Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 13 - FINANCIAL PLANNING › Subchapter F - FORMULA FUNDING AND TUITION CHARGES FOR REPEATED AND EXCESS HOURS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS › Section 13.102 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise.
(1) Degree
				  Plan--Academic program of courses and their related hours culminating in a
				  degree or certificate, including minors, double majors, and completion of any
				  other special program in which the student is also enrolled, such as a program
				  with a study abroad component.
(2)
				  Excess Hours--Hours attempted by a student that are in excess of the limits and
				  therefore ineligible for formula funding as described in §13.103 of this
				  title (relating to Limitation on Formula Funding for Excess Hours).
(3) Hours--Semester credit hours.
(4) International Study Abroad Student--A
				  student who is a citizen or permanent resident of a nation other than the
				  United States who resides in the nation of which he or she is a citizen or
				  permanent resident and who is in the United States and enrolled at a Texas
				  public institution of higher education for a limited time as part of an
				  exchange program or other study abroad program and who is not seeking a
				  certificate or degree from a Texas Public institution of higher
				  education.
(5) Non-Course-Based
				  Developmental Education Interventions (also known as Non-Semester-Length
				  Interventions and also referred to as interventions)--Interventions that use
				  learning approaches designed to address a student's identified weaknesses and
				  effectively and efficiently prepare the student for college-level work. These
				  interventions must be overseen by an instructor of record, must not fit
				  traditional course frameworks, and cannot include advising or learning support
				  activities already connected to a traditional course; interventions may
				  include, but are not limited to, tutoring, supplemental instruction, or
				  labs.
(6) Remedial and
				  Developmental Courses--Courses designed to correct academic deficiencies and
				  bring students' skills to an appropriate level for entry into college. The term
				  includes English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) courses in which a
				  student is placed as a result of failing the reading or writing portion of a
				  test required by §4.56 of this title (relating to Assessment
				  Instruments).
(7) Repeated Hours
				  for Attempted Course--Hours for a course that is the same or substantially
				  similar to a course that the student previously attempted for two or more times
				  at the same institution. Previously attempted courses from which the student
				  withdraws before the official census date shall not count as an attempted
				  course.
(8) Repeated Hours for
				  Completed Course--Hours for a course in which a student enrolls for two or more
				  times that is the same as or substantially similar to a course that the student
				  previously completed and received a grade of A, B, C, D, F, or Pass/Fail at the
				  same institution.
(9) Student--For
				  the purposes of this subchapter students are defined as undergraduate
				  students.
(10) Workforce Education
				  Courses--Courses offered by two-year institutions for the primary purpose of
				  preparing students to enter the workforce that are included in the Workforce
				  Education Course Manual (WECM) or a college's technical local need course
				  inventory. The term includes both technical courses and continuing education
				  courses.