CHAPTER 131. SOUTHWEST COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
EDUCATION CODE
TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION
SUBTITLE G. NON-BACCALAUREATE SYSTEM
CHAPTER 131. SOUTHWEST COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
Sec. 131.001. SOUTHWEST COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF. The
Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf is a postsecondary
educational institution providing instruction for
hearing-impaired students preparing for a career or for
enrollment in a senior college or university.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 366, ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. May
14, 1981.
Sec. 131.002. ADMINISTRATION. (a) The institute is under the
direct control and management of the board of trustees of the
Howard Junior College District.
(b) The institute and its programs shall be administered by
personnel who are trained and qualified to work with
hearing-impaired students and are fluent in manual communication
skills.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 366, ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. May
14, 1981.
Sec. 131.003. LOCATION. The institute is located on land deeded
to the governing board by the federal Department of Education for
the purpose of operating the institute. The governing board may
not conduct regular junior college programs for students with
unimpaired hearing on the institute campus except as an integral
part of the program offered to hearing-impaired students when:
(1) it is educationally appropriate to enroll hearing students
in classes for the hearing-impaired; or
(2) special programs are needed to train hearing and
hearing-impaired persons to become professional service providers
for the deaf.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 366, ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. May
14, 1981.
Sec. 131.004. COURSES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES. (a) The
institute shall offer, but is not limited to offering, the
following courses, programs, and services for hearing-impaired
post-secondary students:
(1) learning development services, including academic
counseling, tutorial services, reading instruction, services to
counter learning disabilities, and library-related services;
(2) communications services, including interpreters for academic
and nonacademic functions, speech therapy, and auditory
evaluation and training;
(3) academic college preparatory courses;
(4) career analysis services designed to assist each student in
identifying a career interest, considering the student's
aptitudes, abilities, and skills;
(5) regular college courses, including vocational and technical
education and liberal arts courses;
(6) extracurricular activities, including intramural athletics;
and
(7) postgraduation services, including job placement services
and services designed to orient employers to hearing-impaired
workers.
(b) The course work offered by the institute shall emphasize
self-contained classrooms with instruction conducted by
instructors who are trained and qualified to work with
hearing-impaired students and are fluent in manual communication
skills. Hearing-impaired students may enroll in integrated
classes that are regular classes offered to students with
unimpaired hearing enrolled in the junior college.
(c) The programs, services, and facilities of the institute
shall be designed to be appropriate to the needs of
hearing-impaired students.
(d) The executive director shall determine which courses offered
by the institute are appropriate for an electronic display on a
screen or terminal, with less than 30 seconds delay, of a
speaker's spoken message. The institute shall implement the
electronic display in those courses.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 366, ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. May
14, 1981. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 345, Sec. 2, eff.
Sept. 1, 1991.
Sec. 131.005. TUITION. (a) A Texas resident student enrolled
in the institute is exempt from tuition fees under Section 54.205
of this code.
(b) A student who is not a resident of Texas shall pay tuition
at a rate that is the lesser of:
(1) the rate provided by this code for a nonresident student
enrolled at a general academic teaching institution; or
(2) a rate determined by the board of trustees and the
Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System to be the
approximate cost to the institute, not including room and board,
of educating a student during the academic year beginning the
next fall.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 366, ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. May
14, 1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 140, Sec. 1, eff.
May 24, 1985; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 116, Sec. 2, eff. May 17,
1995.
Sec. 131.006. APPROPRIATIONS; GRANTS. (a) The governing board
of the institute may receive appropriations for the institute's
operations only if the board operates the institute in compliance
with this chapter.
(b) The board may accept gifts, grants, or donations of money or
property given to the institute for the institute's exclusive use
in carrying out the purposes of this subchapter.
(c) The board may expend appropriated funds for maintenance and
operation, including the maintenance and operation of student
housing and food service, unless the funds are specifically
restricted to another purpose by the appropriation.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 366, ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. May
14, 1981. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 25, Sec. 1, eff.
April 14, 1987.