{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-61.07611","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 61.07611","heading":"DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION PLAN; REPORT.","body":"(a) To serve students who require developmental education in an effective and cost-effective manner, the board shall develop a statewide plan for developmental education to be provided under Subchapter F-1, Chapter 51, that:\n(1) assigns primary responsibility for developmental education to public junior colleges, public state colleges, and public technical institutes; and\n(2) provides for using technology, to the greatest extent practicable consistent with best practices, to provide developmental education to students.\n(b) In developing the developmental education plan, the board shall:\n(1) research relevant issues related to developmental education;\n(2) study and develop best practices for successful developmental education programs, including through use of pilot programs; and\n(3) assess various methods of providing developmental education to students to determine which methods, if any, should be implemented on a statewide basis.\n(c) Developmental education under the plan must include:\n(1) technological delivery of developmental education courses that allows students to complete course work;\n(2) diagnostic assessments to determine a student's specific educational needs to allow for appropriate developmental instruction;\n(3) modular developmental education course materials;\n(4) use of tutors and instructional aides to supplement developmental education course instruction as needed for particular students;\n(5) an internal monitoring mechanism to identify a student's area of academic difficulty;\n(6) periodic updates of developmental education course materials; and\n(7) assessments after completion of a developmental education course to determine a student's readiness to enroll in freshman-level academic courses.\n(d) The developmental education plan must provide for:\n(1) ongoing training for developmental education program faculty members, tutors, and instructional aides at the institutions or other locations where those persons provide instruction; and\n(2) ongoing research and improvement of appropriate developmental education programs, including participation by a group of institution of higher education faculty members selected by the board, to:\n(A) monitor results of the programs;\n(B) identify successful and unsuccessful program components; and\n(C) identify possible solutions to program problems.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 874 (S.B. 162), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 842 (H.B. 2223), Sec. 2.09, eff. June 15, 2017.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE B. STATE COORDINATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION","CHAPTER 61. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD","SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.61.htm#61.07611","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"b732b76b0cfb0017f075e4752ac409eb5d406c9546f1261139f503d4a5a6c236","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-61.076","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-61.0762"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}