19 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.278 - Functions of Regional Councils
(a) Regional
Councils shall advise the Commissioner on appropriate policies and procedures
for effective state-level administration of off-campus lower-division
instruction.
(b) With the exception
of subsection (e), (i), and (j) of this section, Regional Councils in each of
the ten Uniform State Service Regions shall make recommendations to the
Commissioner and shall resolve disputes regarding plans for lower-division
courses and programs proposed by public institutions.
(c) With the exception of subsection (e),
(i), and (j) of this section, for any dispute arising from off-campus delivery
of lower-division courses to groups, any institution party to the disagreement
may appeal first to the Regional Council, and then to the Commissioner and then
the Board.
(d) Each Regional
Council shall make recommendations to the Commissioner regarding off-campus
courses and programs proposed for delivery within its Uniform State Service
Region in accordance with the consensus views of Council members, except for
courses and programs proposed to be offered by public community colleges in
their designated service areas and courses and programs governed by the
provisions of subsection (e), (i), and (j) of this section.
(e) A public community college may enter into
an agreement to offer dual credit courses with a high school located in the
service area of another public community college without additional regional
council approval.
(f) Public
community colleges shall submit for the appropriate Regional Council's review
all off-campus lower-division courses proposed for delivery to sites outside
their service areas.
(g) With the
exception of subsection (h) and (i) of this section, universities,
health-related institutions, public technical colleges, and Lamar state
colleges shall submit for Regional Council review all off-campus lower-division
courses proposed for delivery to sites in the Council's Service
Region.
(h) Universities,
health-related institutions, public community and technical colleges, and Lamar
state colleges may offer clinical courses at clinical facilities without
Regional Council approval if each of the following criteria is met:
(1) the student(s) enrolled in the clinical
course is already employed by the clinical facility;
(2) the institution receives written
verification from the clinical facility that there will be no reduction in the
number of clinical opportunities available for use by area institutions;
and
(3) the institution of higher
education shall notify the appropriate Regional Council(s) of the clinical
course and provide the Regional Council(s) with written verification from the
clinical facility that the course will not reduce the number of clinical
opportunities available for use by area institutions.
(i) An institution of higher education may
offer a credit or noncredit workforce education course or lower-division
program without the approval of a higher education regional council in
accordance with Education Code §
51.981.
(j) Universities, health-related
institutions, public technical colleges, and Lamar state colleges may enter
into an agreement to offer lower-division dual credit courses with a school
district and/or high school without additional regional council
approval.
(k) All institutions of
higher education shall provide notice to the Higher Education Regional Councils
when planning to offer requested off-campus and/or electronic to groups dual
credit courses in the Council's service area.
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