Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
Chapter 2 - ACADEMIC AND WORKFORCE EDUCATION
Subchapter M - APPROVAL PROCESS FOR LOCAL NEEDS COURSES
Section 2.294 - Local Need Course Approval Requirements

(1) Course Approval. A proposed local need course may be approved by the Assistant Commissioner if the course is administratively complete as described in § 2.295 of this subchapter (relating to Administrative Completeness) and meets all the requirements established by § 2.296 of this subchapter (relating to Criteria for Proposed Course Approval).

(2) If the Assistant Commissioner recommends denial of a proposed local need course or does not take action to approve the proposed course within sixty (60) days of Board Staff's determination that the course proposal is administratively complete, then the proposed local need course approval will be subject to the process for Commissioner approval. The Commissioner's decision is final and may not be appealed.

(3) Upon approval, a local need course will be listed in local need course section of the WECM database and available to the institution for use in a career and technical education certificate or applied associate degree.