Transfer Disputes Resolution Procedures
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, under the requirements of Section 61.078 of the Education Code, has established procedures to resolve disputes between public institutions of higher education involving the transfer of credit from lower-division courses (courses offered in the first two years of college study).

Resolution of Transfer Disputes for Lower-Division Courses

Each public college and university must accept in transfer into a baccalaureate degree the number of lower-division credit hours in a major which are allowed for their non-transfer students in that major; however,

1. No institution must accept in transfer more credit hours in a major than the number set out in the applicable Coordinating Board approved Transfer Curriculum for that major, as prescribed by the current issue of the Coordinating Board's Guide to Transfer Curricula and Transfer of Credit, Transfer of Credit Policies and Curricula.
2. In any major for which there is no Coordinating Board approved Transfer Curriculum, no institution must accept in transfer more lower-division course credit in the major applicable to a baccalaureate degree than the institution allows its non-transfer students in that major.
3. A university may deny the transfer of credit in courses with a grade of D as applicable to the student's field of study courses, core curriculum courses, or major if it denies credit in those same courses with a grade of D to its own students.

No university must accept in transfer or toward a degree more than sixty-six (66) semester credit hours of academic credits earned by a student in a community college. Universities, however, may choose to accept additional credit hours.

Public institutions of higher education shall follow these procedures to resolve credit transfer disputes involving lowerdivision courses:

1. If an institution of higher education does not accept course credit earned by a student at another institution of higher education, the receiving institution shall give written notice to the student and to the sending institution that transfer of the course credit is denied. A receiving institution shall also provide written notice of the reasons for denying credit for a particular course or set of courses at the request of the sending institution.
2. A student who receives notice as specified above may dispute the denial of credit by contacting a designated official at either the sending or receiving institution.
3. The two institutions and the student shall attempt to resolve the transfer of the course credit in accordance with Board rules and guidelines.
4. If the transfer dispute is not resolved to the satisfaction of the student or the sending institution within 45 days after the date the student received written notice of denial, the institution that denies the course credit for transfer shall notify the Commissioner of its denial and the reasons for the denial.

The Commissioner of Higher Education or the Commissioner's designee shall make the final determination about a dispute regarding the transfer of course credit and give written notice of the determination to the involved student and institutions.

The Board shall collect data on the types of transfer disputes that are reported and the disposition of each case that is considered by the Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee.

If a receiving institution has cause to believe that a course being presented by a student for transfer from another school is not of an acceptable level of quality, it should first contact the sending institution and attempt to resolve the problem.

In the event that the two institutions are unable to come to a satisfactory resolution, the receiving institution may notify the Commissioner of Higher Education, who may investigate the course. If its quality is found to be unacceptable, the Board may discontinue funding for the course.