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TITLE 19 EDUCATION
PART 1TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
CHAPTER 4RULES APPLYING TO ALL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN TEXAS
SUBCHAPTER QAPPROVAL OF OFF-CAMPUS AND SELF-SUPPORTING COURSES AND PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
RULE §4.278Functions of Regional Councils
ISSUE 07/25/2014
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

(a) - (d)(No change.)

(e)A public community college may enter into an agreement to offer [only a] dual credit courses [course] with a high school located in the service area of another public community college up to a maximum of three courses per student per academic year, except to the extent approved by the Commissioner of Texas Education Agency. This provision does not apply to students enrolled in approved early college high school programs. [only if the other public community college is unable to provide the requested course to the satisfaction of the school district and the school district has explicitly invited the institution to do so.]

[(f)A public community college proposing to offer a dual credit course at a high school outside of the college's service area shall notify the Regional Council in whose service area the high school is located. It must provide a letter from the school district stating that the local community college is not offering the proposed dual credit course to the satisfaction of the school district and that the school district has invited the other community college to offer the course.]

(f)[(g)] 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)[(h)] With the exception of subsections (h) and (i) [subsection (i) and (j)] 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)[(i)] 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)[(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 that makes such a request, and regional council approval is not required in order to offer requested lower-division, dual credit courses.

(j)[(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.

The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on July 14, 2014

TRD-201403197

Bill Franz

General Counsel

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Proposed date of adoption: October 23, 2014

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



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