From the ECS State Policy Database High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary DC Adopted 09/2012 P-12 Enables high school students to enroll in, and receive dual academic credit for, postsecondary courses taken on a college campus. Allows Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to develop a Dual Enrollment Partnership Agreement with a partnering postsecondary institution. Such institutions are not required to admit dual enrollment students. The agreement is to acknowledge that students will not be charged tuition. Requires that a student who successfully completes a dual enrollment course receive the designated high schools credit and grade for that course at the time of course completion. The LEA may calculate a student's grade point average for dual enrollment courses using point equivalents no greater than those for AP or IB courses. Requires LEAs to notify parents that employees of postsecondary institutions are not subject to the criminal background checks that are applicable to K-12 educators. http://www.dcregs.dc.gov/Gateway/NoticeHome.aspx?noticeid=3551478 Title: 59 DCR 9209 - New Chapter, 2400 Source: http://www.dcregs.dc.gov CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Postsec. From bill summary: Establishes the Career Technical Education Pathways Program until June 30, 2015, which requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to assist economic and workforce regional development centers and consortia, community colleges, middle schools, high schools, and regional occupational centers and programs to improve linkages and career technical education pathways between high schools and community colleges to accomplish specified objectives. Requires that this assistance be provided in the form of contracts and competitive grants administered jointly by the chancellor and the Superintendent for programs and initiatives that demonstrate a plan for close collaboration among regional institutions and entities to jointly accomplish specified goals. Requires the chancellor and the Superintendent to grant 1st and 2nd priority for contracts and grants to specified applicants. Requires the chancellor and the Superintendent to agree upon an outcome-based evaluation for specified programs and initiatives, and to require applicants granted a contract or grant to submit annual specified outcome-based data and report that data to the governor and specified legislative committees by March 1 of each year. Reauthorizes a community college district to enroll a high school pupil who is not a resident of that community college district in a program that is developed and implemented by the community college district pursuant to the Career Technical Education Pathways Program. Requires the chancellor and the Superintendent to develop an implementation strategy for the objectives of the Career Technical Education Pathways Program as a part of an annual expenditure plan, and to submit that strategy and plan to specified legislative committees and the department of finance at least 30 days before taking an action to implement the expenditure plan. Requires and authorizes the chancellor and the Superintendent to perform other specified functions relating to the administration of the Career Technical Education Pathways Program, and makes specified findings and declarations. Requires its provisions to be operative only in fiscal years for which funds have been appropriated by the legislature expressly for purposes of the Career Technical Education Pathways Program. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1070_bill_20120921_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 1070 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov IA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 This section adds new language that expands the courses eligible for school aid formula supplementary weighting. A district that collaborates with a community college to provide a college-level class that uses an activities-based, project-based, and problem-based learning approach and that is offered through a partnership with a nationally recognized 501-(c)(3) provider of rigorous and innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics curriculum is eligible to receive additional weighting. A student enrolled in a career and technical course is exempt from the proficiency requirements of section 261E.3, subsection 1, paragraph e. A community college may require a student who applies for enrollment under a district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program to complete an initial assessment to determine the applicant's readiness to enroll in career and technical coursework, and the community college may deny the enrollment. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/linc/84/external/govbills/SF2284.pdf Title: S.F. 2284 -- Division XI Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us AL Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Postsec. From K-12 appropriations bill: Provides that workforce development funds may be expended for technical dual enrollment programs. Also requires that up to $200,000 be used to provide regional council seed funding in Regions 3 and 8 to develop leadership strategies in the local areas. Requires each region to set measurable goals through a local planning process to determine current and future skills needed in the local area, develop seamless educational pathways, and align funding with identified local needs. Directs the chancellor of the department of postsecondary education to report quarterly to legislative leadership on any funds expended for workforce training. Pages 17-18 of 69: http://www.alsde.edu/general/SB0318_ENACTED.pdf Title: S.B. 318 - Workforce Investment Source: www.alsde.edu ME Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 This bill increases opportunities for students in career and technical education programs by ensuring greater coordination of school calendars, requiring that students have access to career and technical education programming for the entire required instructional time and ensuring that the students get credit in their high school programs for academic competencies gained through separate or integrated courses in the career and technical education programs. The bill also directs the President of the Maine Community College System to establish a process for determining the nature and amount of college credit that may be awarded to a student upon completion of a career and technical education program that uses national industry or state certification standards. The process will be set forth in a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Education and will not supersede any existing agreements between secondary career and technical education programs and individual colleges within the system. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0650&item=1&snum=125 Title: S.P. 650 Source: www.mainelegislature.org CO Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 If, during a high school student's 12-grade year, the number of credit hours the student needs for graduation is less than full-time enrollment, the bill requires the school district, charter school, or board of cooperative services in which the student is enrolled to give the student the choice of graduating early, continuing to take high school courses, or concurrently enrolling for a maximum of 15 credit hours per semester in an institution of higher education that the student chooses. The student may continue to concurrently enroll until the student completes his or her 12-grade year. The local education provider must enter into a collaborative agreement for concurrent enrollment with the student's selected institution, if possible. Because the student has completed the graduation requirements, the student need not receive high school credit for the courses he or she completes through concurrent enrollment.. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E62B63499128E95387257981007DC5F7?Open&file=1043_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1043 Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us CO Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Community College The bill authorizes a community college to agree with a local education provider to create a dropout recovery program through which a student who has dropped out of high school or who is at risk of dropping out of high school can concurrently enroll in the community college and the local education provider to complete his or her high school graduation requirements. The student attends classes exclusively at the community college, and all earned credits count toward high school graduation. The dropout recovery program differs from the usual concurrent enrollment program with regard to the student's age, the number and type of course credits authorized, and funding. The community college and the local education provider enter into an agreement that specifies many aspects of the dropout recovery program, including the tuition rate the local education provider will pay on the student's behalf, which rate cannot exceed the student's share of tuition at a community college. The local education provider will include the student in its pupil enrollment, and the community college will receive college opportunity fund (COF) stipend payments on the student's behalf. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/C36A199A8DBC555487257981007F33B2?Open&file=1146_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1146 Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us MS Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Community College Authorizes students to dually enroll in their home high school and a local community college in a dual credit program consisting of high school completion courses and a work skills certificate program. Establishes this dual credit option on a pilot program basis to be implemented statewide in the 2013-2014 school year. Prescribes the components of the dual credit option program and provides state funding under the Mississippi Adequate Education Program for the dual credit program. Requires the county tax assessors to annually submit to the State Department of Education certain information relating to the assessed value of property which is used by the department in determining the amount that each school district must contribute toward the cost of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. Requires the State Department of Education to make a form available to the tax assessors for the submission of the reports. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2792SG.pdf Title: S.B. 2792 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/ TN Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Postsec. Provides that a dual credit course created by a high school and community college, whether as an elective or major core requirement, should be transferable to all public postsecondary institutions. Specifies similar transfer guarantees for credits earned by high school students at four-year institutions and Tennessee Technology Centers (TTCs). http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB2809.pdf Title: S.B. 2809 Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov VA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Postsec. Requires local school boards and community colleges to develop agreements allowing high school students to complete an associate's degree or a one-year Uniform Certificate of General Studies from a community college concurrent with a high school diploma. