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 Q - APPROVAL OF OFF-CAMPUS AND SELF-SUPPORTING COURSES AND PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS › Section 4.278 - Functions of Regional Councils

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Regional Councils shall advise the Commissioner on appropriate policies and
				  procedures for effective state-level administration of off-campus
				  lower-division instruction.
(b)
				  With the exception of subsection (e), (i), and (j) of this section, Regional
				  Councils in each of the ten Uniform State Service Regions shall make
				  recommendations to the Commissioner and shall resolve disputes regarding plans
				  for lower-division courses and programs proposed by public
				  institutions.
(c) With the
				  exception of subsection (e), (i), and (j) of this section, for any dispute
				  arising from off-campus delivery of lower-division courses to groups, any
				  institution party to the disagreement may appeal first to the Regional Council,
				  and then to the Commissioner and then the Board.
(d) Each Regional Council shall make
				  recommendations to the Commissioner regarding off-campus courses and programs
				  proposed for delivery within its Uniform State Service Region in accordance
				  with the consensus views of Council members, except for courses and programs
				  proposed to be offered by public community colleges in their designated service
				  areas and courses and programs governed by the provisions of subsection (e),
				  (i), and (j) of this section.
(e) A
				  public community college may enter into an agreement to offer dual credit
				  courses with a high school located in the service area of another public
				  community college without additional regional council approval.
(f) Public community colleges shall submit
				  for the appropriate Regional Council's review all off-campus lower-division
				  courses proposed for delivery to sites outside their service areas.
(g) With the exception of subsection (h) and
				  (i) of this section, universities, health-related institutions, public
				  technical colleges, and Lamar state colleges shall submit for Regional Council
				  review all off-campus lower-division courses proposed for delivery to sites in
				  the Council's Service Region.
(h)
				  Universities, health-related institutions, public community and technical
				  colleges, and Lamar state colleges may offer clinical courses at clinical
				  facilities without Regional Council approval if each of the following criteria
				  is met:
(1) the student(s) enrolled in the
				  clinical course is already employed by the clinical facility;
(2) the institution receives written
				  verification from the clinical facility that there will be no reduction in the
				  number of clinical opportunities available for use by area institutions;
				  and
(3) the institution of higher
				  education shall notify the appropriate Regional Council(s) of the clinical
				  course and provide the Regional Council(s) with written verification from the
				  clinical facility that the course will not reduce the number of clinical
				  opportunities available for use by area institutions.