Texas Workforce Commission

Provide important web links:

• Home Page web link https://www.twc.texas.gov/partners/career-schools-colleges-resources   
• Statutes and Regulations Page  no link provided
• Authorization Information Page web link  no link provided
• Application Information Page web link  no link provided
• Renewal Information Page web link  no link provided

What types of institutions are subject to this agency’s authority? Indicate the types of institutions that your agency authorizes.

• Note: Some agencies may refer to out-of-state public institutions as “private colleges” in their law.  If this is the case for your agency, please select “public, out-of-state degree granting institutions” for purposes of this Guide so that the out-of-state public institution will find appropriate information.
• Note: If your agency is a coordinating board, your agency may have one division with some authority such as program approval over in-state public institutions that are established per statute, which is structured differently than another division of your agency with state authorization authority over non-public institutions that they “license” pursuant to different statute(s).

____ Public, in-state degree granting institutions
____ Public, out-of-state degree granting institutions
____ Private, in-state, not-for-profit degree granting institutions
____ Private, out-of-state, not-for-profit degree granting institutions
__X_ Private, in-state, for-profit degree granting institutions
__X_ Private, out-of-state, for-profit degree granting institutions
____ Public, in-state, non-degree granting institutions
____ Public, out-of-state, non-degree granting institutions
__X_ Non-degree, not-for profit institutions
__X_ Non-degree, for-profit institutions
____ Religious institutions
____ Tribally-controlled institutions
__X_ Federal Institutions
____ Municipal institutions

Does your agency authorize specific academic programs offered by institutions, only institutions themselves, or both?

• For example, an agency may require an institution apply for licensure for institutional approval and also require the institution to apply for specific program(s) approval.

__X__ Institution

_____ Program

_____ Both

Clarifying comments:

TWC regulates the schools themselves. In some cases we co-regulate with other State agencies that do regulate individual programs. In these cases we just require proof of approval by the other agency before we’ll approve our end.

Does your agency require exclusively online offerings offered by out-of-state institutions to be authorized?

• Meaning as example, the state regulates an out-of-state institution for merely enrolling a student into a distance education program
• Meaning as example, a solely online program that does not have any internships and practicums

Yes

Clarifying comments

Only degree granting institutions can be eligible for exclusion from regulation in this situation.