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0794+pdf Title: H.B. 1184 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/ MI Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Extends eligibility for postsecondary enrollment options program to students from approved nonpublic charter schools. Limits the number of courses students can take, based on grade level, with an overall cap set at ten courses. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billconcurred/Senate/pdf/2011-SCB-0622.pdf Title: S.B. 622 Source: legislature.mi.gov MI Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Amends requirements for eligible courses to those that are offered for postsecondary credit or are part of a noncredit occupational training program leading to an industry-recognized credential; Sets limits on the number of courses eligible students may take, based on grade level; Revises student eligibility. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billconcurred/Senate/pdf/2011-SCB-0623.pdf Title: S.B. 623 Source: legislature.mi.gov MI Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Extends access to career and technical preparation programs to students in certain nonpublic schools. Requires that each career and technical preparation program submit an annual report to the department with information on enrollment numbers and course completions. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billconcurred/Senate/pdf/2011-SCB-0709.pdf Title: S.B. 709 Source: legislature.mi.gov MI Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Extends access to postsecondary enrollment options programs to students in certain nonpublic schools. Requires that each eligible postsecondary institutuion submit an annual report to the department with information on enrollment numbers and course completions. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billconcurred/Senate/pdf/2011-SCB-0710.pdf Title: S.B. 710 Source: legislature.mi.gov CO Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Postsec. Allows districts and charter schools to administer to 9th-12th-grade students the basic skills placement or assessment tests that are used for first-time college freshmen. Districts can administer the test as often as necessary, but the state education department will offset the costs for administrating each exam only once per student. Districts that administer the tests will inlcude the results and college/workforce readiness level in students' individual career and academic plan (ICAP). Intervention plans will be developed for students with scores that indicate a lack of readiness to help prepare them for postsecondary education without the need for remediation. If appropriate, students can enroll in one or more basic skills courses at a higher education institution through the state's concurrent/dual enrollment program. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/CD3C8673214EEF8C872579CD00625FE2?Open&file=1345_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1345 (sections 13 to 15) Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us GA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Directs the state board to establish rules and regulations to maximize the number of students, beginning with students entering ninth grade in the 2014-2015 school year (Class of 2018), who complete at least one course containing online learning through (1) an online course offered by the Georgia Virtual School, (2) an online dual enrollment course offered by a postsecondary institution, or (3) an approved provider. Directs the state board to make all end-of-course tests available online, and to establish rules and regulations to maximize the number of students and school systems using such online assessments. Repeals provision that gave public school students priority for enrollment in the Georgia Virtual School. Bars a local school system from prohibiting a student from taking a Georgia Virtual School course, regardless of whether the student's school offers the same course. Permits students enrolled in the Georgia Virtual School to be counted by a district for state funding purposes. Repeals certain provision relating to fund requests by the state board for the Georgia Virtual School grant account. Provides that funds from the account are to be used to cover department costs associated with the maintenance of the Georgia Virtual School, such as new course development, credit recovery, blended learning training, and operating a clearinghouse. Removes provision requiring state board to adopt provisions allowing students to participate in Georgia Virtual School courses in excess of any annual maximum number of courses at a tuition rate to be established by the state board. Requires local school systems to pay tuition, materials, and fees for student participation in Georgia Virtual School Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, requires each local school system to provide opportunities for all public school students in grades 3-12 to participate in part-time and full-time virtual instruction program options. Requires local school systems to notify parents of such opportunities, and identifies mechanisms by which local school systems may facilitate virtual instruction program participation. Requires a local school system's virtual instruction program to provide for at least two full-time options and one part-time option for students enrolled in dropout prevention and academic intervention programs or Department of Juvenile Justice education programs. Directs the department to annually provide local school systems with a list of providers approved to offer virtual instruction programs, and establishes quality and accountability indicators providers must meet to be approved by the department. Requires each contract with an approved provider to set forth a detailed curriculum plan that illustrates how students will be provided services for, and be measured for attainment of, proficiency in state curriculum requirements for each grade level and subject. Directs the department, by December 2012, to submit a report to the governor and legislative leadership that (1) includes a plan under which local boards may voluntarily pool their bids for acquiring digital learning, and (2) identifies criteria to enable local boards to differentiate between the level of service as well as pricing based on specified criteria. Also requires that the report examine ways to increase student access to digital learning. Pages 1-6 of 7: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/127888.pdf Title: S.B. 289 - Online Learning Source: FL Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Repeals 1007.235 related to district interinstitutional articulation agreements, and replaces references to district interinstitutional articulation agreements with references to "dual enrollment articulation agreements." Provides requirements for the development and contents of a district and Florida College System institution dual enrollment articulation agreement. Requires the department of education to develop an electronic submission system for dual enrollment articulation agreements and to review agreements for compliance. Authorizes dual enrollment articulation agreements with state universities, eligible independent colleges and universities, and private secondary schools. Requires each district's comprehensive plan for student progression to list, or incorporate by reference, all dual enrollment courses in the district's dual enrollment articulation agreement. Repeals 1007.272, which provided for joint dual enrollment and advanced placement instruction (one course being provided to meet both dual enrollment and AP expectations). Prohibits a student projected to graduate from high school before the scheduled completion date of a postsecondary course from enrolling in the course through dual enrollment. Removes provision requiring the department of education to adopt guidelines aimed at achieving inter-district comparability of student and teacher qualifications for dual enrollment. Amends student eligibility requirements for initial dual enrollment participation, and adds eligibility requirements for continued enrollment in dual enrollment courses. Provides that a student who is disruptive to the learning process may lose the opportunity to participate in dual enrollment. Amends initial and continued eligibility requirements for enrollment in career certificate dual enrollment courses. Provides that exemptions to the grade point average requirement may be offered only on an individual student basis, and that Florida College System institutions may establish additional initial (not continuing) student eligibility requirements only. Permits a Florida College System institution to limit dual enrollment participation based on capacity. Establishes requirements for faculty members providing dual enrollment instruction, and for each president (or designee) of a postsecondary institution offering a dual enrollment course. Specifies standards for the rigor of dual enrollment courses, including, among others, that courses taught at a high school meet the same competencies required for courses taught on the postsecondary campus. Prohibits dual enrollment courses taught at a high school from being combined with any noncollege credit high school course. Amends provision requiring all secondary students to be notified of dual enrollment opportunities to require all parents of secondary students to be notified as well. Requires local boards to provide data on demand for dual enrollment to each partnering postsecondary institution. Existing law establishes some postsecondary institution requirements enrolling a home education student in a dual enrollment program. New amendments require a home education student wishing to participate in a dual enrollment program to sign a home education articulation agreement, and delineates existing and new obligations as the home education articulation agreement. Requires a postsecondary institution to assign letter grades to each dually-enrolled student, to be posted to the student's high school transcript. Requires high schools to notify all students of early admission courses (by which high school students enroll in a postsecondary institution on a full-time basis for high school and postsecondary credit) and early graduation options. Establishes a minimum and maximum number of college credit hours for participation in an early admission program. From bill analysis: Also eliminates the exemption from Florida College System admission standards for secondary students taking a college-level course outside of the dual enrollment program. By eliminating this exemption, the bill prohibits the practice of "credit in escrow," which allows a high school student, who does not qualify for dual enrollment, to enroll in and pay for college courses that do not count toward high school graduation. Bill text (pages 8-9, 15, 17-18, 34-50, 63 of 71): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7059er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7059&Session=2012 Final bill analysis: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=h7059z.KINS.DOCX&DocumentType=Analysis&BillNumber=7059&Session=2012 Title: H.B. 7059 - Dual Enrollment, Early Admission Source: myfloridahouse.gov MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Postsec. Requires data annually reported to legislative education committees to include data on postsecondary enrollment options, including concurrent enrollment. Article 1, Sec. 10 Permits the parent of an alternative pupil participating in postsecondary enrolllment options to apply for transportation reimbursement if the student's family meets federal poverty guidelines. Article 1, Sec. 18 Lengthens the deadline by which a student must inform the district of student intent to enroll in postsecondary courses in the