The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts an amendment to §535.62, concerning acceptable courses of study, without changes to the proposed text as published in the August 3, 2001, issue of the Texas Register (26 TexReg 5739). Section 535.62 establishes the guidelines for TREC's acceptance of core real estate courses from license applicants. The amendment clarifies how the examination must be graded by the instructor or provider and permits the course provider to conduct the examination by use of a computer, thus allowing students to take the course examination online or at a site designated by the provider. Adoption of the amendment is necessary to permit correspondence course providers to employ the same examination alternatives that exist for providers who use alternative delivery systems, such as computers, for their courses. Students taking examinations by computer could avoid travel expense and delay in the completion of courses required to obtain a license from TREC.

No comments were received regarding the proposal.

The amendment is adopted under Texas Civil Statutes, Article 6573a, §5(h), which authorizes the Texas Real Estate Commission to make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the performance of its duties.