PURPOSE: This rule defines the terms credit course and semester credit hour, as they apply in determining the reporting of eligible courses for purposes of public funding of credit hours or credit hour equivalents at the community junior colleges.

Editor’s Note: The department has provided Classification of Instructional Programs for reference only to be filed with the secretary of state.

1. (1) Definitions.

   1. (A) Coordinating board or board is the Coordinating Board for Higher Education created by section 173.005, RSMo.

   2. (B) Community junior college is an institution of higher education deriving financial resources from local, state and federal sources. Course offerings lead to the granting of certificates, diplomas and/or associate degrees, but do not include baccalaureate or higher degrees. Community junior colleges provide postsecondary education primarily for persons above the twelfth grade age level, including courses in:

      1. 1. Liberal arts and sciences, including

general education;

1. 2. Occupational, vocational-technical;

and

1. 3. A variety of educational community

services.

1. (C) Fiscal year is that period of time from July 1 of any given year to June 30 of the next year.
2. (D) Standard institutional fee is the fee charged any or all students per semester credit hour or for a credit course.
3. (E) A Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) is a nationally accepted taxonomy of structured and other planned learning experiences.
4. (F) DHE 15-2 is a Missouri specific form that collects student credit hours by CIP code and by location of a course, in and out of district.

5. (G) Credit course is a course for which, upon successful completion, enrolled students are given credit that can be applied to meet the requirements for achieving a degree, certificate or similar academic award. This includes regularly approved and scheduled courses which are:

   1. 1. Requirements of degree programs or

are developmental courses which prepare students for courses which are requirements of degree programs; 6 CSR 10-4

1. 2. Included in determining fees but do

not result in credit hours that are applicable to a degree program;

1. 3. Non-credit vocational/occupational

and public service technology courses which are derivative from programs traditionally offered at the certificate or associate degree level and which are designed to meet career needs of employed persons or persons who intend to enter or re-enter employment, may be equated to college credit for eligibility purposes if fees are assessed of the students enrolled. Equating such courses to credit hours for reporting purposes must be on the basis of the definition of a semester credit hour and the guidelines contained in this document;

1. 4. Designed to assist the student in gain-

ing degree or certificate curriculum entry proficiencies. Only those courses in the areas of writing skills, speech skills, reading, mathematics and study skills related to the preparation for collegiate-level work are eligible. In addition, nontraditional developmental remedial activities may be eligible if students are—

1. A. Tested and assigned to the learning

center;

1. B. Tested for a minimum proficiency

standard to exit from the program;

1. C. Pay a fee for the service; and
2. D. Have a record of the activity

entered on the transcript. In all such cases the methods for determining credit equivalency shall be in accordance with these guidelines. In no case is supplemental student tutoring to be eligible;

1. 5. If offered to one (1) company the

course must be available to be offered to another company or if the course is offered to employees on one (1) industrial site it must allow enrollment of students not employed at that site. Student fees may be paid either by the student or the organization, but under no circumstances may student fees be waived by the institution for students enrolled in such courses;

1. 6. Funded in part by corporations, fed-

eral research grants or other non-institutional sources. Courses partially funded from foundation, federal, corporate and similar sources, which are otherwise in compliance with these guidelines are eligible, but in no instance may funding from the multi-sources total more than the cost of offering the course; and

1. 7. Funded in part with federal/state

funds from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Vocational Education program. The combined state and federal/state vocational revenues should not exceed one-hundred percent (100%) of the total direct and indirect cost of the course. Up to seventy-five percent (75%) of the direct instructional cost of a course can be supported from federal/state vocational revenue and the course remain eligible for state aid support.

1. (H) Semester credit hour is a permanently transcripted instruction activity in which one (1)-semester credit hour shall consist of a minimum of seven hundred fifty (750) minutes (for example, fifteen (15) weeks times fifty (50) minutes per week) of classroom experiences such as lecture, discussion or similar instructional approaches or a minimum of one thousand five hundred (1500) minutes of such experiences as laboratory, studio or equivalent experiences. Both of these are exclusive of registration and final examination time. Greater amounts of supervised practicum or internship instruction are normally required to be the equivalent of one

1. (1) credit hour. In vocational education laboratories more clock hours per credit hour are usually required. The coordinating board may review internships, practicums, supervised work experience, etc., to determine eligibility on an individual basis. Courses of one-half (1/2) credit hour or more are eligible for funding.

2. (2) Reporting of Credit Hours.

   1. (A) All reporting must be as semester credit hours on the DHE 15-2.

   2. (B) A credit hour can be reported on the DHE 15-2 for state aid reimbursement if it meets the following conditions:

      1. 1. The reimbursement credit hour re-

flects enrollment census as of the end of the fourth week of the semester or a proportionate date of a summer or other off-schedule course;

1. 2. The credit hour must be one which is

offered within the community college district to individuals who are residents in the state of Missouri;

1. 3. If the course period spans two (2) fis-

cal years, credit hours shall be reported during that year in which the course ends;

1. 4. The credit hour as reported on the

DHE 15-2 must be identified with a CIP Code as described in A Classification of Instructional Programs, National Center for Education Statistics, 1981; and

1. 5. In order to be reported as a reim-

bursable credit hour the standard institutional fee must be charged.

AUTHORITY: sections 163.191 and 178.780, RSMo (1986). Original rule filed Nov. 2, 1987, effective Jan. 14, 1988.