Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 9 - Education- Mississippi Community College Board › Part 8 - Policies And Procedures Manual › Section 9-8-2 - State Funding and MCCB Support › Section 9-8-2-2.2 - Criteria for State Reimbursement of Mississippi Virtual Community College Courses

Current through June 25, 2024
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 per semester 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 for the term(s) the
				college is participating in, 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.