Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 13 - FINANCIAL PLANNING › Subchapter P - COMMUNITY COLLEGE FINANCE PROGRAM › Section 13.472 - 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:
(1) Academically Disadvantaged--A designation
				  that applies to postsecondary students who have not met the college-readiness
				  standard in one or more Texas Success Initiative (TSI) assessments as provided
				  by chapter 4, subchapter C, §4.57 of this title (relating to College Ready
				  Standards), and who were not classified as either waived or exempt pursuant to
				  chapter 4, subchapter C, §4.54 of this title (relating to Exemptions,
				  Exceptions, and Waivers).
(2) Adult
				  Learner--A student aged 25 or older on September 1 of the fiscal year for which
				  the applicable data are reported, in accordance with Coordinating Board data
				  reporting requirements.
(3)
				  Advanced Technical Certificate (ATC)--A certificate that has a specific
				  associate or baccalaureate degree or junior level standing in a baccalaureate
				  degree program as a prerequisite for admission. An ATC consists of at least 16
				  semester credit hours (SCH) and no more than 45 SCH and must be focused,
				  clearly related to the prerequisite degree, and justifiable to meet industry or
				  external agency requirements.
(4)
				  Associate Degree--An academic associate degree as defined under Texas Education
				  Code, §61.003(11), or an applied associate degree as defined under Texas
				  Education Code, §61.003(12)(B).
(5) Baccalaureate Degree--A degree program
				  that includes any grouping of subject matter courses consisting of at least 120
				  SCH which, when satisfactorily completed by a student, will entitle that
				  student to an undergraduate degree from a public junior college.
(6) Base Tier Funding--The amount of state
				  and local funding determined by the Board for each public junior college that
				  ensures the college has access to a defined level of funding for instruction
				  and operations.
(7) Base Year--The
				  time period comprising the year of contact hours used for calculating the
				  contact hour funding to public junior colleges. A base year includes certified
				  contact hours reported in the Summer 1, Summer 2, and Fall of the prior
				  calendar year and Spring of the current calendar year relative to September 1st
				  of the current fiscal year.
(8)
				  Basic Allotment--A dollar value per Weighted FTSE, as determined by the
				  Legislature based on appropriations made in that biennium's General
				  Appropriations Act.
(9) Census
				  Date--The date upon which a college may report a student in attendance for the
				  purposes of formula funding, as specified in the Coordinating Board Management
				  (CBM) manual for the year in which the funding is reported.
(10) Credential of Value--A credential earned
				  by a student that would be expected to provide a positive return on investment.
				  A positive return on investment is met when a typical student completing the
				  credential is expected to earn cumulative wages greater than the cumulative
				  median earnings of an average Texas high school graduate, plus recouping the
				  net cost of attendance within ten years after earning the credential. This
				  calculation shall include the student's opportunity cost, calculated as the
				  difference between median earnings for a typical Texas high school graduate and
				  typical earnings for students while enrolled for four years for baccalaureate
				  degree holders, two years for associate degree holders, and one year for
				  holders of a Level 1 certificate, Level 2 certificate, or Advanced Technical
				  Certificate. The Coordinating Board shall calculate the expected return on
				  investment based on the data available to the agency for the funding year. The
				  calculation shall include the most current available data for each program or a
				  comparable program.
(11)
				  Credentialing examination--A licensure, certification, or registration exam
				  provided by a state or national agency or by professional
				  organization.
(12) Dual Credit or
				  Dual Enrollment Fundable Outcome--A student who has earned at least 15 SCH or
				  the equivalent of state-funded dual credit or dual enrollment courses that
				  apply toward an academic or workforce program requirement at the postsecondary
				  level. For the purpose of this subchapter, the term "dual credit or dual
				  enrollment fundable outcome" includes the following fundable courses taken for
				  college credit by a high school student who has not yet received a high school
				  diploma:
(A) Any course taken for dual credit
				  that is within the core curriculum of the college that is providing the
				  course;
(B) A course in a
				  Coordinating Board-established field of study curriculum under Texas Education
				  Code, §61.823, or program of study curriculum under Texas Education Code,
				  §61.8235;
(C) Career and
				  technical education courses that apply to a certificate or associate degree
				  offered by the institution providing the credit;
(D) Foreign language courses;
(E) All courses taken by students enrolled in
				  an approved Early College High School program, with the exception of the
				  physical education courses taken by high school students for high school
				  physical education credit; and
(F)
				  A course taken for college credit only by a student who is also enrolled in
				  high school but does not yet have a high school diploma.