19 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.83 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Articulated
College Credit--Credit earned through a high school-level course that fulfills
specific requirements of an identified college-level course and provides a
pathway for high school students to earn credit toward a technical certificate
or technical degree at a partnering institution of higher education.
(2) Board or Coordinating Board--The Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(3) Career and Technical Education Course--A
college-level course awarding semester credit hours and contained in the
Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM) or a specified course contained in the
Lower-Division Academic Course Guide manual that may be reported for state
funding by institutions of higher education as a dual credit career and
technical education course in the Coordinating Board Management (CBM) Reporting
and Procedures Manual for Texas Community, Technical, and State
Colleges.
(4) College--Public
institution of higher education as defined in TEC
61.003(8).
(5) College Board Advanced
Placement--College-Level courses and exams available to secondary students
under the auspices of an approved College Board program.
(6) Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher
Education.
(7) Dual credit--A
system under which an eligible high school student enrolls in college course(s)
and receives credit for the course(s) from both the college and the high
school. While dual credit courses are often taught on the secondary school
campus to high school students only, applicable sections of these rules, §
4.84(a) and
§
4.85(a), (b), (g), (h),
(i) of this title (relating to Dual Credit
Partnerships), apply irrespective of location or mode of delivery. Dual credit
is also referred to as concurrent course credit; the terms are
equivalent.
(8) Dual enrollment
(previously referred to as dual or concurrent enrollment)--Refers to a system
under which a student is enrolled in more than one educational institution
(including a high school and a public institution of higher education). When a
student in a dual enrollment system enrolls in courses that student earns
appropriate course credit from each distinct educational institution that
offered the course. Dual enrollment is not equivalent to dual credit.
(9) Early College Education Program--A
program as defined in TEC
29.908.
(10) Early College Program--A program
developed via an institutional agreement in partnership between a public
institution of higher education and high schools or school districts in which a
student enrolls in courses that are part of a defined sequence of courses
leading to a Board approved certificate, AA, AS, or AAS degree program as
defined in Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 9, Rule 9.1 - Definitions of Texas
Administrative Code.
(11) Field of
Study Curriculum (FOSC)--A set of courses that satisfies the lower-division
requirements for a baccalaureate degree in a specific academic area at a
general academic teaching institution. A field of study curriculum affects
academic degree programs at public junior colleges, public technical
institutes, or universities as designated within the particular field of study
curriculum.
(12) International
Baccalaureate Diploma Program--The curriculum and examinations leading to an
International Baccalaureate diploma awarded by the International Baccalaureate
Organization.
(13) Program of Study
Curriculum (POSC)--The block of courses which progress in content specificity
by beginning with all aspects of an industry or career cluster and incorporate
rigorous college and career readiness standards, including career and technical
education standards that address both academic and technical content which
incorporate multiple entry and exit points with portable demonstrations of
technical or career competency, which may include credit transfer agreements or
industry-recognized certifications.
(14) Public two-year associate
degree-granting institution--A community college, a technical college, or a
state college.
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