLE 19	EDUCATION
PART 1	TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
CHAPTER 5	RULES APPLYING TO PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, HEALTH-RELATED INSTITUTIONS, AND/OR SELECTED PUBLIC COLLEGES OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN TEXAS
SUBCHAPTER C	APPROVAL OF NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, HEALTH-RELATED INSTITUTIONS, AND REVIEW OF EXISTING DEGREE PROGRAMS
RULE §5.54	Noncompliance with Conditions of Approval for New Doctoral Degree Programs
ISSUE	08/30/2013
ACTION	Emergency

Preamble

No Rule Available

(a) - (b)(No change.)

(c)Program Closure. If it is determined that a new doctoral degree program should be closed, Coordinating Board staff will notify the institution in writing of the recommendation to eliminate the program. If the institution where the program is located accepts the recommendation, it shall:

(1)give appropriate notification to the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools;

~~[(1)be notified in writing;]~~

(2)upon receipt of notification of program closure, [~~shall~~] immediately cease to admit new students to the program and provide Board staff with the names, dates of admission, and projected graduation dates of all students currently enrolled in the program;

(3) - (6)(No change.)

(d)If the institution chooses not to follow the recommendation for closure of the program, Coordinating Board staff will send the recommendation to the governing board of the institution. If the governing board does not accept the recommendation to eliminate the program, then the university system or, where a system does not exist, the institution must identify the programs recommended for closure on the next legislative appropriations request submitted by the system or institution.

This agency hereby certifies that the emergency adoption 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 August 19, 2013

TRD-201303479

Bill Franz

General Counsel

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Effective date: August 19, 2013

Expiration date: December 16, 2013

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

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