Texas Education Code §132.002(d) requires that a career school or college application for an exemption from the provisions of Texas Education Code §132.002(a)(6) must provide evidence that:

1. (1) the school or college has been licensed for at least one year;
2. (2) the school or college has a certificate of authorization from the Coordinating Board to grant baccalaureate or higher-level degrees or a letter from the Coordinating Board indicating the Coordinating Board approval is not required;
3. (3) the school or college is accredited by a Coordinating Board-recognized accrediting body;

4. (4) the school or college is in good standing with the designated accrediting body and not subject to:

   1. (A) probation;
   2. (B) a directive to show cause as to why accreditation should not be revoked; or
   3. (C) any other action that, as defined by the accrediting agency, will prevent the school from seeking approval of its degree programs; and

5. (5) at least a simple majority (51 percent) of credits earned in the educational programs of the school or college are transferable to educational programs that are:

   1. (A) at an equivalent or higher academic level (e.g., baccalaureate to baccalaureate or higher);
   2. (B) at a junior college, college, or university supported entirely or partly by taxation from a local or state source; and
   3. (C) within the same local/regional service area as the offered program, as determined by the Agency.

Source Note:The provisions of this §807.5 adopted to be effective December 20, 2010, 35 TexReg 11392.