Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Division 10 - Commissioner of Higher Education
Chapter 6 - Establishment of New Institutions and Instructional Sites
Section 6 CSR 10-6.030 - Funding of Off-Campus and Out-of-District Instructional Sites
Universal Citation: 6 MO Code of State Regs 10-6.030
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the criteria and requirements for the inclusion of selected off-campus and out-of-district instruction in the Coordinating Board for Higher Education's appropriation recommendations and for the reimbursement of selected out-of-district instruction as authorized in sections 163.191 and 173.030, RSMo.
(1) Definitions.
(A) Coordinating board-the Coordinating Board
for Higher Education created by the Omnibus State Reorganization Act, Law, 1974
p. 530.
(B) Course-Any regularly
approved and scheduled instructional activity-
1. For which, upon successful completion,
enrolled students are given credit that can be applied to meet the requirements
for achieving a degree, certificate or similar academic award;
2. Which is derivative from programs
traditionally offered at the certificate or degree level, which is designed to
meet career needs of employed persons or persons who intend to enter or reenter
employment, and which involves the assessment of student fees;
3. Designed to assist the student in gaining
degree or certificate curriculum entry proficiencies in, and only in, the areas
of writing skills, speech skills, reading, mathematics and study skills related
to the preparation for collegiate-level work. In addition, nontraditional
developmental remedial activity may be included if-
A. Students are tested and assigned to a
remedial program;
B. Students are
tested for a minimum proficiency standard to exit from the program;
C. Students pay a fee for the
service;
D. A record of the
activity is entered on the transcript; and
E. The activity is not supplemental student
tutoring; or
4. Which
allows, if offered to one (1) company for employees of that company, enrollment
of students not employed by that company. Student fees may be paid by either
the student or a company, but under no circumstances may student fees be waived
by the institution.
(C)
Off-campus instruction-instructional activities conducted by a public four
(4)-year college or university that are delivered anywhere other than in the
facilities or on the grounds of the institution's main campus, excluding those
activities which are an integral part of-
1.
The on-campus instructional programs but which require students to travel from
the main campus for special learning experiences as in student teaching, field
work and internships; or
2. A
coordinating board approved cooperative degree program between two (2) or more
four (4)-year colleges or universities which is offered on the campus of one
(1) of the participating institutions.
(D) Out-of-district instruction-instructional
activities of a community junior college as defined in section
163.191(4),
RSMo which are delivered at a location beyond the legal boundary of the
college's district.
(E) State
education institution-an educational institution as defined in section
176.010(5),
RSMo.
(2) Designation of Areas of Prior Need.
(A) The coordinating
board, under the provisions of sections 163.191.3. and 173.030(4), RSMo, is
authorized to include selected off-campus and out-of-district instruction in
its appropriation recommendations and to reimburse selected out-of-district
instruction in areas where prior need has been established by the coordinating
board.
(B) Geographic areas of
prior need shall be designated by the coordinating board based on documented
and specific needs assessments, the format and methodology of which shall be
determined by the coordinating board. As a part of the geographic need
designation process, specific educational sites may be designated for the
purpose of providing needed educational services. Only under exceptional
circumstances will specific educational sites for the delivery of lower
division course work be designated within public school districts which are
contiguous with an existing public community junior college district.
(C) The coordinating board also may designate
programmatic areas of prior need which shall be based on documented and
specific needs assessments, the format and methodology of which shall be
determined by the coordinating board. These programmatic designations are
intended to serve specialized training needs of the state which cannot be
addressed through a site specific designation.
(D) The criteria used by the coordinating
board for determining geographic and/or programmatic areas of prior need will
include, but are not limited to:
1.
Relationship to the coordinating board's statewide policy goals;
2. Access, including programmatic,
geographic, financial and special populations; and
3. Identified manpower, instructional needs
or both of the state, region or community or all of them.
(3) Provision of Educational Services.
(A) The determination of both
institutional and instructional activity eligibility for inclusion in the
coordinating board's appropriation recommendation, to receive reimbursement or
both under the provisions of this rule shall be made by the coordinating board
after prior need has been established under section (2) of this rule.
(B) The designation as an eligible
institution, off-campus or out-of-district instructional activity or any of
these shall be based on a formal proposal submitted to and in a form determined
appropriate by the coordinating board. The proposal may be initiated by an
interested community organization, an educational institution, a state agency
or the coordinating board; however, no proposal shall be accepted which does
not show evidence of consultation and cooperation among all of these groups, as
appropriate. The proposal should be responsive to the decision criteria listed
in subsection (3)(D) of this rule, shall outline specific proposed
instructional activities, or courses or both, shall include a letter of
agreement as described in subsection (3)(E) of this rule, if applicable, and
shall include an initial educational action plan as described in subsection
(5)(A) of this rule.
