Texas Administrative Code

(a) The board recognizes institutions of higher education that offer an associate degree or higher, by one of the following organizations: (1) Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC); (2) Higher Learning Commission (HLC); (3) Middle States Commission on H…

Unless otherwise noted in a section, the authority for these provisions is provided by Texas Education Code, § 51.9364 and § 61.051 which describes the Board's role in the Texas system of higher education. Notes 19 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.2 The provisions of this §4.2 adopted to be …

The purpose of this subchapter is to implement the provisions of Texas Education Code, § 51.970 , relating to providing certain electronic copies of instructional material for blind and visually impaired students and students with dyslexia who are enrolled at public institutions …

Under Texas Education Code, § 51.307 , the Board is authorized to adopt rules to implement the provisions of Texas Education Code, § 51.970 . Texas Education Code, § 51.970(h) and (i) , authorizes the Board to impose reasonable administrative penalties against publishers and manu…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) Blind or visually impaired student--Includes any student whose visual acuity is impaired to the extent that the student is unable to…

This section applies only to instructional material that is: (1) written and published primarily for postsecondary instruction of students; and (2) required or essential for a student's completion of a course or program requirement at an institution of higher education, as identi…

(a) Materials that are considered required or essential for a course or program requirement are those materials that are: (1) identified in writing by an academic department or instructor as being essential for the student to complete a course and/or program requirements; (2) lis…

(a) Students who qualify to receive instructional materials under this provision will submit their request to the publisher or manufacturer through their institution. To assist the institution in producing special instructional material, a publisher or manufacturer of instruction…

This subchapter establishes rules for general academic teaching institutions to offer training in personal financial literacy to provide students of the institution with the knowledge and skills necessary as self-supporting adults to make important decisions relating to personal …

This subchapter relates to Texas Education Code, Chapter 51, Subchapter F, §51.305, which requires general academic teaching institutions to offer personal financial literacy training to students of the institution. Notes 19 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.209 The provisions of this §4.209 …

The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the development and implementation of policies that encourage the free and appropriate transferability of lower division course credit among institutions of higher education, and especially to provide for the smooth transfer of low…

The following word and term, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: General Academic Teaching Institution--An institution of higher education as defined in Texas Education Code, § 61.003 . Notes 19 Tex. Adm…

The topics to be covered in the training shall include, but are not limited to, budgeting, managing debt and credit, saving and investing, preventing identity theft, retirement planning, taxes, insurance and financing of health care. The training may be offered in any format an i…

The personal financial literacy training shall be made available to students of a general academic teaching institution no later than the 2013 fall semester. Notes 19 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.212 The provisions of this §4.212 adopted to be effective August 27, 2012, 37 TexReg 6589

(a) Authority. Authority for this subchapter is provided in the Texas Education Code, § 51.9705 , Notice Regarding Availability of Textbooks through Multiple Retailers. The rules in this subchapter establish procedures to administer this provision of notice. (b) Purpose. The purp…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) Institution of Higher Education or Institution--Any public technical institute, public junior college, public senior college or univ…

Each institution of higher education shall provide to each student enrolled at the institution written notice regarding the availability of required or recommended textbooks through university-affiliated bookstores and through retailers other than university-affiliated bookstores…

(a) Each institution of higher education shall provide written notice regarding the availability of textbooks: (1) to each student of the institution during the week preceding each fall and spring semester; (2) to each student enrolled at the institution in a semester or summer t…

Each institution of higher education, other than a medical and dental unit, shall make available to the public on the institution's Internet website certain undergraduate course information, and information about available work-study opportunities. Notes 19 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.2…

Texas Education Code; Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, §51.974(g) authorizes the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to adopt rules necessary to administer this subchapter. The Texas Education Code, § 61.051 , describes the Board's role in the Texas system of higher education. Not…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) Commissioner--"The Commissioner of Higher Education" means the agency acting through its executive, and his or her designees, staff,…

(a) Each public institution of higher education, other than a medical and dental unit, shall make available to the public on the institution's Internet website the following information for each undergraduate classroom course offered for credit by the institution: a syllabus, a c…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Board--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher Education. (3) Core Curriculum or…

The purpose of this subchapter is to implement rules to establish the Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant Program, under which the Board awards grant payments to eligible Texas institutions of higher education, as defined in Texas Education Code 61.003(8) , to adopt, modify, r…