following school year. Provides a student is bound by notifying or not notifying the district by May 30. Article 1, Sec. 15 Repeals prohibition on postsecondary institution recruitment of secondary students for postsecondary enrollment. Article 1, Sec. 16 Repeals provision that required postsecondary enrollment option course to result in either high school or postsecondary credit, not both. Article 1, Sec. 17 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf Title: H.F. 2949 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Allows any student in grade 10-12 enrolled in a district or American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant school to enroll in a career or technical education (CTE) course offered by a Minnesota state college or university. Requires a 10th grade student to have passed the 8th grade Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment in reading as a condition of enrollment. Provides that a secondary student may enroll in his/her first postsecondary options course through this provision. Allows a student who was refused enrollment by a state college or university to apply to an eligible institution offering a CTE course. Requires the postsecondary institution to to allow a student to take additional courses for secondary credit if the student receives a grade of "C" or better on the CTE course. Defines a CTE course. Article 1, Sec. 14, Subd. 5a Repeals a provision for a secondary pupil who is a resident of an intermediate district that prevented him/her from enrolling in that districts vocational program as a postsecondary pupil when the district operates a secondary program at a college and students have access to postsecondary curriculum. Article 1, Sec. 34 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf Title: H.F. 2949 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ TN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Postsec. Expresses need to expand postsecondary credit-earning opportunities for high school students and urges state education agencies to provide assistance to any organizations conducting a statewide study of the issue. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HJR0602.pdf Title: H.J.R. 602 Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov TN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Provides that a high school must forward the immunization records of students attempting to enroll in postsecondary courses while still enrolled in high school. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB2229.pdf Title: H.B. 2229 Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov ID Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Establishes the "8 in 6 Program" in the State Department of Education that pays for a portion of overload and summer courses for students who agree to take a full course load with the intent of earning up to two years of college credits while still in high school by reaching concurrent enrollment status by their junior year of high school.http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2012/H0426E1.pdf Title: H.B. 426 Source: legislature.idaho.gov ID Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Amends the provisions of Students Come First that were contained in S 1184 (2011) to: 1.) Correct an allocation of funds for districts to meet the state's high school graduation requirements for science and math. 2.) Allow students to participate in the Dual Credit for Early Completers program if they meet their state graduation requirements prior to their final semester or trimester term. 3.) Clarify that students need not complete their senior year math requirement in order to be eligible for the Dual Credit for Early Completers program. 4.) Limit the number of online courses in which a parent can enroll their child without district permission to no more than 50% of their courses. 5.) Require online course providers to report attendance to each student's school district or public charter school, using one of the two methods provided by law. http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2012/S1328.pdf Title: S.B. 1328 Source: legislature.idaho.gov OR Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Establishes and sets membership for the Task Force on Accountable Schools to develop a plan to improve accountability practices for schools and make recommendations.(sec. 22) http://www.leg.state.or.us/12reg/measpdf/hb4000.dir/hb4014.en.pdf Title: H.B. 4014 Source: leg.state.or.us NM Signed into law 02/2012 P-12 Postsec. Provides funding for Tribal colleges that participate in the dual credit program for high school students to offset waived tuition and fees; creates the Tribal college dual credit program fund. http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0256.pdf Title: S.B. 256 Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov IN Adopted 01/2012 P-12 Defines "college and career pathway", "quantitative reasoning" course, "priority course list" (for purposes of dual credit), and "dual credit courses". Requires students completing the minimum high school program to earn two credits (1 Carnegie unit) in either mathematics or mathematical reasoning courses during their junior or senior year. Amends requirements for Core 40, Core 40 Diploma with Academic Honors, and Core 40 Diploma with Technical Honors to require students to take mathematics or mathematical reasoning courses each year of high school. Amends the Core 40 diploma requirements to require 6 mathematics credits (3 Carnegie units) to be earned after a student begins high school. Amends requirements for the Core 40 Diploma with Academic Honors to require 6 of the 8 requisite mathematics credits (3 of the 4 Carnegie units) to be earned after a student begins high school. Amends the "other" options from which a student must choose to earn the Core 40 Diploma with Academic Honors to: (1) raise minimum composite SAT score to 1750 and requires a minimum of 530 on each section; and (2) require completion of the written section of the ACT. Replaces completion of IB diploma as "other" requirement option with option to complete 4 credits in IB courses and corresponding IB exams. Amends requirements for the Core 40 Diploma with Technical Honors to require 6 mathematics credits to be earned after a student begins high school. Amends "other" requirements for students to earn Core 40 Diploma with Technical Honors. http://www.in.gov/legislative/iac/20120201-IR-511110327FRA.xml.pdf Title: 511 IAC 6-7.1-1, 4, 5, 6, 7 Source: www.in.gov CA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 Community College From bill summary: Makes legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Long Beach Unified School District and the Long Beach Community College District. Enacts the College Promise Partnership Act, and authorizes the Long Beach Community College District and the Long Beach Unified School District to enter into a partnership to provide participating pupils with an aligned sequence of rigorous high school and college coursework leading to capstone college courses, with consistent and jointly established eligibility for college courses. Authorizes the Long Beach Community College District to admit to any community college under its jurisdiction, as a special part-time or full-time student, a student participating in the partnership and to assign priority for enrollment and course registration to specified students. Authorizes the district to include high school students, who attend a community college within the district and participate in the partnership, for the purpose of receiving state apportionments on the same basis as other community college districts. Requires the Long Beach Community College District to report to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges the moneys utilized for the partnership by no later than November 1 of each year the partnership is in operation. Requires the Long Beach Community College District, if it decides to enter into a partnership, to provide for an independent evaluation of the partnership, funded with resources provided by the participating entities. Requires the evaluation, at a minimum, to provide recommendations for the improvement of, and issues related to, the establishment of admittance, enrollment, and course registration priority provided to pupils participating in the partnership, and on whether the partnership has met specified objectives. Requires that the evaluation be submitted to the legislature by December 30, 2016, and repeals the evaluation process requirement on January 1, 2018. Provides the other provisions of this bill become inoperative on June 30, 2017, and are repealed as of January 1, 2018, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends that date. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_650_bill_20111008_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 650 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov MN Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Requires students in grades 8 and 9 to also be informed of the Postsecondary Enrollment Options program. Limits the number of academic years ninth and tenth grade students may enroll in postsecondary courses for secondary credit. Provides that a ninth grade student may not enroll in postsecondary courses for secondary credit for more than the equivalent of four academic years. Establishes a maximum of three academic years for students enrolling in grade 10, coinciding with the existing maximum of two years for 11th graders and one year for seniors enrolling in postsecondary courses. (Article 2, Sec 27) http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf Title: H.F. 26 Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ ME Issued 07/2011 P-12 Postsec. Establishes the Governor's Task Force on Expanding Early Post-Secondary Access for High School Students. Provides that the purpose of the task force is to develop recommendations for short-term and long-term solutions to expand access to early post-secondary opportunities for Maine's high school students. Requires the task force to identify existing barriers to access and provide recommendations for removing those barriers and for expanding access to early post-secondary opportunities, including necessary implementing legislation. http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/attach.php?id=277671&an=1 Title: Executive Order 19 FY 11/12 Source: http://www.maine.gov OR Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Defines "accelerated college credit programs" to include dual credit, two-plus-two, advanced placement and International Baccalaureate programs. Directs the department of education to administer a grant program to provide grants to districts, community college districts, or state institutions of higher education for teacher training, books, materials and other costs other than exam fees, and classroom supplies related to offering accelerated college credit programs. Establishes parameters on grant amounts. Directs each district to provide students in grades 9-12 with accelerated college credit programs including accelerated college credit programs related to English, math and science, or ensure that students in grades 9-12 have online access to such accelerated college credit programs. Directs every community college district to implement a dual credit, two-plus-two or another accelerated college credit program. Amends provisions districts must meet to obtain certain waivers. Establishes the Accelerated College Credit Account in the state treasury. Makes an appropriation into this account. Directs the joint boards of education to develop statewide standards for dual credit programs, and requires that these standards be implemented by all high schools, community colleges and institutions in the Oregon University System providing a dual credit program. Requires each district, community college and state institution of higher education within the Oregon University System providing a dual credit program to submit an annual report to the joint boards of education on the academic performance of dual credit students. http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/sb0200.dir/sb0254.en.pdf Title: S.B. 254 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us PA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Section 1602-B eliminates certain administrative requirements for participation, program changes. Removes involvement of the Concurrent Enrollment Committee and substitutes institutional agreement and initiative. