The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Jeanne C. Johnston.
DIGEST
Nevers (SB 93)
Present law provides for the seamless transfer of credits between and among public secondary
and postsecondary educational institutions and charges the Statewide Articulation and Transfer
Council (SATC) with the responsibility to coordinate, oversee, and monitor transfer and
articulation activities.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally requires SATC, in consultation and
collaboration with the Bd. of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, to oversee the
development and implementation of a process to award and transfer college credit for the
academic content embedded in career and technical education and industry-based certification
courses.
Proposed law requires the Bd. of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges to develop
"academic transfer modules" to recognize the academic content embedded in career and technical
education and industry-based certification courses which can be applied to award a student with
partial or full credit in an equivalent academic course offered by any public state community
college.
Proposed law provides that the content of each academic transfer module may be contained in a
single course or a sequence of courses. Further provides that each academic transfer module shall
be equal to at least one college credit hour and that modules can be combined to become the
academic equivalent of a complete academic college course.
Proposed law further requires the Bd. of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges to:
(1)Align the content contained in each academic transfer module with the content standards
and learning competencies established for the equivalent academic college course to
which the module will be applied.
(2)Develop testing, as necessary, to validate the content of each academic transfer module to
ensure its academic equivalency to the college course to which the module will be
applied.
(3)Develop a process whereby academic transfer modules may be banked until such time as
the student enrolls in an academic degree program offered by a public state community
college and such modules can be transferred for academic college credit.
(4)Ensure that career and technical education and industry-based certification course
instructors are trained and meet the standards required for such courses and course work to be eligible for transfer for college credit.
(5)Collaborate and coordinate with the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
(BESE) to ensure that students enrolled in postsecondary career and technical education
and industry-based certification courses offered through local public school systems and
secondary schools shall also be eligible to earn academic transfer modules.
(6)Submit the individual academic transfer modules and the process developed to transfer
the postsecondary credit earned through such modules to the receiving community college
to SATC for consideration and recommendations. With SATC approval, the board shall
submit the proposed transfer process to the Board of Regents for approval prior to
implementation.
Proposed law requires the Bd. of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges to submit a
written report to the Senate and House committees on education, not later than September
thirtieth of each year, regarding the status of the implementation of the academic transfer module
process.
Present law requires the Board of Regents to annually report to the Senate and House committees
on education regarding the status of statewide articulation and transfer of credit across all
educational institutions in the state and specifies the data to be included in the report.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally provides that such report include the status of
the implementation of the academic transfer module process developed pursuant to proposed
law.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 17:3162(D), 3165.1 and 3168(5))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Education to the original bill
1. Requires LCTCS to submit the individual academic transfer modules and the
process to transfer credit earned to community colleges to the Statewide
Articulation and Transfer Council (SATC) for consideration and
recommendations.
2. Requires LCTCS, with SATC approval, to submit the proposed transfer process to
the Bd. of Regents for approval prior to implementation.
3. Requires the Bd. of Regents to include status of the implementation of the academic transfer module process in its annual report to the Senate and House
education committees on statewide articulation and transfer activities.
4. Makes technical changes.