SECTION 1.239. Duties of the Texas Transfer Advisory Committee

(a) The Texas Transfer Advisory Committee (TTAC) shall advise the Commissioner and Board on the following:

(1) Oversight of the Field of Study Curricula, review of relevant data, coordination of the schedule of discipline-specific reviews, and recommending discipline-specific curricula;

(2) Recommendations for Field of Study Curricula to be approved by the Commissioner, including recommendations of Texas Core Curriculum courses relevant to specific disciplines and courses for the Discipline Foundation Courses and the Directed Electives components;

(3) Reviewing and making recommendations to the Commissioner to optimize the transferability and applicability of credits and increase transfer students' success within majors;

(4) Development and coordination of a Field of Study Curricula review schedule for the Discipline-Specific Subcommittees based on reasonable factors, including prioritizing development of frameworks in high-enrollment and high-need disciplines;

(5) Convening and reviewing the work of Discipline-Specific Subcommittees, in accordance with the established Field of Study Curricula review schedule;

(6) Monitoring curricular changes at general academic teaching institutions and student course enrollment patterns within and across public junior colleges and general academic teaching institutions;

(7) Developing the Discipline Foundation Courses component of the Field of Study Curriculum, with consideration for the most frequently used transfer pathways; and

(8) Recommendations regarding the timing and structure of transfer policy-related agency surveys and data collection from institutions of higher education, and the timely and appropriate dissemination of information to help inform institutional decisions about curriculum and program design.

(b) The agency shall provide a 30-day informal notice and comment period to all impacted institutions prior to the Commissioner's approval or denial of a set of Discipline Foundation Courses.

(c) At least annually, the TTAC will report on the recommendations of the Discipline-Specific Subcommittees, the status of these subcommittees, and other recommendations as appropriate to improve student transfer and success across the state.

Source Note: The provisions of this §1.239 adopted to be effective April 8, 2021, 46 TexReg 2203