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/FN/2011/0/HB1352P2227.pdf Title: H.B. 1352 Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us OR Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Requires school districts to give priority for participation in Expanded Options Program to eligible at-risk students if school district has met credit hour cap or if the credit hour cap has not been exceeded. Modifies waiver for participation in Expanded Options Program to ensure participation by eligible at-risk students. Directs that at-risk students who participate in the accelerated college credit programs are not required to make any payment for participation. Changes, for purposes of waiver, requirement that school districts offer dual credit technical preparation program to requirement that school district offer accelerated college credit program. Eliminates requirement that duration of a waiver be the length of the program. http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb3100.dir/hb3106.en.pdf Title: H.B. 3106 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Authorizes the commissioner of education to adopt rules as necessary concerning the duties of a school district under the college credit program (under which students may earn the equivalent of at least 12 semester credit hours of college credit through International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, dual credit, or articulated postsecondary technical credit courses). Authorizes the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to adopt rules as necessary concerning the duties of a public institution of higher education under the college credit program. Simplifies program participation reporting requirements for districts. Authorizes the commissioner and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to share data as necessary to enable school districts to comply with reporting requirements under the college credit program. Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to collect student course credit data from public institutions of higher education as necessary for purposes of district reporting requirements under the college credit program. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00149F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: S.B. 149 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Prohibits state funding to public junior colleges for physical education courses offered for joint high school and junior college credit. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00419F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: S.B. 419 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Extends to 2013 a provision that a district is not required to pay a student's tuition or other associated costs for taking a course through the college credit program (under which districts must make available the opportunity for students to earn the equivalent of at least 12 semester hours through Advanced Placement, International Baccalaurate, dual credit, and/or articulated postsecondary courses). Clarifies that the time during which students are participating in the college credit program must be counted as part of the minimum number of instructional hours required for a student to be considered a full-time student in average daily attendance. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB01619F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: S.B. 1619 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us NC Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Directs the state board of education and North Carolina Community College System to establish the Career and College Promise program to offer opportunities for high school students to dually enroll in community college courses that provide pathways (CTE pathway, college transfer pathway, cooperative innovative high schools program) leading to a certificate, diploma, or degree and providing entry-level jobs skills. Requires that credits earned through Promise allow students to complete a postsecondary credential in less time than would normally be required. Directs all existing dual enrollment programs (i.e., Huskins, Concurrent Enrollment, Cooperative and Innovative High Schools, Learn and Earn, and Learn and Earn Online) to be consolidated and replaced by Career and College Promise. Permits University of North Carolina (UNC) System institutions, subject to approval by the UNC Board of Governors, to offer as a Career and College pathway a cooperative innovative high schools program; requires that the pathway align with the K-12 curriculum and career and college ready standards adopted by the state board. Requires the North Carolina Community College System and department of public instruction to jointly develop and implement a program accountability plan to evaluate short- and long-term outcomes for Career and College Promise. Identifies minimum outcomes to be measured. Directs community colleges to generate budget FTE for instruction provided through the Promise. Establishes reporting requirement regarding the number and cost of high school FTE served as a result of the Career and College Promise program. Repeals § 115D-1.1 (permitting enrollment of a student under 16 in a community college) and § 115D-1.2 (providing for the Learn and Earn Online program). Repeals language (1) prohibiting generation of community college budget FTE if a community college contracts with a local school administrative unit for a high school teacher to teach a college course, and (2) permitting local community college administrative boards and local school boards to establish cooperative programs permitting high school students to complete college courses for credit. Replaces with language permitting community colleges to offer (in collaboration with local school administrative units), cooperative innovative high school programs, academic transition pathways leading to a career technical education certificate or diploma, and college transfer certificates requiring completion of 30 semester credit hours transfer courses, including English and math, for high school juniors and seniors. Pages 37-38 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf Title: H.B. 200 - Career and College Promise Source: www.ncleg.net NC Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Directs the North Carolina Community College System, University of North Carolina General Administration, and the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities to develop a plan for articulation of a college transfer certificate to all UNC institutions and participating independent colleges and universities. Requires that North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, Inc., also be included in the development of the plan if it chooses to participate. Provides that college transfer certificates must require the successful completion of 30 credit hours of college transfer courses, including English and math, for qualified high school junior and seniors. Page 39 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf Title: H.B. 200 - College Transfer Certificate Source: www.ncleg.net LA Adopted 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Urges and requests the Board of Regents and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study jointly the source, nature, and amount of funding allocated to dual enrollment initiatives, to determine the appropriateness of such funding, and to determine the impact of such initiatives and to submit a written report of their findings and conclusions to the education committees not later than sixty days prior to the beginning of the 2012 session. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=753826 Title: H.C.R. 23 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us FL Signed into law 05/2011 Postsec. From Legislative Budget Committee Summary: Coenrollment in Public Schools and Adult Education Programs Prohibits funding for coenrollment in public schools and adult general education programs, except that for the 2011-2012 fiscal year students may enroll in core courses for credit recovery or dropout prevention for up to two courses. Provides that high school students are exempt from the payment of block tuition for general adult education programs. Facilities Expands the class size reduction lottery bond program to include other educational facilities. Suspends temporarily the state match for facilities and operating challenge grant programs for colleges and universities, effective July 1, 2011. Provides that existing eligible donations will remain eligible for future match and that the suspension may be removed once $200 million of the grant backlog has been matched. Allows a university board of trustees to expend carry-forward balances from prior year operational appropriations on legislatively approved fixed capital outlay projects authorized for the establishment of a new campus. Finance Streamlines library operations through consolidation and joint purchasing. Requires creation of a union catalog for higher education. Requires the Florida College System Council of Presidents to develop and recommend an equitable funding formula for the distribution of certain state funds to the college system institutions. Provides for the use of a funding formula to ensure equitable distribution of district workforce funds. Provides a $200,000 limit on the amount of state funds that may be paid for salaries of college and university presidents and administrative employees. Terminates the University Concurrency Trust Fund. Finanical Aid/Scholarships Increases the Florida Medallion Scholarship test scores in 2013-2014, from 1050 to 1170 for SAT, including the applicable home school test scores. Increases or establishes required community service hours for Bright Futures applicants. Requires applicants for Bright Futures, and certain other programs to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid prior to disbursement of funds. Prioritizes state student financial aid to the neediest (Pell eligible) students for the Florida Work Experience Program and the First Generation in College Program. Northwest Regional Data Center Designates the Northwest Regional Data Center as a primary data center. Student Enrollment Pilot Program Authorizes a spring and summer term student enrollment pilot program at the University of Florida for the purpose of aligning student enrollment and the availability of instructional facilities. Authorizes Bright Futures scholarships in the summer for these students. Transient Student Admission Authorizes the implementation of a transient student admission application process through the Florida Academic Counseling Tracking for Students system to include admissions, readmissions, financial aid, and transfer of credit functions. Authorizes a fee of $5 to support the system. Tuition Provides an exemption from the 30 percent need-based expenditure requirement from the tuition differential fee if the university has covered the entire tuition and fee costs of all resident students who are eligible for need-based aid. Authorizes alternative documentation for tuition fee waivers for Purple Heart veterans. Increases the tuition surcharge for excess hours to 100 percent in excess of 115 percent of the credit hours required for a degree. Requires a block tuition and corresponding out-of-state fee for students enrolled in adult general education courses. Removes fee exemptions for certain students and requires residency of students to be documented. