SECTION 4.279. Formula Funding General Provisions

(a) Institutions shall report off-campus courses submitted for formula funding in accordance with the Board's uniform reporting system and the provisions of this subchapter.

(b) Institutions shall not submit for formula funding courses in out-of-state or out-of-country programs, except that a Texas public community college may submit for formula funding courses taught in an approved program offered at a regional airport located no more than five miles across a state line, provided the regional airport:

(1) is located in the same Metropolitical Area or Nonmetropolitan Area as promulgated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Texas college offering the program;

(2) serves Texas residents; and

(3) supports the Texas region's economy.

(c) Institutions shall not submit self-supporting courses for formula funding.

(d) Institutions shall not submit non-state funded lower-division credit courses to Regional Councils.

(e) Institutions shall not jeopardize or diminish the status of formula-funded on-campus courses and programs in order to offer self-supporting courses. Self-supporting courses shall not be a substitute for offering a sufficient number of formula-funded on-campus courses.

(f) For courses not submitted for formula funding, institutions shall charge fees that are equal to or greater than Texas resident tuition and applicable fees, and that are sufficient to cover the total cost of instruction and overhead, including administrative costs, benefits, computers and equipment, and other related costs. Institutions shall report fees received for self-supporting and out-of-state/country courses in accordance with general institutional accounting practices.

Source Note: The provisions of this §4.279 adopted to be effective February 23, 2010, 35 TexReg 1452; amended to be effective May 18, 2023, 48 TexReg 2495