Texas Education Code

§ 51.907 — LIMITATIONS ON NUMBER OF COURSES THAT MAY BE DROPPED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES

ED § 51.907Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION · Art. Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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(a)In this section, "governing board" and "institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.

(b)This section applies only to an undergraduate student who drops a course at an institution of higher education and only if:

(1)the student was able to drop the course without receiving a grade or incurring an academic penalty;

(2)the student's transcript indicates or will indicate that the student was enrolled in the course; and

(3)the student is not dropping the course in order to withdraw from the institution. (b-1) This section does not apply to a student enrolled in a competency-based baccalaureate degree program, as defined by Section 56.521.

(c)Except as provided under rules adopted under Subsection (d), an institution of higher education may not permit a student to drop more than six courses, including any course a transfer student has dropped at another institution of higher education, under circumstances described by Subsection (b). (c-1) An institution of higher education may not count toward the number of courses permitted to be dropped under Subsection (c) or a policy adopted under Subsection (d) a course that a student dropped while enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program previously earned by the student. (c-2) An institution of higher education may not count toward the number of courses permitted to be dropped under Subsection (c) or a policy adopted under Subsection (d) a dual credit or dual enrollment course that a student dropped before graduating from high school.

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Legislative history

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 941 (S.B. 1782), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2017. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 541 (S.B. 165), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 (H.B. 8), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 754 (H.B. 4005), Sec. 2, eff. June 12, 2023.