Once the Agency receives a student complaint form, the Agency
may refer the complaint to another agency or entity as follows:
(1) - (2)(No change.)
(3)If the Agency determines that the complaint is
appropriate for investigation and resolution by the institution's
recognized accrediting agency, the Agency may refer the complaint
to the accrediting agency. If the Agency refers the complaint to such
accrediting agency, the Agency may ask [request]
the accrediting agency to send quarterly updates in writing to the
Agency regarding the status of the investigation of the complaint
and to [shall] notify the Agency in writing
of the outcome of the investigation/resolution process for the complaint.
The Agency shall have the right to adopt any decision proposed or
made or any course of action proposed or taken by the accrediting
agency as the final resolution of the matter before the Agency. In
the alternative, the Agency shall have the right t enter its own decision
based on the investigative findings of the accrediting agency to the
extent they are able to be provided. The Agency shall have the right
to terminate the referral of the complaint to the accrediting agency
at any time and may proceed t investigate and adjudicate the complaint.
The Agency shall have the right to adopt any decision proposed or
made or any course of action proposed or taken by the accrediting
agency as the final resolution of the matter before the Agency. In
the alternative, the Agency shall have the right to enter its own
decision based on the investigative findings of the accrediting agency
to the extent they are able to be provided. The Agency shall have
the right to terminate the referral of the complaint to the accrediting
agency at any time and may proceed to investigate and adjudicate the
complaint.
(4)(No change.)
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 February 7, 2018
TRD-201800477 Bill Franz
General Counsel
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Earliest possible date of adoption: March 25, 2018
For further information, please call: (512) 427-6104
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