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-063.pdf Title: S.B. 2150 Source: http://laws.flrules.org TN Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Enacts the ''Move on When Ready Act." From the Fiscal Note: Authorizes any student entering the 11th or 12th grade who spent the prior year attending a public high school to dually enroll at any eligible post-secondary institution. Eligible institutions include public and private universities. Sets requirements for students to receive course credit. Requires state funding appropriated through the Basic Education Program (BEP) funding formula to be allocated to pay for courses taken at postsecondary institutions. Funding for courses shall be the lesser of the actual cost of tuition, student fees, and supplies, or the state per pupil expenditure that would have been generated by the BEP if the student had enrolled in equivalent instructional programs in the local education agency (LEA). An administrative fee of $200 is to be retained by the LEA. Prohibits eligible institutions from charging students in this program more than the funding amount. Requires the Department of Education to develop forms and counseling guidelines for this program and make forms and guidelines available to LEAs. Requires LEAs to inform students of the program and to provide counseling services before students enroll per guidelines established by the state Department of Education. The effective date of the bill is July 1, 2012. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB0837.pdf Title: H.B. 837 Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Postsec. Repeals Section 20-2-161.1 relating to enrollment of high school students in postsecondary courses. Directs the state board, the board of regents of the University System of Georgia and the board of technical and adult education to jointly (1) Establish the eligibility requirements for entering dual credit programs; (2) Develop appropriate forms and counseling guidelines for dual credit courses; (3) Establish policies to ensure dual credit courses reflect college-level work, including specified approaches. Provides any student may apply to an eligible institution to take one or more dual credit courses, and take any course at that institution, regardless of whether the course is during the regular school day, and receive secondary credit for such course. Establishes parameters for district/state board recognition of a dual credit course, including that such courses be counted toward completion of high school graduation requirements. Directs the state board to adopt rules relating to state and federal testing requirements for students participating in dual credit courses. Specifies that students enrolled in the Georgia Youth Apprenticeship Program must be eligible to earn dual credit upon completing a planned training experience, provided students meet postsecondary readiness in reading, writing and math for the particular advanced training program or associate's degree. Revises method of funding districts for dually-enrolled students. Provides that dually-enrolled students must be counted for funding purposes the same way as traditional high school students. Pages 7-10 of 14: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/116702.pdf Title: H.B. 186 - Dual Credit Source: www.legis.ga.gov GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Establishes the State Education Finance Study Commission to evaluate the Quality Basic Education (QBE) Formula and education funding for public schools in Georgia. Provides for composition, compensation, duties and powers, and support staff of the commission. Directs the commission to review specified issues related to the QBE formula, state and local funding partnership, equalization, student transportation, state schools funding, capital outlay. Encourages the commission to study and evaluate issues related to charter schools; Career, Technical, and Agriculture Education, dual enrollment, virtual schools; teacher pay; non-QBE grants, and other changes to the education code. Provides a timeline for the commission's work, including that the proposed legislation for final recommendations be completed by end of 2012. Abolishes commission and supporting statutory language on March 31, 2013. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/116810.pdf Title: H.B. 192 - State Education Finance Study Commission Source: www.legis.ga.gov GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Amends provisions related to career academies. Defines "college and career academy" as a specialized charter school established by a partnership that demonstrates a collaboration to advance workforce development between one or more local boards of education, a private individual, a private organization, or a state or local public entity in cooperation with one or more postsecondary institutions. Establishes the Office of College and Career Transitions in the Technical College System of Georgia to coordinate efforts across agencies in the professional development, curriculum support, and development and establishment of college and career academies. Provides for start-up funds for a college and career academy. Establishes procedures for the approval of a college and career academy. Authorizes the state board to disburse supplemental funding to existing or new college and career academies that demonstrate a need for such funding. Directs the office to establish a certification process for college and career academies, for approval by the state board of education. Provides that the certification process must require the applicant to: --Demonstrate how the academy will increase student achievement, provide for dual credit and dual enrollment opportunities, increase work based learning opportunities, and address workforce development needs; --Articulate how the collaboration between business, industry, and community stakeholders will advance workforce development --Demonstrate local governance and autonomy --Show other benefits that meet the needs of the students and community. Directs the office to collect and analyze data from and about college and career academies, including on academy effectiveness, in coordination with the Office of Charter School Compliance. Directs the board to establish eligibility criteria, requirements, and procedures for the disbursement of funding to college and career academies. Directs a college and career academy receiving state funds to submit an annual report to the board regarding the performance of such academy and the expenditure of funds received. Requires that representatives from business, industry, civic and governmental agencies and educational organizations advise the board on certification and governance of college and career academies. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/116852.pdf Title: S.B. 161 Source: www.legis.ga.gov VT Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Requires each public school and approved independent school offering secondary education to award credit toward graduation requirements to a student who receives prior approval from the school and successfully completes a course offered by an accredited postsecondary institution. The secondary school determines the number and nature of credits it will award to the student for successful completion of the course, including whether the course will satisfy one or more requirements of the school, and the school is responsible for informing the student prior to enrollment. Credits awarded are to be based on performance and not solely on Carnegie units; provided, however, that unless the school determines otherwise, a three-credit postsecondary course shall be presumed to equal one-half of a Carnegie unit. A school shall not withhold approval or credit without reasonable justification. A student may request that the superintendent review the school's determination regarding course approval or credits. The superintendent's decision shall be final. Expresses Vermont's encouragement for students taking such courses while in high school. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/Acts/ACT058.pdf Title: S.B. 100 - Postsecondary Credit Options Provision Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us NE Signed into law 05/2011 Postsec. Adopts the Postsecondary Institution Act and amend provisions of the Private Postsecondary Career School Act. Sec. 85-961 currently provides that community colleges (with exceptions specifically authorized by statute and the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education) have sole responsibility for the award of associate degrees, diplomas and certificates in less than baccalaureate degree program areas. Amends this provision so as to clarify that the reference to certificates relates to certificates comprised of courses at the associate-degree level or below. Authorizes the University of Nebraska (upon Coordinating Commission approval) to offer certificates within fields in addition to those already specifically authorized in statute, if the preponderance of the courses comprising the certificates is above the associate-degree level. Specifically directs the Coordinating Commission to conduct a study (with other education entities) regarding the need for uniform policies and practices for dual enrollment courses and career academies in Nebraska. Also provides for a three year pilot project beginning in 2011-12 for the administration of a standard college admission test to students in the 11th grade. http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB637.pdf Title: L.B. 637 Source: http://nebraskalegislature.gov IA Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Community College Postsec. Establishes district-to-community college program and facilities sharing pilot program. Authorizes a consortium of four or more districts and a community college to request approval to participate. Sets parameters and timeliness. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/linc/84/external/govbills/SF424.pdf Title: S.F. 424 Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us WA Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Establishes the launch year act. Helps students progress from high school to a certificate or degree by increasing opportunities and providing a clear pathway. Provides for community and technical colleges and four year higher education institutions to publish a list of high school courses and adopt uniform scores for proficiency exams r competency requirements that will be given credit toward certificate or degree requirements. Requires the higher education coordinating board to annually publish certain information on its web site. