Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 4 - RULES APPLYING TO ALL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN TEXAS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 4.9 - Limitations on the Number of Courses that That May be Dropped Under Certain Circumstances by Undergraduate Students

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Beginning with the fall 2007 academic
				  term, and applying to students who enroll in higher education for the first
				  time during the fall 2007 academic term or any term subsequent to the fall 2007
				  term, an institution of higher education may not permit an undergraduate
				  student a total of more than six dropped courses, including any course a
				  transfer student has dropped at another institution of higher education,
				  unless:
(1) the institution has adopted a
				  policy under which the maximum number of courses a student is permitted to drop
				  is less than six; or
(2) a disaster
				  declared by the governor results in cessation or limitation of in-person course
				  attendance by students at the institution of a duration determined by the
				  institution to significantly affect the student's ability to participate in
				  course work with consideration of the length of time of the cessation or
				  limitation of in-person course attendance, the type of courses, and the
				  personal circumstances of students affected by the disaster; or
(3) the student shows good cause for dropping
				  more than that number, including but not limited to a showing of:
(A) a severe illness or other debilitating
				  condition that affects the student's ability to satisfactorily complete the
				  course;
(B) the student's
				  responsibility for the care of a sick, injured, or needy person if the
				  provision of that care affects the student's ability to satisfactorily complete
				  the course;
(C) the death of a
				  person who is considered to be a member of the student's family or who is
				  otherwise considered to have a sufficiently close relationship to the student
				  that the person's death is considered to be a showing of good cause;
(D) the active duty service as a member of
				  the Texas National Guard or the armed forces of the United States of either the
				  student or a person who is considered to be a member of the student's family or
				  who is otherwise considered to have a sufficiently close relationship to the
				  student that the person's active military service is considered to be a showing
				  of good cause;
(E) the change of
				  the student's work schedule that is beyond the control of the student and that
				  affects the student's ability to satisfactorily complete the course;
				  or
(F) other good cause as
				  determined by the institution of higher education.
(4) the enrollment is for a student who
				  qualifies for a seventh course enrollment, who:
(A) has reenrolled at the institution
				  following a break in enrollment from the institution or another institution of
				  higher education covering at least the 24-month period preceding the first
				  class day of the initial semester or other academic term of the student's
				  reenrollment; and
(B) successfully
				  completed at least 50 semester credit hours of course work at an institution of
				  higher education that are not exempt from the limitation on formula funding set
				  out in §13.104(1) - (6) of this title (relating to Exemptions for Excess
				  Hours) before that break in enrollment.