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 TX | Adopted 11/2011 | Postsec. | From Texas Register: Updates and changes the requirements for the statewide, fully transferable, undergraduate general education core curriculum. Sections 4.28 and 4.35 adopted as published in the November 25, 2011 Texas Register (pp. 28-30 of 94: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1125/1125adop.pdf). Sections 4.23, 4.25 and 4.29-4.31 adopted as published in the August 26, 2011 Texas Register (pp. 34-38 of 63: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0826/0826prop.pdf). Specifically:
Section 4.23: Modifies definitions to accord with the proposed core curriculum and deletes a definition of "compliant with the Texas Common Course Numbering System".
Section 4.25: No substantive changes
Section 4.28, the section that lays out the fully transferable Texas Core Curriculum: Amended to reflect the recommendations of the Undergraduate Education Advisory Committee (UEAC), which was asked to study and make recommendations to improve the existing statewide core curriculum, which had not been modified since 1997. The new core curriculum puts in place a Purpose Statement, Core Objectives, and Foundational Component Areas with descriptions and semester credit hour requirements, as required in Texas Education Code §61.822. The amendments bring the Texas Core Curriculum into better alignment with current best practices across the U.S.. These changes are intended to improve consistency in transfer practices and to improve opportunities for students to increase their learning through the acquisition of knowledge and skills they will need for work and life. Related provisions in this section are amended to reflect additional recommendations pertaining to implementation of the revised Texas Core Curriculum.
Section 4.29: Deletes the option of institutions requesting a core curriculum of more than 42 semester credit hours (SCH).
Section 4.30: Revises provisions pertaining to the assessment and reporting of core curriculum objectives, as required in Texas Education Code §61.824, to reflect changes in terminology and organization of the Texas Core Curriculum reflected in the amendments to §4.28 and implements recommendations from the UEAC.
Section 4.31: Adds the proposed core curriculum implementation process and revises existing rules relating to institutional revisions of previously approved core curricula. Institutions would be limited to submitting changes to the institutional core curriculum once per academic year. New policy allows for better efficiency in implementing requirements, including the timely publication of all the courses approved for use in the core curriculum in any academic year. Updates subsection on procedure in handling institutional requests to reflect current electronic submission practices.
Section 4.35: Amends the language relating to the use of the Texas Common Course Numbering System to identify the system by name rather than by acronym the firsttimeitis cited.
Title: 19 TAC 4.23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Directs each institution of higher education to develop measurable learning outcomes for undergraduate courses at public institutions of higher education. Permits institutions of higher education to adopt learning outcomes for a course that are the same as or based on those identified for that course by the institution's recognized accrediting agency. Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to adopt any rules
the coordinating board considers appropriate for the administration of these provisions. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB01726F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 1726
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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