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202011/1808-S2.SL.pdf Title: H.B. 1808 Source: apps.leg.wa.gov ID Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 This legislation makes amendments to SB 1184 – the third bill in the Students Come First plan. These changes are as follows: Additional relief is granted from the state's "use it or lose it" requirement for state instructional staff funding. The relief is expanded from the 6%, 8% and 10% granted by SB 1184 for FY12, FY13 and FY14+ to 7%, 9.5% and 11%. This adjustment allows the amount of relief to better reflect the actual budget that was set for Public Schools after the introduction of SB 1184. Revises provisions relating to fractional average daily attendance for students attending more than one school district or public charter school, or who are enrolled in online courses. Revises provisions relating to staff allowances and funded positions and revises provisions relating to the education portion of the experience and education multiplier table. Revises provisions relating to: certain staff salaries; Idaho digital learning academy funding, and; distribution of state funds for certain math and science courses. Establishes provisions for dual credits for early completers, making them eligible for up to 36 post-secondary credits of dual credit courses in twelfth grade. Revises provisions permitting post secondary institutions to operate public charter schools. Declares an emergency for all sections of this act and SB 1184, and language is added to provide greater time specificity for certain provisions. This will ensure that the budget and laws established for public schools cannot be interrupted in an untimely manner, allowing school districts to begin planning and budgeting immediately.http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/H0345.pdf. Title: H.B. 345 Source: legislature.idaho.gov ID Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Students completing all state high school graduation requirements, except the senior project, by no later than the start of the twelfth grade will be eligible for up to 36 postsecondary credits of dual credit courses during their twelfth grade year. Average daily attendance will be counted as normal for such twelth grade students for public school funding purposes. In addition, the state department of education will distribute funds fron the moneys appropriated for the educational support program to defray the per credit cost charged for such dual credit courses by accredited postsecondary institutions. The amount so distributed is not to exceed $75.00 per credit hour. http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/SB1184.pdf Title: S.B. 1184 - Dual Credit Source: http://legislature.idaho.gov MS Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Postsec. Community College Revises provisions relating to dual enrollment students. Defines dual enrolled student, specifies that course prerequisites will be the same for dual enrolled students as for regularly enrolled students at that university, community or junior college. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/pdf/SB/2800-2899/SB2869SG.pdf Title: S.B. 2869 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Postsec. Requires the state board of education and board of regents to coordinate advising to a prospective or current high school student who participates in the concurrent enrollment program. Specifies that "advising" include information on general education requirements at higher education institutions and how the student can efficiently choose concurrent enrollment courses to avoid duplication or excess credit hours. Directs the board of regents to make available specified student and student coursetaking information to any requesting higher education institution in the state system that participates in concurrent enrollment. (As specified in the bill analysis, such student information will facilitate advising for concurrent enrollment.) http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/hbillenr/hb0288.pdf Title: H.B. 288 Source: le.utah.gov CA Signed into law 09/2010 P-12 Community College Postsec. From bill analysis: Authorizes the California Community Colleges (CCC) to consolidate annual reports on concurrent enrollment and special admits into a single report and changes the due date from November 1 to March 1. Changes the due date from May 1 to July 1 for an annual report on the amount of full-time equivalent students claimed by each CCC district for career development and college preparation courses. Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1701-1750/ab_1713_bill_20100924_chaptered.pdf Bill analysis: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1701-1750/ab_1713_cfa_20100806_123345_asm_floor.html Title: A.B. 1713 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov TX Adopted 07/2010 P-12 Provides that students must be awarded at least one-half credit for each semester of a concurrent enrollment course successfully completed. Adds new math courses, including career and technical education (CTE) courses, to the list of courses that count for high school mathematics credit. Adopted as published in the April 2, 2010, issue of the Texas Register (pages 15-16 of 43): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0402/0402prop.pdf Title: 19 TAC 111.52, 60, 61 Source: www.sos.state.tx.us RI Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Postsec. Moves from February 2010 to February 2011 date by which the board of governors for higher education must present to the general assembly an initial report, recommendations and timeline on the "Bachelors Degree in Three" program. Delays start of pilot "Bachelors Degree in Three" program to fall 2011. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law10/law10075.htm Title: H.B. 7342, S.B. 2124 Source: www.rilin.state.ri.us GA Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Provides that student performance at the advanced proficiency/honors level on any tests required for high school graduation must be recognized as (1) meeting postsecondary entrance test requirements and (2) qualifying students to enroll in credit-bearing postsecondary courses in accordance with policies established by the state board of education, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, and the state board of technical and adult education. Requires that secondary and postsecondary credit be awarded upon successful completion of any articulated or dual enrollment course in accordance with policies established by these three entities. Beginning with the 2010-11 school year, requires that students in grades 6-8 be provided counseling, advisement, career awareness, career interest inventories and information to help them assess their academic skills and career interests. Requires students, before the end of grade 8, to develop an individual graduation plan. Requires that high school students annually be provided guidance that will enable them to successfully complete their individual graduation plans, preparing them for a seamless transition to postsecondary study, further training or employment. Requires that an individual graduation plan contain specified components, e.g., that it include experience-based, career-oriented learning experiences such as internships, apprenticeships, mentoring, co-op eduation and service-learning, and include opportunities for postsecondary studies (for example, dual enrollment). Clarifies that an individual graduation plan may be changed at any time during a student's high school career with approval from the student and student's parent, with guidance from the student's school counselor or teacher advisor. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb400.pdf Title: H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-327 Source: www.legis.state.ga.us WV Adopted 04/2010 P-12 Postsec. Revises the state's long-standing rule for setting forth principles and policy for public colleges and universities to offer college credit courses for qualified students in high schools to assure uniform application of standards of academic integrity relating to matters of curriculum, selection of faculty, quality control, admission, setting tuition/fees, and accountability among all public colleges and universities for participation in the early enrollment program. http://apps.sos.wv.gov/csrdocs/pdfdocs/133-19.pdf Title: Title 133, Series 19 Source: http://apps.sos.wv.gov AZ Signed into law 04/2010 Community College Postsec. Changes various community college reporting requirements relating to dual enrollment programs. Changes the dual enrollment reporting requirements from being submitted annually to only in odd-numbered calendar years. Removes the following community college annual reporting requirements related to dual enrollments: (a) summary data on the performance of students enrolled in dual enrollment courses, including completion rates and grade distribution; and (b) itemized actual program costs for curriculum development and approval, facilities and equipment, counseling and tutoring, textbooks, and teacher training and observation. Restores the requirements that community college districts report total enrollments listed by location, high school grade level and course number and summary data by district and individual community colleges on the number of scholarships or grants awarded to students. Extends the submission deadline for the community college districts' annual report. Changes the dual enrollment segment of the report to be submitted biennially. Chapter 43 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/hb2040s.pdf Title: H.B. 2040 Source: http://www.azleg.gov UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Adds Section 53A-17a-105.5. Defines "qualifying program" as (1) the at-risk flow through program; (2) the homeless and disadvantaged minority students program [both created in 53A-17a-121]; (3) the gifted and talented program; (4) the advanced placement program; (5) the concurrent enrollment program. Allows a district or charter school that receives a state allocation of less than $10,000 for a qualifying program to either (1) combine the funds with certain other program funds and use the combined funds in accordance with the program requirements for any of the qualifying programs that are combined; or (2) transfer the funds to a qualifying program for which the district or charter school received an allocation of funds that is greater than or equal to $10,000; and use the combined funds in accordance with the program requirements for the qualifying program to which the funds are transferred. Pages 5-6 of 6: http://le.utah.gov/~2010/bills/hbillenr/hb0149.pdf Title: H.B. 149 - Section 3 Source: le.utah.gov MS Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Provides for high school career option programs and career track curricula for students not wishing to pursue a baccalaureate degree. Authorizes dual enrollment and dual credit for students pursuing a career track. Provides certain conditions for students to enroll in career track programs. Requires school districts to establish dual enrollment programs. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/pdf/SB/2300-2399/SB2389SG.pdf Title: S.B. 2389 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us NM Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Community College Postsec. Includes Federal Bureau of Indian Education high schools and tribal colleges in a dual credit program; includes charter schools and a bureau of Indian education high school; provides for payment of textbooks and supplies. http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0090.pdf Title: H.B. 90 Source: GA Adopted 01/2010 P-12 Postsec. Rule 160-4-2-.34 has been repealed and a new rule adopted. Title: 160-4-2-.34 Source: MT Adopted 11/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishes new rules regarding Class 8 dual credit-only postsecondary faculty license endorsements. Title: ARM 10.57.102, .201, .204, .215, .301, .413, .420, .425, .426, .437,.438 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet RI Signed into law 11/2009 Postsec. Community College Authorizes the Bachelors Degree in Three program, a new educational initiative designed to expedite the process so that students can earn a bachelor's degree at a state college or university within 3 years; requires the establishment of a credit transfer policy at the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island to ensure greater opportunities; requires the identification of potential related costs, including costs to students, and to school districts. