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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 AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, HEALTH-RELATED INSTITUTIONS, AND REVIEW OF EXISTING DEGREE PROGRAMS
RULE §5.54Noncompliance with Conditions of Approval for New Doctoral Degree Programs
ISSUE 08/30/2013
ACTION Proposed
Preamble No Rule Available
(a) - (b)(No change.)

(c)Program Closure. If it is determined that a new doctoral degree program is in jeopardy of noncompliance with the conditions of its approval, Coordinating Board staff will notify the institution in writing with a recommendation. If [should be closed,] the institution where the program is located wishes to close the program, the institution 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) - (4)(No change.)

  (5)[automatically] close the program when the last student enrolled in the program has graduated or the teach-out period has lapsed; and

  (6)(No change.)

(d)If the institution chooses not to follow the recommendation, 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 by the Coordinating Board on the next legislative appropriations request submitted by the system or institution.

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 August 19, 2013

TRD-201303484

Bill Franz

General Counsel

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Proposed date of adoption: October 24, 2013

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

 

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