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Coordinating Board Actions (continued from page 2)
continue to admit students to those pro-
grams until September 1, 1993, unless
Texas Education Agency approval has been
revoked. Associate degrees after the 1993
date will be subject to the approval and stan-
dards of the Coordinating Board, as pro-
vided in legislation passed this year. At
present, 32 proprietary schools are award-
ing a total of 73 degree programs previously
approved by the State Board of Education;
Rep. Hammond Files Bill
Restricting Voc Ed Funds
State Rep. Bill Hammond (R-Dallas)
has filed a bill that would restrict the use of
state vocational education dollars to pro-
grams offered at grades 9-12.
Fled on November 10 as H.B. 31, the
proposed legislation would apply beginning
with the 1990-91 school year. Governor Bill
Clements has said he will not open the fall
special legislative session - called to ad-
dress workers' compensation - to school
finance issues; therefore, the earliest that fi-
nance proposals could be acted upon would
be sometime in 1990.-Admission Rule Changes. Adopted
changes to a rule governing community
college admission requirements for high
school students. One of the changes stipu-
lates that the college class load of a (current
high school) student shall not exceed two
college credit courses per semester, with
exceptions granted under special circum-
stances. Previously, the rule said "the col-
lege class load of such student shall not
exceed the equivalent of 16 semester hours,
counting each high school course as the
equivalent of one three hour course." The
change is designed to clarify the college
class load of high school students who have
completed the junior year and are permitted
to enroll in a community college. Another
change requires community colleges -
under the open admissions philosophy-to
admit GED holders. Previous wording
stipulated that applicants who had not
graduated from high school "may" be admit-
ted on the basis of successful completion of
the GED;
-Discretionary Projects. Received a
report on discretionary projects for the 1989-
90 program year funded under the federalCarl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act. A
total of 165 applications were received by the
Coordinating Board, with 39 grant awards
made. Examples of grant awards are: re-
gional planning models in nine locations;2+2
programs in telecommunications, electron-
ics, health occupations, transportation, of-
fice information systems, computer, agricul-
ture technologies; statewide telecommuni-
cations network; superconducting supercol-
lider technology; research commercializa-
tion; determining jobs and training require-
ments for hazardous materials manage-
ment; and a part-time instructor professional
development model.T/COVE - (512) 463-5490
Texas Council on Vocational Education
P. O. Box 1886
Austin, Texas 78767William E. Zinsmeyer
Chairman, 1988-89
San Antonio
Hank S. Brown
Vice Chairman
San Antonio
Gary O. Boren
Chairman, 1986-87
Lubbock
Shirlene S. Cook
Beaumont
John C. Cox
Houston
Jim N. Hutchins
Estelline
Helen Soto Knaggs
Austin
Fllomena Leo
La Joya
Ted Martinez, Jr.
Dallas
George F. Matott
Chairman, 1987-88
Austin
Joe Pentony
Houston
Donna Price
Houton
Talmadge D. Steinke
WacoPOSTMASTER: Address correction requested.
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