In the 2003 legislative session the legislature passed a bill that requires community and technical colleges to adopt policies and procedures to expedite students' progress toward their program goals. The intent of the legislation is to encourage students enrolled in degree or certificate programs to complete their programs with limited additional credits. The policies and procedures should address:

(1) Students who accumulate more than one hundred twenty-five percent of the number of credits required to complete an associate degree or certificate;

(2) Students who have a pattern of dropping more than twenty-five percent of their course load; and

(3) Students who remain on academic probation for more than one quarter.

Colleges will report to the state board for community and technical colleges the policies and procedures that they approve.