Effective for Fall Semester 2005, the Dallas County Community College District will charge a higher tuition rate to students registering the third or subsequent time for a course. All third and subsequent attempts of the majority of credit and Continuing Education/Workforce Training courses will result in higher tuition to be charged. Developmental Studies and some other courses will not be charged a higher tuition rate. Third attempts include courses taken at any of the Colleges of the DCCCD since the Fall 2002 semester.

The State of Texas financially subsidizes the education of college students. The tuition paid by any student represents only a portion of the real cost of any credit and many Continuing Education/Workforce Training courses since the State pays the remainder of the costs. The Texas State Legislature has mandated that effective with the Fall 2002 Semester, a college will not receive state funding for students who attempt most credit and Continuing Education/Workforce Training courses more than two times. The State will no longer subsidize a student's enrollment for the third or subsequent attempt. Therefore, students will pay a higher rate of tuition for a course for the third or subsequent time they attempt a course. Students should see an academic advisor to determine if they are repeating a course the third time. Students should carefully select courses. Students should also take care in dropping a course, as the third or future attempt to retake a course will result in a higher rate of tuition.

For more information about courses that are exempt from this ruling and for cross lists of both credit and Continuing Education/Workforce Training courses, go to http://www.dcccd.edu/Current+Students/Paying+for+College/Third+Course+Attempt/.