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext09/housetext09/h5286.pdf Title: H.B. 5286 Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us IA Adopted10 10/2009 P-12 Rescinds Chapter 22, "Postsecondary Enrollment Options," and adopts a new Chapter 22, "Senior Year Plus Program." The senior year plus program provides Iowa high school students access to advanced placement courses and a variety of means by which to concurrently access secondary and postsecondary credit. Requires districts to meet the following requirements, but allows them to do so through direct instruction, collaboration with another school district, or use of the Iowa online advanced placement academy. Requires districts to provide descriptions of advanced placement courses; to ensure that advanced placement course teachers are appropriately licensed and meet the minimum certification requirements of the national organization that administers the advanced placement program; establish prerequisite coursework for each advanced placement course offered and describe the prerequisites in the course registration handbook, which must be provided to every junior high school or middle school student prior to the development of a core curriculum plan; make advanced placement coursework available to a dually enrolled student under competent private instruction if the student meets the same criteria as a regularly enrolled student of the district. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/ACODocs/ruleList.aspx?pubDate=10-21-2009&agency=281&chapter=22 http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/ACODocs/DOCS/10-21-2009.281.22.pdf Title: IAC 281-22.1(261E) thru 281-22.29(216E) Source: http://www.legis.state.ia.us IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Postsec. Creates the Dual Credit Quality Act. Requires the Illinois Community College Board and the Board of Higher Education to develop policies to permit multiple measures using differentiated assessment for granting eligibility for dual credit to students. Authorizes institutions to adopt policies to protect the academic standing of students who are not successful in dual credit courses, including options for late withdrawal from a course and/or taking the course on a pass-fail basis. Requires instructors teaching credit-bearing courses for dual credit to meet same academic requirements as faculty teaching on campus. Requires those teaching CTE courses to possess the credentials and demonstrated teaching competencies appropriate to the field of instruction. Establishes provisions requiring content of dual credit courses to be identical to that of traditional college courses. Directs the Illinois Community College Board and Board of Higher Education to implement a review process and criteria for evaluating the quality of dual credit courses provided by colleges/institutions under their respective purviews. Requires institutions to annually report specified data on dual enrollment instructors/participation to the Illinois Community College Board or the Board of Higher Education. Directs the state board, the Illinois Community College Board and Board of Higher Education to include information on dual credit participation and performance in a statewide longitudinal data system. Requires the data system to track dual credit students and courses on student records. Requires analysis of data on student success in dual credit courses and performance in postsecondary education to be incorporated into the evaluation of dual credit programs in both high school and college. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB1079lv.pdf Title: H.B. 1079 Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Postsec. Removes a provision that prohibits a student from being admitted to instruction in any of the departments of the university who has not attained the age of 15 years and who has not previously undergone a satisfactory examination in each of the branches ordinarily taught in the common schools of the state. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0263lv.pdf Title: S.B. 263 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ND Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Postsec. Adds students enrolled in grade ten as eligible for enrollment in a postsecondary options program. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBEH0200.pdf Title: H.B. 1273 Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1: Adjusts payments to community schools and STEM schools as well as other payments/transfers: --Sets the formula amount for community schools and STEM schools at $5,718 in FY 2010 and $5,703 in FY 2011, except for computing deductions and payments for special education and vocational education. --For special education and vocational education, specifies that deductions and payments be computed by multiplying the respective fiscal year 2009 weight times $5,732. --Sets the formula amount at $5,732 for both fiscal years for open enrollment and postsecondary enrollment options (dual enrollment) students. --Authorizes the state superintendent and the chancellor of the board of regents jointly to adopt rules allowing school districts, community schools, STEM schools, and nonpublic schools to enter into alternative funding agreements to use an alternate funding formula to calculate or alternate method to transmit payments to colleges and universities for high school students taking college courses through postsecondary enrollment options (PSEO), including Seniors to Sophomores. --Amends Section 3365.04, 3365.041, 3365.07, 3365.08 and 3365.10 to allow for alternate funding agreements to cover the costs of participation in PSEO programs. Pages 1252-1253, 1503-1510 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635 Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3314.088, 3365.04, 3365.041, 3365.07, 3365.08, 3365.10 and 3365.12 Source: www.ode.state.oh.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Community College Authorizes junior colleges (two-year institutions) to enter into agreements with school districts to offer courses for joint high school and college credit, regardless of whether the high school is in the service area of the junior college district. Specifies that a junior college may enter into an agreement with a high school in another junior college district's service area only if the other junior college district is unable to provide the requested course. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02480F.pdf Title: H.B. 2480 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishes the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grant program and fund to award grants to public junior colleges and public technical institutes, and to eligible nonprofit organizations to: (1) Develop or support nonprofit organizations' programs that prepare low-income students for careers in high-demand occupations. Eligible programs must help students prepare for, apply to and enroll in a public junior college/technical institute, provide matching funds, and demonstrate that they have achieved or will achieve above average developmental course completion rates, persistence rates, and 3-year degree or certificate completion rates among participating students. (2) Defray the start-up costs of new career and technical education programs in high-demand occupations (3) Provide scholarships for students who demonstrate financial need and who are enrolled in training programs for high-demand occupations. In awarding grants to public junior colleges and public technical institutes for the development of new career and technical education courses or programs, provides the comptroller may consider whether the course or program offers new or expanded dual credit career and technical educational opportunities in public high schools. Directs the comptroller to conduct a study of the feasibility of basing part of all public postsecondary technical training program funding on the program's economic benefit to the state, and of estimating the additional tax revenue from employers generated by the ability of public junior colleges/technical institutes/state colleges to prepare students for employment fields for which there is employer demand. Requires the comptroller to report to the lieutenant governor and speaker of the house by January 2011 for legislative action based on the results of the study. Defines "green jobs" as jobs in the field of renewable energy or energy efficiency. Establishes the Green Job Skills Development Fund and Training Program to support the implementation and expansion of green job skills training programs. Specifies that an eligible training program must be hosted by a regional partnership designed to implement training programs that lead trainees to economic self-sufficiency and career pathways. Requires regional partnerships to include at a minimum a postsecondary institution; chamber of commerce, local workforce agency, local employer, or other public or private participating entity; economic development authority; and community or faith-based nonprofit organization that works with one or more targeted populations. Specifies criteria that eligible green job skills training programs must meet. Requires programs receiving grants to target specified groups of individuals for training, including low-income workers, unemployed youth and adults, individuals who did not complete high school, or other underserved sectors of the workforce in high poverty areas. Provides that a training program may use grant funds for support services, including basic skills, literacy, GED, English as a second language, and job readiness training, career guidance, and referral services. Establishes grant application procedures. Specifies training programs the comptroller must give preference to, and requires 20% of funds to be reserved for job skill training programs that serve the unemployed and those with incomes at or below 200% of the poverty level. Establishes grantee reporting requirements, and requires the comptroller to report biennially on submitted information to the governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the house. Directs the comptroller to adopt standards for a green job skills training program awarded a grant. H.B. 1935: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB01935F.pdf H.B. 3 (pages 169-174): http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf Title: H.B. 1935 and H.B. 3, Section 64 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Specifies that a district is not required to pay a student's tuition or other costs to participate in the college credit program as established in section 28.009. This provision expires September 1, 2011. Page 12 of 108: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03646F.pdf Title: H.B. 3646 - Section 15 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Section 35: Directs the commissioner to establish rules regarding procedures for verifying that teachers of electronic courses through the state virtual school network successfully completed the required professional development before teaching the course. Requires the commissioner to establish by rule qualifications and professional development requirements applicable to college instructors providing dual credit courses for high