Course review consists of evaluating one online course whether it is a single semester course or a full year course.

Before Course Review (all forms, directions & resources found at "Submit A Course” link):

• Potential provider districts completes the following forms:
  • TxVSN Provider District Application to Central Operations
• Once accepted as an eligible provider district by TxVSN Central Operations, Provider district begins completing the Course Review forms:
  • Provider District Priority List
  • TxVSN Course Review Submittal Form (for each course submitted for review)
  • TEKS alignment documentation (for each course submitted for review)
  • Course Review Questionnaire as a supplement to the review process (for each course submitted for review)
  • Course syllabus (for each course submitted for review)
  • TxVSN Course Review Access Form
  • If submitting a science course the Science Field and Laboratory InvestigationsCourse Review Documentation will need to be completed for each science course submitted
  • If submitting an Advanced Placement Course, College Board AP documentation will be submitted with course review submittal form

During Course Review:

• Courses selected for review will be assigned to a team of reviewers.
• Reviewers will independently review courses thoroughly, to determine if the course meets TxVSN standards, using:
  • Provider district completed TEKS Alignment Instrument, and
  • The National Standards Instrument

After Course Review:

Note: All review results remain confidential during the review process. Course Review will provide course review results to TEA and provider district:

• Results summarize where, if at all, a course does not meet expectations/requirements and offer suggestions for improvement.

• Course results are assigned an overall rating:

  • Approved – Course will be placed into the TxVSN online catalog and contracting begins with Central Operations
  • Approved With Modifications – Provider district will make minor modifications indicated within 45 days of review results
  • Not Approved - Major Modifications – Provider district will make major modifications indicated within 120 days, or 4 months of review results 
  • Not Approved – Course will not be used as it is in the TxVSN catalog. For course to be considered again, the provider district will need to modify and resubmit course for full review
    

Course Review Fee
The Texas Educational Agency shall pay the reasonable costs of evaluating and approving electronic courses.  If funds are insufficient to pay the costs of evaluating and approving all electronic courses submitted, the agency shall give priority to paying the costs of evaluating and approving courses defined in HB3646 Section 31.

If funds are insufficient and the agency determines that it will be unable to cover the costs of evaluating and approving a submitted electronic course, the school district, open-enrollment charter school, or public or private institution of higher education that submitted the courses for evaluation and approval may pay the costs in order to ensure that evaluation of the course occurs.

TxVSN reserves the right to pass along the costs of evaluating and approving electronic courses to the school district, open-enrollment charter school, or public or private institute of higher education that submitted the course for evaluation and approval if the course provider does not include the approved course in the Texas Virtual School Network catalog for a minimum of 4 semesters.

NOTE: A provider district may:

• Submit an Algebra 1A (first semester) course and an Algebra 1B (second semester) course in tandem
• Both courses will be reviewed individually for the National Standards
• Reviewers will use data from both courses to determine overall course TEKS alignment.

A full-year fee will be assessed for the course reviews, rather than 2 separate semester fees. (See Course Review Fee below for applicable fees)