OAR 589-006-0350: Maintaining Approval of Certificate of Completion, Associate of Applied Science Degree, Bachelor of Applied Science Degree, and Bachelor of Science: Nursing Degree Programs

(1) The Commission’s approval of a community college Career and Technical Education program will continue to be in effect until the program is amended, suspended, or deleted from the college's program offerings. The Commission or its designee may disqualify a previously approved Career and Technical Education program if it no longer meets Commission program approval standards and criteria. (2) Once a program has been approved by the Commission, course additions, deletions, or changes within these programs must be approved by the Commission or its designee prior to implementation of the revised program. (3) Bachelor of applied science degree, Bachelor of Science: Nursing degree, associate of applied science degree, associate of applied science degree option, and certificate of completion programs offered by community colleges shall be considered to be active: (a) as long as the Annual Program Review Procedure has been followed for the program, and (b) the college has not provided notification of program suspension or program deletion to the Commission or its designee. (4) Community colleges may request that a program be suspended for a period of three years. The program suspension period will begin on the date the college notifies the Commission of its intent to suspend a program. The Commission will notify colleges prior to the deletion of suspended programs. After three years suspended programs will require re-approval utilizing the approval procedure identified by the Commission or its designee. [Publications: Publications referenced are available from the agency.]