Texas Education Code
§ 132.055 — CRITERIA
ED § 132.055Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part G. NON-BACCALAUREATE SYSTEM · Ch. 132. CAREER SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES · Art. C. AUTHORIZED OPERATION OF PROPRIETARY SCHOOLS
Statute text
View on source(a)The commission may approve the application of a career school or college when the school or college is found, upon investigation at the premises of the school or college, to have met the criteria specified by Subsection (b). (b)(1) The programs, curriculum, and instruction are of such quality, content, and length as may reasonably and adequately achieve the stated objective for which the programs, curriculum, or instruction is offered. Before a career school or college conducts a program of instruction in court reporting, the school or college must produce evidence that the school or college has obtained approval for the curriculum from the Judicial Branch Certification Commission.
(2)There is in the school or college adequate space, equipment, instructional material, and instructor personnel to provide training of good quality.
(3)Educational and experience qualifications of directors, administrators, and instructors are adequate.
(4)The school or college maintains a written record of the previous education and training of the applicant student that clearly indicates that appropriate credit has been given by the school or college for previous education and training, with the new training period shortened where warranted through use of appropriate skills or achievement tests and the student so notified.
(5)The school or college provides a copy of each of the following to each student before enrollment: the applicable program outline; the schedule of tuition, fees, and other charges and of refunds; regulations pertaining to grading, including incomplete grades; rules of operation and conduct; the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the commission for the purpose of directing complaints to the agency; and the current rates of job placement and employment of students issued a certificate of completion.
(6)Except as provided by Section 132.062, on completion of training, the student is given a certificate by the school or college indicating the program and that training was satisfactorily completed.
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 747 (H.B. 2806), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 496 (S.B. 309), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 42 (S.B. 966), Sec. 2.03, eff. September 1, 2014. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 133 (H.B. 33), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.