1. The state board shall develop standards and rules for the accreditation of community college programs. Standards developed shall be general in nature so as to apply to more than one specific program of instruction.
2. Standards developed shall include a provision that the standard academic work load for an instructor in arts and science courses shall be fifteen credit hours per school term, and the maximum academic work load for any instructor shall be sixteen credit hours per school term, for classes taught during the normal school day. In addition thereto, any faculty member may teach a course or courses at times other than the regular school week, involving total class instruction time equivalent to not more than a three-credit- hour course. The total work load for such instructors shall not exceed the equivalent of eighteen credit hours per school term.
3. Standards developed shall include provisions requiring equal access in recruitment, enrollment, and placement activities for students with special education needs. The provisions shall include a requirement that students with special education needs shall receive instruction in the least restrictive environment with access to the full range of program offerings at a college, through, but not limited to, adaptation of curriculum, instruction, equipment, facilities, career guidance, and counseling services.
90 Acts, ch 1253, §50; 90 Acts, ch 1254, § 3
C91, § 280A.48
C93, § 260C.48
93 Acts, ch 82, § 7, 8
Referred to in § 260C.47
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