Relating to the transfer of students in public higher education and to transparency regarding certificate or degree program requirements.

Contracts

• Articulation Agreements: Review all existing MOUs with partner colleges. The law requires these agreements to now specifically detail faculty collaboration, advising services, and financial aid alignment. Static agreements lacking these active components are non-compliant.
• Vendor Agreements (SIS/CMS): Review contracts with Student Information System and Web Content Management vendors. You must ensure your infrastructure can push a "single source of truth" for degree requirements to the student portal, main website, and department pages simultaneously.

Hiring/Training

• Transfer Liaison: You must designate a "Transfer Liaison" using existing resources. This individual requires specific training on Sec. 61.8231 to provide written Core and Field of Study curricula to all inbound/outbound transfer students.
• Admissions Training: Staff must be retrained to flag credit denials. Every denial now triggers a potential dispute resolution process and a data entry requirement for the annual state report.

Reporting & Record-Keeping

• The "Wall of Shame" (Public Disclosure): You must configure your admissions website to publicly display the top 5 majors with the highest credit denial rates and the top 5 specific courses denied. This requires continuous data ingestion from THECB.
• Annual Transfer Report (May 1):
• Universities: Must report specific Common Course Numbers denied, reasons for denial, and dispute resolution outcomes.
• Junior Colleges: Must report on course transferability, distinguishing between WECM (workforce) and ACGM (academic) courses.

Fees & Costs

• Unfunded Mandate: The Fiscal Note indicates "no significant fiscal implication to the State," meaning institutions must absorb the administrative costs of the Transfer Liaison and IT upgrades within existing budgets.