19 Tex. Admin. Code § 13.453 - Formula Funding for Distance Education - General Provisions
The following provisions apply to distance education courses and programs offered with authorization under Chapter 2, Subchapter J, of this title (relating to Approval of Distance Education for Public Institutions).
(1) Institutions shall
report distance education courses submitted for formula funding in accordance
with the Board's uniform reporting system and the provisions of this
subchapter.
(2) Institutions may
submit for formula funding academic credit courses delivered by distance
education to any student located in Texas or to Texas residents located
out-of-state or out-of-country.
(3)
Institutions, with the exception of those outlined in paragraph (5) of this
section, shall not submit for formula funding 100-percent online courses taken
by non-resident students who are located out-of-state or out-of-country,
courses in out-of-state or out-of-country programs taken by any student, or
self-supporting courses.
(4) For
courses not submitted for formula funding, institutions shall charge fees that
are equal to or greater than Texas resident tuition and applicable fees and
that are sufficient to cover the total cost of instruction and overhead,
including administrative costs, benefits, computers and equipment, and other
related costs. Institutions shall report fees received for self-supporting and
out-of-state/country courses in accordance with general institutional
accounting practices.
(5) Pursuant
to Texas Education Code §
54.231(a) and
(f) and §61.059(n), Texas A&M
University-Texarkana may submit distance education courses for formula funding
that are taken by students enrolled in the university that reside in a county
contiguous to the county in which Texas A&M University-Texarkana is located
and who, under Texas Education Code §
54.060(a),
are eligible to pay resident tuition.
(6) If a non-Texas resident student enrolls
in regular, on-campus courses for at least one-half of the normal full-time
course load as determined by the institution, the institution may report that
student's fully distance education or hybrid/blended courses for formula
funding enrollments.
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