Policy Title:   Teach Out Arrangements

Policy Number:  2.17

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Purpose:

The Eastern Wyoming College Board of Trustees shall comply with all federal and state regulations/laws, and accrediting bodies policies and standards during a Teach Out Arrangement. The Board mandates the College President to develop and maintain a written plan identifying the steps that shall be taken to ensure that its students are provided the opportunity to complete their program of study should the College:

  • Close an educational
  • Close a location or
  • Cease to operate as an educational

 

Definitions:

Teach-out: A process during which a program, institution, or institutional location that provides 100 percent of at least one program engages in an orderly closure or when, following the closure of an institution or campus, another institution provides an opportunity for the students of the closed school to complete their program, regardless of their academic progress at the time of closure.

 

Teach-out agreement: A written agreement between institutions that provides for the equitable treatment of students and a reasonable opportunity for students to complete their program of study if an institution, or an institutional location that provides 100 percent of at least one program offered, ceases to operate or plans to cease operations before all enrolled students have completed their program of study.

 

Teach-out plan: A written plan developed by an institution that provides for the equitable treatment of students if an institution, or an institutional location that provides 100 percent of at least one program, ceases to operate or plans to cease operations before all enrolled students have completed their program of study.

 

The Board requires the College President to identify the procedures and processes that will occur should any of the events identified above be enacted. The College is required to submit a teach-out plan to the Board and its accrediting agency(ies) for approval prior to implementation of the plan. The Board may require the institution to enter into a teach-out agreement with other institutions as part of its teach- out plan.

 

References: 34 CFR §600.2; 34 CFR §602.23(f)(1); 34 CFR §602.24(c); HLC Policy Affected: FDCR.B.10.010 Commission Approval of Teach-Out Arrangements.

 

Original Adoption Date: 4/9/24

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