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Dr. Peebles has also determined that for the first five years the
amendments are in effect, the public benefits anticipated as a re-
sult of administering the sections will be the consistency in use of
the term Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commis-
sion on Colleges. There is no effect on small businesses. There
are no anticipated economic costs to persons who are required
to comply with the section as proposed. There is no impact on
local employment.
Comments on the proposed amendments may be submitted by
mail to Rex C. Peebles, Assistant Commissioner, Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board, P.O. Box 12788, Austin, Texas
78711 or via email at WAARcomments@thecb.state.tx.us. Com-
ments will be accepted for 30 days following publication of the
proposal in the Texas Register.
The amendments are proposed under the Texas Education
Code, Chapter 61, Subchapter C, 61.061, which states that
the board has the responsibility for adopting policies, enacting
regulations, and establishing general rules necessary for carry-
ing out the duties with respect to public junior colleges placed
upon them by the legislature.
The amendments do not affect the Texas Education Code.
9.183. Degree Titles, Program Length, and Program Content.
(a) An academic associate degree may be called an associate
of arts (AA), an associate of science (AS), or an associate of arts in
teaching (AAT) degree.
(1) The AA [associate of arts (AA)] is the default title for
an academic associate degree program if the college offers only one
type of academic degree program.
(2) If a college offers both AA and AS [asseeiate of arts
(AA) and associate of science (AS)] degrees, the degree programs may
be differentiated in one of two ways, including:
(A) (No change.)
(B) The AA program may serve as a foundation for
the Bachelor of Arts (BA) [BA] degree and the AS program for the
Bachelor of Science (BS) [BS] degree.
(C) (No change.)
(3) The AAT [associate of arts in teaching (AAT)] is a spe-
cialized academic associate degree program designed to transfer in its
entirety to a baccalaureate program that leads to initial Texas teacher
certification. This title should only be used for an associate degree pro-
gram that consists of a Board-approved AAT curriculum.
(b) Academic associate degree programs must consist of 60
semester credit hours (SCH) [SC4].
(c) If the [minimum] number of SCH [semester hours] re-
quired to complete a proposed academic associate's degree exceeds 60,
the institution must provide detailed written documentation describing
the compelling academic reason for the number of required hours, such
as programmatic accreditation requirements, statutory requirements,
or licensure/certification requirements that cannot be met without
exceeding the 60-hour limit. The Coordinating Board will review the
documentation provided and make a determination to approve or deny
a request to exceed the 60-hour limit. Institutions of higher education
must be in compliance with this subsection on or before the 2015 fall
semester.
(d) Except as provided in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this
subsection, academic associate degree programs must incorporate the
institution's approved core curriculum as prescribed by 4.28 of thistitle (relating to Core Curriculum) and 4.29 of this title (relating to
Core Curricula Larger than 42 SCH [Semester Credit Hours]).
(1) - (3) (No change.)
9.184. Criteria for New Academic Associate Degree Programs and
Steps for Implementation.
(a) New academic associate degree programs shall be ap-
proved if all of the following conditions are met.
(1) The institution shall certify that the following criteria
have been met:
(A) The program has institution and governing board
approval.
(B) There is recent evidence of both short-term and
long-term student demand for the program.
(C) Enrollment projections reflect student demand esti-
mates to ensure the financial self-sufficiency of the program.
(D) The institution has an enrollment management plan
for the program.
(E) If the program does not follow a Board-approved
field of study curriculum or a Board-approved statewide articulation
transfer curriculum, the institution has or will initiate a process to es-
tablish transfer of credit articulation agreements for the program with
senior-level institutions.
(F) The program is designed to be consistent with the
standards of the Southern Association of Colleges Commission on Col-
leges [Commission on Celleges of the Southern Association of Cl-
leges and Schools], other applicable accrediting agencies, and is in
compliance with applicable licensing authority requirements.
(G) Adequate funding is available to cover all new costs
to the institution over the first five years after the implementation of the
program.
(H) The program complies with all applicable provi-
sions contained in divisions of this subchapter and, adheres to the
Standards for Academic Associate Degree Programs approved by the
Board.
(2) The institution proposing the program shall notify all
public institutions within 50 miles of the teaching site of their intention
to offer the program at least 30 days prior to submitting their request
to the Coordinating Board. If no objections are received, the Coordi-
nating Board staff shall update the institution's program inventory ac-
cordingly. If objections occur, the proposed program shall not be im-
plemented until all objections are resolved. If the proposing institution
cannot resolve the objection(s), the proposing institution may request
the assistance of the Assistant Commissioner of Workforce, Academic
Affairs and Research to mediate the objections and determine whether
the proposing institution may implement the proposed program. [The
coordinating Board reserves the right to audit a certificate or degree
program at any time to ensure compliance with any ofthe criteria on-
tained in paragraph (1( -(A (_ ) of this section.]
(3) New Program Approval. The Board delegates to the
Commissioner final approval authority for all certificate programs, ap-
plied associate degree programs, and academic associate degrees that
meet Board policies for approval as outlined in the Guidelines for In-
structional Programs in Workforce Education and this subchapter. The
Commissioner may delegate this final authority.
(b) The Coordinating Board reserves the right to audit a cer-
tificate or degree program at any time to ensure compliance with any
of the requirements in this subchapter.PROPOSED RULES April 18, 2014 39 TexReg 3025
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