Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
Chapter 13 - FINANCIAL PLANNING
Subchapter U - COMMUNITY COLLEGE FINANCE PROGRAM: FORECASTING METHODOLOGY AND FINANCE POLICY
Section 13.623 - Definitions

(1) Certified Outcomes--Data reported by each institution for the number of fundable outcomes, or used to calculate the number of fundable outcomes, as defined by subchapter S of this chapter (relating to Community College Finance Program: Base and Performance Tier Methodology), generated in a prior fiscal year as required by a Coordinating Board rule, reporting manual, or other data submission instructions.

(2) Close-Out Adjustment--The amount added to or subtracted from the first formula funding payment made to a public junior college in a fiscal year to account for variance between the sum of all foundation payments and adjustments for a prior fiscal year and the recalculation of the performance tier portion of the foundation payment, in accordance with §13.555 of this chapter (relating to Performance Tier Funding), for the fiscal year based exclusively on fundable certified outcomes data. The first application of the close out adjustment will be to FY 2027 funding based on variance in FY 2025 funding.

(3) Dynamic Adjustment--The amount added to the second formula funding payment made to a public junior college in a fiscal year in the amount by which the foundation payment for that fiscal year as initially calculated is less than the recalculation of the foundation payment using data, including preliminary outcomes data, that have become available since the initial calculation. Dynamic adjustments may not be a negative amount.

(4) Error Adjustment--An ad hoc funding adjustment made by the Coordinating Board after the close-out adjustment to account for data or processing errors discovered after the close-out adjustment, as authorized by subchapter R of this chapter (relating to State Public Junior College Finance Program: Reporting, Audit, and Overallocation).

(5) Foundation Payment--The total of the base and performance tier payments to which a public junior college may be entitled for a given fiscal year, calculated by application of methodologies prescribed in subchapter S of this chapter (relating to Community College Finance Program: Base and Performance Tier Methodology). The Commissioner of Higher Education shall calculate the foundation payment for a fiscal year at the level calculated as of June 1 prior to the start of the fiscal year unless the Commissioner of Higher Education determines that calculation on that date could result in inaccurate funding to one or more institutions.

(6) Fundable Certified Data--Data reported by a public junior college for which both the certification date specified in the applicable rule or reporting manual or other data submission instructions and the date of May 1 of the current fiscal year have passed. The Coordinating Board shall use Fundable Certified Data as of May 1 of the current fiscal year to calculate the foundation payment amount for the next fiscal year.

(7) Institution--In this subchapter. means a public junior college, public junior college district, or community college as defined in Texas Education Code, chapters 130 or 130A, unless expressly provided otherwise.

(8) Preliminary Outcomes--The Coordinating Board shall calculate the preliminary outcomes based on data on the number of fundable outcomes reported by public junior colleges generated in the prior year for the purpose of calculating the dynamic adjustment and settle-up adjustment.

(9) Public Junior College--In this subchapter, means a public junior college, public junior college district, or community college as defined in Texas Education Code, chapters 130 or 130A, unless expressly provided otherwise.

(10) Settle-Up Adjustment--The amount added or subtracted to a college's current-year funding to account for variance between the prior-year foundation payment plus dynamic adjustment and the recalculation of the prior-year foundation payment based on preliminary data from the prior year itself. The Settle-Up Adjustment first applies to FY 2026 when the FY 2025 forecast is compared to FY 2025 preliminary outcomes.