A videoconference shall adhere to the following standards with respect to the perceptibility of audio and video signals:

1. (1) Each portion of a meeting held by videoconference that is required to be open to the public by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, shall be visible and audible to the public at each location specified in §551.127(e), Texas Government Code.
2. (2) Each location specified in §551.127(e), Texas Government Code, shall have two-way communication between with each other meeting location during the entire meeting being held by videoconference.
3. (3) Each participant in the videoconference call, while speaking, shall be clearly visible and audible to each other participant in the videoconference call. In addition, during the open portions of a meeting required to be open by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, each participant, while speaking, shall be clearly visible and audible to members of the public who are in attendance at a location of the meeting.
4. (4) The audience and members of the institution of higher education shall have full view of at least one monitor at each meeting location.
5. (5) Audio signals perceptible from the remote videoconferencing sites shall be of similar quality and volume as the local audio at the originating site.
6. (6) The quality of the audio and video signals perceptible by members of the public at each meeting location shall meet or exceed the quality of the audio and video signals perceptible by members of the institution of higher education participating in the meeting.
7. (7) The quality of the audio and video signals perceptible by members of the public at each meeting location shall be of sufficient quality so that members of the public present at each meeting location can observe the demeanor and hear the voice of each participant in the open portion of the meeting.
8. (8) All video transmissions shall be at a minimum of 384 kbs and use full common intermediate format (CIF) quality transmission.
9. (9) Videoconference calls held between or among sites utilizing different vendor equipment shall adhere to the ITU-T standards listed in this section.
10. (10) Videoconferences involving more than two sites shall be controlled such that the received video at all sites will switch to the speaking participant's site within two seconds of the participant's commencement of speaking.
11. (11) All videoconferences shall be in color and monitors for the viewing public and for members of the institution shall present color video.

Source Note:The provisions of this §209.32 adopted to be effective November 28, 2004, 29 TexReg 10910.