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Funding of excess undergraduate credit hours is limited as follows: (1)Universities and health-related institutions may not submit for formula funding hours attempted by an undergraduate student who has previously attempted 45 or more semester credit hours or its quarter hour equivalent beyond the minimum number of hours required for completion of the degree program in which the student is enrolled. (2)An undergraduate student at a four-year institution who is not enrolled in a degree program is considered to be enrolled in a degree program requiring a minimum of 120 semester credit hours. (3)Students who enroll on a temporary basis in a university or health-related institution and are also enrolled in a private or independent institution of higher education or an out-of-state institution of higher education are considered to be enrolled in a degree program requiring a minimum of 120 semester credit hours. (4)For the purposes of the undergraduate limit, an undergraduate student who has entered into a master's or professional degree program without first completing an undergraduate degree is considered to no longer be an undergraduate student after having completed the equivalent of a bachelor's degree or all of the course work normally taken during the first four years of undergraduate course work in the student's degree program. (5)For the purposes of the undergraduate limit, students are treated for funding purposes as having whatever major they had on the official census day of the term in question. If a student changes majors during a term, that act does not retroactively change their eligibility under the limit. (6)The following types of credit hours are exempt and do not count toward the limit: (A)hours earned by the student before receiving a baccalaureate degree that has been previously awarded to the student; (B)hours earned through examination or similar method without registering for a course; (C)hours from remedial and developmental courses, technical courses, workforce education courses, or other courses that would not generate academic credit that could be applied to a degree at the institution; (D)hours earned by the student at a private institution or an out-of-state institution; and (E)any hours not eligible for formula funding.
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 February 7, 2001
TRD-200100827 Gary Prevost
Acting Assistant Commissioner for Administration
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Proposed date of adoption: April 20, 2001
For further information, please call: (512) 427-6162
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