The authority for this subchapter is found in Texas Education Code, Chapter 61, Subchapter 61.0668, which provides the board with the authority to adopt rules to administer this grant program, and Senate Bill 1, 87th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Rider 49. Notes 19 Tex. Adm…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the text clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Board or THECB--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher Education. (3) Eligible App…

Texas institutions of higher education as defined by Texas Education Code 61.003(8) are eligible to apply for a grant under this program. Notes 19 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.233 Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 08, February 23, 2018, TexReg 1067 , eff. 2/28/2018 ; Amended b…

To qualify for funding consideration, each eligible applicant must submit an application to Board staff. Each application must: (1) Be submitted electronically in a format specified in the RFA; and (2) Adhere to the grant program requirements contained in the RFA; and (3) Be subm…

(a) The maximum amount of funding available to the program is dependent on the legislative appropriation for each biennium. Award levels and the maximum number of awards will be specified in the RFA. (b) The Board shall delegate to the Commissioner general authority to award all …

Applicants shall be selected for funding based on requirements and award criteria provided in the RFA. Award criteria will include, but may not be limited to, consideration of the following factors: (1) The projected amount of money saved due to the use of OER in the course; and …

Grantees must file reports with Board staff as required by the RFA for each applicable course for each of the four semesters immediately following OER implementation. Grantees will provide information that includes, but is not limited to, the following: (1) The number of students…

(a) Cancellation or Suspension of Grant Solicitations. The Board has the right to reject all applications and cancel a grant solicitation at any point. (b) Notice of Grant Award (NOGA). Before release of funds, the successful applicants must sign a NOGA issued by Board staff. Not…

(a) All successfully completed lower-division academic courses that are identified by the Texas Common Course Numbering System (TCCNS) and published in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) shall be fully transferable among public institutions and shall be substi…

If it is determined by the Board that an institution inappropriately or unnecessarily required a student to retake a course that is substantially equivalent to a course already taken at another institution, in violation of the provisions of § 4.25 of this title (relating to Requi…

This subchapter establishes rules regarding the periodic review of low-producing degree and certificate programs at public institutions of higher education. Notes 19 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.285 The provisions of this §4.285 adopted to be effective May 26, 2010, 35 TexReg 4148

Unless otherwise noted in a section, the authority for these provisions is provided by Texas Education Code, § 61.0512 which describes the Board's role in the Texas system of higher education. Notes 19 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.286 The provisions of this §4.286 adopted to be effective…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) Board--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) Degree or certificate program--Any grouping of subject matter courses whic…

(a) Coordinating Board staff will post online an annual list of low-producing degree programs. (b) The Board will alert an institution's governing board each year when a degree program has not met the minimum standards for three consecutive years. (c) Completers of career technic…

New programs or programs that are granted exemption will be noted on the annual list of low-producing programs, according to the following criteria: (1) A new degree program is exempted for the first five years of program implementation. Annual review begins in the sixth year of …

Coordinating Board staff may recommend to the institution's governing board the closure of any non-exempt degree program which has been on the annual list of low-producing programs for three or more consecutive years. If the governing board does not accept the recommendation to c…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) Active military service--Active service in the armed forces of the United States or in the National Guard or the Texas State Guard. …

The purpose of this subchapter is to establish the coordinating board's oversight for public institutions of higher education regarding participation in State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements. Notes 19 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.310 Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 47, …

Authority for this subchapter is provided by Texas Education Code § 61.05121 , which provides the board with the authority to administer state participation in State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements. Notes 19 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.311 Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 40, Numb…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Accredited--Holding institutional accreditation by name as a U.S.-based institution from an accreditor recognized by the U.S. Depart…

All eligible institutions may apply to the Coordinating Board for admission to SARA under the signature of the institution's chief academic officer. Coordinating Board staff will review the application and make a determination to approve or deny the request to participate in SARA…

To remain eligible for participation in SARA, an institution must renew its participation agreement with the board and pay its required SARA fees annually. At the time of renewal, board staff will determine whether the institution still meets SARA requirements. An institution may…

Institutions operating under SARA shall make their resolution policies and procedures readily available to students taking courses under SARA provisions. (1) Complaints against an institution operating under SARA must first go through the institution's own procedures for resoluti…