Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 9 - Education- Mississippi Community College Board › Part 8 - Policies And Procedures Manual › Appendix 9-8-B - Criteria for State Reimbursement

Current through June 25, 2024
Criteria for State Reimbursement of Mississippi Virtual
				Community College Courses, FY XX
Given full faith to MCCB Policy 9.2
Standards for
				Quality and Accountability,
a community/junior college is in
				compliance with the MSVCC Policies and Procedures Manual for the Mississippi
				Virtual Community College (MSVCC) Consortium when it meets the following
				criteria:
1. Students enrolled in courses where instruction is delivered
				via distance learning technologies will be counted for audit purposes, the same
				as that for students enrolled via traditional delivery methods, with the
				following stipulation. State appropriations will be awarded for Mississippi
				Virtual Community College (MSVCC) courses that are offered through the MSVCC
				Enrollment Tool and conform to all operational policies, procedures, and
				positions as approved by the Mississippi Community College Board (MCCB) in
				consultation with the Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges
				(MACJC) and as interpreted by the MCCB. MSVCC online courses are defined as
				those which are offered through the MSVCC Enrollment Tool, whether host or
				provided, and must follow the policies and procedures outlined in the MSVCC
				Policies and Procedures Manual. Courses that are not offered in the MSVCC
				Enrollment Tool and/or do not have shared students, are considered to be
				"native online courses", in which the college offering the course(s) determines
				local policies and procedures. Colleges will be compensated according to their
				roles as host and/or provider institutions for students and courses. Online
				courses are not classroom based, content is delivered online, do not require
				regular campus or any synchronous attendance, can be accomplished from a remote
				site, and are distinguished from hybrid courses, which are merely Internet
				enhanced.
2. Effective July 1, 2018, a $0.90 cent fee per SSCH will be
				assessed to each college by the MCCB for the purpose of supporting the MSVCC
				and the contractual obligations adopted by the consortium. This is a change
				from the former funding formula which assessed a 12.00 dollar per MSVCC course
				enrollment fee.
3. For the purpose of state reimbursement under Sections 1-3
				SB 2954, 2018 Regular Session of the Appropriation Bill, hybrid courses are
				defined as those courses with less than seventy- five percent (75%) of student
				contact hours provided on-line. All academic, career, and technical courses
				with primary online delivery (75% or more of student contact hours) will be
				eligible for state reimbursement. Guidelines for reimbursement of vocational
				and workforce training courses will be determined as courses are developed.
4. All participating colleges will make MSVCC course
				offerings, for which they have program approval and accreditation, available to
				students for fall, spring, and summer semesters as deemed appropriate by local
				policy and procedures.
5. All participating colleges will adhere to the annual MSVCC
				calendar developed in cooperation with the Academic Deans' Association and
				approved by MACJC.
6. All participating colleges should make MSVCC course
				offerings available to students. This may be achieved by publishing the
				registration website of the MSVCC in the college catalog, printing on college
				schedules, by adding a link of the complete course listing to the college's
				website, or as deemed appropriate by local college policy and procedure.
7. All participating colleges must allow all courses listed on
				the MSVCC master course list to remain active until the end of the MSVCC
				enrollment period unless the class is full or proper notification is given to
				all colleges by the provider. Proper notification is defined as e-mail
				communication to all colleges from the provider that lists impacted courses
				within the master listing. Notifications about closures should be made to Chief
				eLearning Officers (CELOs) and the MCCB Assistant Executive Director for
				eLearning & Instructional Technology as soon as possible. No deletions can
				be made after noon on the
Wednesday
prior to the first start day of the term.
8. All participating colleges must agree to serve as a testing
				site for MSVCC courses, giving full faith, cooperation and credit to all other
				colleges. Colleges must agree to test MSVCC students regardless of the
				college's role as host, provider, or neither. Colleges will participate in any
				MSVCC protocols, lists, and guidelines regarding testing.
9. All participating colleges must provide eLearning personnel
				to promote active communications relating to the MSVCC internally and
				externally among all other colleges. Participation in regular statewide
				meetings, in student services initiatives (including transcripting and
				admissions records), accreditation issues, research, and planning will be
				required of each college.
10. All provider colleges will provide the Host College with a
				copy of the faculty member's credentials and transcripts via the secure MSVCC
				Enrollment Tool database, verified by the Provider College and so stated in the
				file at the Host College.
11. All provider colleges agree to report (manually and/or via
				database import) attendance and grades, in accordance with the annual MSVCC
				calendar, utilizing the MSVCC Enrollment Tool database for the Host College to
				retrieve.
12. Due to course integrity and security issues, students are
				prohibited from auditing an MSVCC course.