Section 2.324 - Career and Technical Education Course Maintenance Review(a) A team of subject matter experts must review a Career and Technical Education course every four years to ensure the currency of the course content. A team of subject matter experts may review a Career and Technical Education course more frequently as indicated by career and technical education course maintenances triggers.(b) The WECM Advisory Committee shall consider several factors in determining the need to conduct a course maintenance review workshop, including: (1) Emerging and/or changing technologies;(2) Change in business/industry standards;(3) State or national credentialing requirements;(4) Employer-defined skill requirements;(5) Comments from one or more institutions;(6) Need identified by a statewide curriculum project;(7) Coordinating Board request for a course maintenance review; or(8) The timeline of a course's maintenance review cycle, as specified by a schedule developed by the WECM Advisory Committee.(c) The WECM Advisory Committee will determine a schedule for career and technical education course maintenance review workshop in a designated Classification of Instructional Program code.(d) A team of subject matter experts shall perform the review.(e) The review shall determine: (1) If a course will continue to be offered in the WECM database in its current form;(2) If a course requires revision;(3) If a course requires archiving;(4) If a new course is necessary to address knowledge, skills, and abilities to meet the needs of business and industry;(5) If two or more local need courses with similar end of course outcomes should be consolidated into one career and technical education course to address the needs of multiple institutions; or(6) If two or more special topics courses with similar end of course outcomes should be consolidated into one career and technical education course to address the needs of multiple institutions.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 2.324
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 32, August 9, 2024, TexReg 5962, eff. 8/15/2024