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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".19" citation="COMAR 13B.02.03.19" title_num="13B" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="03" heading="Public Institutions — Transfer and Articulation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Prior to Submission.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Before submitting a proposal for a new bachelor’s degree program that could affect students transferring from a community college, a public senior higher education institution shall notify all community colleges of the proposed program and proposed implementation date.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Before submitting a proposal for a substantial modification to an existing bachelor’s degree program that could affect students transferring from a community college, a public senior higher education institution shall notify all community colleges of the proposed changes and proposed implementation date.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Before submitting a proposal for a substantial modification to an existing associate’s degree program that could affect students transferring to or from a public senior higher education institution, a community college shall notify all public senior higher education institutions of the proposed changes and proposed implementation date.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Contents of Proposal.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A proposal for a new bachelor’s degree program at a public senior higher education institution shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A proposed articulation agreement with at least one community college; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Justification for why an articulation agreement is not feasible or applicable.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A proposal for a substantial modification to an existing bachelor’s degree program at a public senior higher education institution shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>For a program that has an existing articulation agreement with at least one community college:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Proposed modifications to all existing articulation agreements; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Justification for why revising existing articulation agreements is not feasible or applicable; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>For a program without any existing articulation agreement:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A proposed articulation agreement with at least one community college; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Justification for why an articulation agreement is not feasible or applicable.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A proposal for a substantial modification to an existing associate’s degree program at a community college shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>For a program that has an existing articulation agreement with at least one public senior higher education institution:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Proposed modifications to all existing articulation agreements; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Justification for why revising existing articulation agreements is not feasible or applicable; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>For a program without existing articulation agreements:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A proposed articulation agreement with at least one public senior higher education institution; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Justification for why an articulation agreement is not feasible or applicable.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Subject to §C(1) and (2) of this regulation, all proposed new and modified articulation agreements submitted under §B(1)—(3) of this regulation shall be provisionally signed by the appropriate individual, as identified in COMAR 13B.06.02.13, prior to submission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>After Approval.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Any new or revised articulation agreement submitted under this regulation shall only be effective when:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The new program or substantial modification is approved by the Commission; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The new program or substantial modification is implemented.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A provisionally signed new or revised articulation agreement submitted under this regulation may not be made publicly available by any institution unless the new program or substantial modification has been approved by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The institution shall provide the curriculum and any articulation agreement(s) to all other public institutions within 90 days of the approval.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>