Section 61.07611 - Developmental Education Plan; Report(a) To serve students who require developmental education in an effective and cost-effective manner, the board shall develop a statewide plan for developmental education to be provided under Subchapter F-1, Chapter 51, that: (1) assigns primary responsibility for developmental education to public junior colleges, public state colleges, and public technical institutes; and(2) provides for using technology, to the greatest extent practicable consistent with best practices, to provide developmental education to students.(b) In developing the developmental education plan, the board shall:(1) research relevant issues related to developmental education;(2) study and develop best practices for successful developmental education programs, including through use of pilot programs; and(3) assess various methods of providing developmental education to students to determine which methods, if any, should be implemented on a statewide basis.(c) Developmental education under the plan must include:(1) technological delivery of developmental education courses that allows students to complete course work;(2) diagnostic assessments to determine a student's specific educational needs to allow for appropriate developmental instruction;(3) modular developmental education course materials;(4) use of tutors and instructional aides to supplement developmental education course instruction as needed for particular students;(5) an internal monitoring mechanism to identify a student's area of academic difficulty;(6) periodic updates of developmental education course materials; and(7) assessments after completion of a developmental education course to determine a student's readiness to enroll in freshman-level academic courses.(d) The developmental education plan must provide for:(1) ongoing training for developmental education program faculty members, tutors, and instructional aides at the institutions or other locations where those persons provide instruction; and(2) ongoing research and improvement of appropriate developmental education programs, including participation by a group of institution of higher education faculty members selected by the board, to:(A) monitor results of the programs;(B) identify successful and unsuccessful program components; and(C) identify possible solutions to program problems.Tex. Educ. Code § 61.07611
Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 842,Sec. 2.09, eff. 6/15/2017.Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 874, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2011.