Ala. Admin. Code r. 300-2-2-.03 - Certification Of Previously Enrolled Vocational/Technical Students As Graduates For Purposes Of Program Viability
(1) Background: Act 96-557 provides that in
vocational and technical programs, a student who leaves the program for
purposes of gainful employment, in the same field of study as the program,
having obtained the skills in said program, shall be counted as a graduate.
However, the act states that it is the responsibility of the institution to
document and verify to the reasonable satisfaction of the Alabama Commission on
Higher Education that the student should be counted as a graduate as provided
in this section. The act further states that the documentation shall include
the name of the specific employer and the point in said program that student
obtained said employment. Note: A sample certification form is filed as an
attachment to this rule.
(2)
Policy: The Commission will count a student previously enrolled in
vocational/technical programs as a graduate for purposes of program viability
if the institution can document that the student successfully completed a
minimum of 20 quarter hours or 15 semester hours of technical skills courses
during the reporting period and left the program for purposes of gainful
employment in-field. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education will audit
institutions at its discretion for compliance with this policy. For purposes of
such audits, the institutions will retain detailed official documentation of
the information submitted on the Certification of Alternate Completions form
(refer to attachment 1). If an audit finds falsified information has been
reported for a student on the alternate completions form, that student will not
be counted as a graduate of the program which could affect the program's
designation as viable or non-viable.
(3) For definitions which apply to this
policy, see "Definitions Related to the Certification of Alternate Completions
in Two-Year Programs,"300-2-2-.04, (2),
(a)-(g).
Author: Kitty C. Collier
Notes
Statutory Authority: Code of Alabama, 1975, 16-5-1, et. seq., and in implementation of Act 96-557.
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