Section 4.62 - Required Components of Developmental Education Programs(a) An institution of higher education must base developmental coursework on research-based best practices that include all of the following components: (2) differentiated placement and instruction;(6) integration of technology with an emphasis on instructional support programs;(7) non-course-based developmental education interventions; and(8) Each institution of higher education shall develop and implement corequisite model(s) as defined in § 4.53(7) of this title (relating to Definitions) for developmental mathematics and integrated reading/writing (IRW) courses and interventions, and each institution must ensure that a minimum percentage of its undergraduate students other than those exempt as outlined in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph must be enrolled in such corequisite model(s). (A) ach public institution of higher education must ensure that the institution's developmental courses and interventions comply with the requirements of this section according to the following schedule: (i) for the 2018-2019 academic year, at least 25 percent of the institution's non-exempt students enrolled by subject area in developmental education must be enrolled in corequisite model(s);(ii) for the 2019-2020 academic year, at least 50 percent of the institution's non-exempt students enrolled by subject area in developmental education must be enrolled in corequisite model(s);(iii) for the 2020-2021 academic year, at least 75 percent of the institution's non-exempt students enrolled by subject area in developmental education must be enrolled in corequisite model(s);(iv) for the 2021-2022 academic year and thereafter, 100 percent of the institution's non-exempt students enrolled by subject area in developmental education must be enrolled in corequisite model(s).(B) The following students are exempt by subject area(s) from this requirement: (i) students assessed at ABE Diagnostic levels 1-4 on the TSI Assessment;(ii) students who are college ready;(iii) students enrolled in adult education;(iv) students enrolled in degree plans not requiring a freshman-level academic mathematics course;(v) students who meet one or more of the exemptions as outlined in §4.54 (relating to Exemptions, Exceptions, and Waivers);(C) Institutions of higher education must adhere to developmental education funding limitations per TAC §13.107 (relating to Limitation on Formula Funding for Remedial and Developmental Courses and Interventions).(b) As part of subsection (a)(2) of this section, institutions shall offer Integrated Reading and Writing (IRW) course/intervention at the highest level (just below college-readiness as determined by the institution) by spring 2015.(c) As part of subsection (a)(7) of this section, institutions shall offer at least one section of non-course competency-based intervention (NCBO) per developmental education subject area by spring 2015.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.62
The provisions of this §4.62 adopted to be effective August 27, 2012, 37 TexReg 6588; amended to be effective August 15, 2013, 38 TexReg 5063; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 08, February 23, 2018, TexReg 1060, eff. 2/28/2018; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 47, November 20, 2020, TexReg 8333, eff. 11/22/2020