PLA Max Hours Awarded Policy

TBR Guideline Reference: A 030 Articulation Among

Approved by: Dr. Bruce Blanding

Original Date Effective: 2014-10-01

Effective Fall 2014, JSCC will award all PLA credits transferred and requested by the student.

In accordance with the TBR recommended practice on page 8 of the Recommended Standards in Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Policy and Practice for Tennessee Public Colleges and Universities, "For institutions that set a maximum number of credits that can be earned through PLA (any combination), this maximum should be no less than 60 SCH for a bachelor degree and no less than 30 SCH for an associate degree. Institutions may have maximum caps higher than 60 and 30 SCH respectively. In all cases a student must earn 25% of hours required for a credential in instruction delivered by the institution awarding the credential. PLA credit will not count toward this 25% minimum."

JSCC will post all PLA related credit to a student transcript but a maximum of 75% of the credit will be used to meet the program requirements for degree attainment.