(C)
Instructional activities must be both a course, as defined in subsection (1)(B)
of this rule, and be determined by the coordinating board as satisfying the
applicable criteria in subsection (3)(D) of this rule to be eligible under the
provisions of this section.
(D) The
determination of eligibility of an institution or instructional activity shall
be based on the following criteria:
1. The
institution's mission statement and strategic plan;
2. Relationship of instructional services to
be offered off-campus or out-of-district and those currently offered on the
parent campus;
3. Responsiveness of
the proposal to identified needs of the area;
4. Distance, commuting time or both between
the authorized educational site and the institution's home campus;
5. Availability of alternative means of
delivering the needed service, including, but not limited to,
telecommunications;
6. Availability
of alternative funding for the instructional service from other
sources;
7. Availability and
adequacy of existing physical and support service facilities, including
libraries, counseling and others as needed or the adequacy of alternative
provisions;
8. Commitment that
instructional staff shall meet customary institutional hiring, orientation,
evaluation and development standards and expectations for instructional
personnel. If an instructional activity will involve more than fifty percent
(50%) adjunct faculty, the rationale for the use of adjunct faculty shall be
documented and approved by the coordinating board;
9. Evidence of an appropriate student
assessment plan for the proposed instructional offerings; and
10. Any other criteria previously adopted by
the coordinating board pertaining to off-campus or out-of-district
instructional delivery, including, but not limited to, new program approval
policies and policies on instructional delivery through
telecommunications.
(E)
Letter of Agreement.
1. All institutions
engaged in educational activities under the provisions of this rule, at a
particular approved educational site, must sign a letter of agreement and the
letter of agreement must be approved by the coordinating board in order for
those services to be included in appropriation recommendations, funded or both.
The letter of agreement shall include:
A. A
statement of the purposes of the agreement to offer services at the
site;
B. A listing of the
participating institutions; and
C.
A description of the governance structure of the site and of the delegation of
educational and operational responsibilities at the site.
2. Subsequent changes in the letter of
agreement concerning institutional participation, administrative structure or
both are subject to the approval of the coordinating board.
3. Institutions that have received
program-based authorization or those that are the sole educational providers at
a specific site are not required to submit a letter of agreement; however, they
are required to submit the off-campus or out-of-district proposal as required
in subsection (3)(B) of this rule.
(4) Reporting Requirements.
(A) Appropriation Recommendations for State
Educational Institutions.
1. Fiscal resources
allocated during the most recently completed fiscal year to the provision of
the instructional services authorized under section (3) of this rule shall be
reported to the coordinating board as a part of the planned instructional
expenditures portion of the institution's operating budget request and shall be
submitted in a form prescribed by the coordinating board.
2. Separate budgetary data as deemed
appropriate by the coordinating board shall be submitted by each institution
for each instructional activity authorized under section (3) of this
rule.
(B) Community
Junior College Reimbursement. Reimbursement for out-of-district instruction
shall be limited to the amount appropriated by the general assembly for each
institution.
(C) All appropriation
recommendations and reimbursements made under the provisions of this rule and
sections 163.191.3. and 173.030(4), are subject to the appropriation of funds
by the general assembly, termination by concurrent resolution of the general
assembly or both.
(D) The
coordinating board will establish and promulgate specific information and data
reporting procedures for authorized off-campus and out-of-district
instructional activity. All information submissions made by state educational
institutions to the coordinating board shall include separate information on
authorized off-campus and out-of-district instructional activities in which the
responding institution is active, unless specifically exempted.
(5) Evaluation.
(A) An educational action plan shall be
submitted for all instructional activities authorized under this rule in a
format prescribed by the coordinating board. The plan should be cooperatively
developed by the institutions offering instructional services at a site and a
local citizen advisory group, when appropriate, and shall be approved by all
participating institutional governing bodies. In order for instructional
activities to be eligible for inclusion in the coordinating board's
appropriation recommendation, reimbursement or both, the coordinating board
must have previously approved an educational action plan for those
services.
(B) The educational
action plan shall be evaluated annually by the participating institutions with
involvement of a local citizen advisory group and a report on that evaluation
shall be submitted to the coordinating board for its approval. Coordinating
board approval of the annual evaluation of the action plan is necessary for a
site to maintain eligibility under the provisions of this rule.
(C) An assessment of the needs which an
instructional activity is intended to serve shall be accomplished at least
every three (3) years utilizing a method approved by the coordinating board.
Continuation of appropriation requests and funding will be predicated on the
results of this needs assessment.
*Original authority: 163.191.3, RSMo 1963, amended 1965, 1967, 1972, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000 and 173.030(4), RSMo 1963, amended 1988, 1990, 1995.
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