OAR 589-006-0400: Approval of Other Education Courses

(1) The Commission delegates authority to the Office to approve other education courses. Such approval authorizes the community college to receive state funding to support those courses. (2) The Office uses the following standards for approval of other education courses: (a) The course is primarily intended for adults; (b) The course may be developmental in nature and offered for: (A) Adults with less than an eighth grade education through adult basic education classes; (B) Adults with less than a high school diploma through adult high school completion programs; (C) Persons who lack sufficient background in subject-matter areas to make satisfactory progress in the lower-division collegiate or professional technical programs of the institution; or (D) Persons who lack English language skills needed to make satisfactory progress in the lower-division collegiate or professional technical programs of the institution or to enter the workforce. (c) The course must include at least six contact hours of instruction focused on a single topic. (3) Approval of other education courses must follow the Office’s other reimbursable course approval procedure. (4) State reimbursement shall not be available for hobby or recreation courses. However, such courses may be provided on a self-sustaining basis. [Publications: Publications referenced are available from the agency.]