school and college credit through the state virtual school network. Section 36: Authorizes districts or open-enrollment charter schools to offer professional development courses to teachers seeking authorization to teach electronic courses through the state virtual school network. Requires the state education agency to review each district or charter school's professional development course to ensure it meets state-set quality standards before the course may be offered. Section 37: Specifies that for a full-time grade 3-8 course offered through the state virtual school network, the district or charter school is eligibile for federal, state and local funding for that student at a level equal to the funding the district or school would otherwise receive for the student. Provides the student's average daily attendance may be calculated based on hours of contact with the student, student's completion of a course, or a method approved by the commissioner. Section 38: Authorizes a district or charter school to charge a fee to a student who enrolls in a state virtual school network course during the summer. Authorizes a district or charter school that is not providing the course to charge a nominal fee to a student who enrolls in a state virtual school network course that exceeds the course load normally taken by students in the equivalent grade level. NOTE: This bill also repeals Section 29.909, "Electronic Courses." Pages 24-28 of 108: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03646F.pdf Title: H.B. 3646 - Sections 35-38 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Authorizes a school district and an institution of higher education located wholly or partially in the county in which the district is located to contract for the district to pay a portion of the costs of designing or building an instructional facility or stadium or other athletic facilities owned by or under the control of the institution of higher education. Provides for such a partnership only if both parties enter into a written agreement authorizing the district to use the facility. Authorizes one or more districts to enter into an agreement with an institution of higher education for the district(s) to pay a portion of the costs of the design, improvement or construction of an instructional facility owned by or under the control of the institution of higher education. Provides for such a partnership only if both parties enter into a written agreement authorizing the district to use that facility, including authorizing the enrollment of district students in courses offered at that facility. Pages 72-73 of 108: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03646F.pdf Title: H.B. 3646 - Section 74 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Directs the commissioner of education, in collaboration with the commissioner of higher education, to conduct a study of dual credit programs and courses. Provides the study must focus on the costs to the state, school district, community college and student. Requires the commissioner, based on the results of the study, to make recommendations to the 82nd Legislature (to convene in 2011) on how to provide all students with the opportunity to earn 12 semester credit hours of college credit before graduating from high school, how to ensure efficient use of state resources regarding dual credit programs and courses, and how to promote the ability of students to access quality dual credit courses. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03646F.pdf Title: H.B. 3646 - Section 91 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Directs the state education agency, in developing state assessments for math, reading, writing, social studies and science for grades 3-8, to allow student scores to provide reliable information relating to a student's satisfactory performance for each performance standard under Section 39.0241, and an appropriate range of performances to serve as a valid indication of growth in student achievement. Amends language in 39.023(b) regarding the assessment of students with disabilities. Eliminates provision allowing a student with disabilities to be exempted from an end-of-course assessment. Excludes assessments that students may retake (i.e., an end-of-course assessment) from those whose questions and answer keys are released to the public every third year. Makes grade 5 final grade in which limited-English proficient students may take statewide assessments in reading, writing, math and science in Spanish (previous provision extended such assessments to students in grade 6.) Directs the commissioner of education and commissioner of higher education to study the feasibility of allowing students to satisfy end-of-course requirements by successfully completing a dual credit course through an institution of higher education. Requires the commissioner of education and commissioner of higher education to make recommendations based on the study to the legislature by December 2010. By September 1 of each year, requires the state education agency Web site to report the following information for state assessments in grades 3-8 and end-of-course assessments: (1) The number of questions on the assessment (2) The number of questions that must be answered correctly to achieve satisfactory performance (3) The number of questions that must be answered correctly to achieve satisfactory performance under the college readiness performance standard (4) The corresponding scale scores. Previous law required questions indicating college readiness in end-of-course assessments to be administered in a separate section of the assessment. New enactment bars these items from being included in a separate section of the assessment. Provides the commissioner may not require a school district or charter school to administer an assessment instrument by computer. Pages 45-50 of 180: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf Title: H.B. 3 - Section 50 through 52 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Section 61: Provides that a student who has completed a recommended or advanced high school program and demonstrated the performance standard for college readiness on the Algebra II and English III end-of-course assessments is exempt from the placement testing requirement upon entering an institution of higher education. Section 63: Permits the commissioner of education and the commissioner of higher education, in consultation with the comptroller and the Texas Workforce Commission, to award a grant of up to $1 million to an institution of higher education to develop advanced math and science courses to prepare students for employment in a high-demand occupation, as jointly defined by the commissioner of higher education, the commissioner of education, the comptroller, and the Texas Workforce Commission. Requires an institution of higher education to work with at least one school district and a business entity in developing a course. Requires any course developed to: (1) Provide content enabling a student to develop the skills needed for employment or additional training in a high-demand occupation (2) Incorporate college and career readiness skills into the curriculum (3) Be offered for dual credit, and (4) Satisfy a math or science requirement under the recommended or advanced high school program. Requires an institution of higher education to revise the curriculum for such a course to accommodate changes in industry standards for the high-demand occupation. Requires the establishment of application criteria, which must give priority to courses that: (1) Will prepare students for high-demand, high-wage and high-skill occupations and further postsecondary study (2) May be transferred as college credit to multiple institutions of higher education, and (3) Are developed as part of a sequence of courses that includes statewide availability of the instructional materials and training for the courses at a nominal cost to public educational institutions. Identifies permissible uses of funds by postsecondary institutions. Requires courses developed through the grant to be reviewed once every four years to determine whether the course: (1) Is being used by public educational institutions (2) Prepares high school students with the skills necessary for employment in the high-demand occupation and further postsecondary study; and (3) Satisfies a math or science requirement for the recommended or advanced high school program. Requires a grant recipient to obtain matching funds, equal to the amount of the state grant, from one or more business entities in the industry for which students taking courses developed through this program are training. Limits total grant awards in any fiscal biennium to $10 million. Pages 164-168 of 180: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf Title: H.B. 3 - Section 61 and 63 (College Placement Testing and Math, Science Courses for High-Demand Occupations) Source: www.legis.state.tx.us CO Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Repeals the high school fast track program, the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act, and the Fast College Fast Jobs Act. Allows school districts to partner with institutions of higher education to offer college courses to qualified high school students. Requires school districts to notify middle school, junior high school, and high school students and their parents or legal guardians of the opportunity for qualified students' concurrent enrollment in courses offered by institutions. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/1E0CD0AF8CFD8C268725753C006E97B4?open&file=1319_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1319 Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us AL Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Increases the upper mandatory school age to 17 while retaining existing exceptions for certain students. Allows a student over the age of 17 to leave school before graduation if the child's parent provides written consent and an exit interview is conducted where the student and the student's parent are advised that dropping out will likely reduce the student's future earning potential and increase the student's likelihood of being unemployed. Requires the department to incorporate specific dropout prevention strategies, target resources, and gather data that will improve graduation rates and educational outcomes in all grades in all public schools. Directs the department to develop specific methods of intervention or identify appropriate existing methods for districts with 4-year graduation rates below a state board-determined percentage. Specifies 8 interventions that may be included. Directs the department to compile specified data on truancy, 9th grade success, alternative education placements and other indicators to ensure that dropout prevention programs are based upon evidence-based research, are data-driven and show continuous improvement. Directs the department to annually report to the legislature on outcomes of the dropout prevention program and any planned modifications based on compiled data. Directs the state superintendent, chancellor of the department of higher education and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to develop a plan for a high school fast track to college program offering individuals the opportunity to simultaneously earn a high school diploma as well as credits for a certificate program or associate's degree. Targets program to individuals either age 18 not enrolled in school, or age 16-18, with consent from an administrator in which the student is enrolled. Directs the department to report to the legislature on the feasibility of establishing the fast track to college program. Title: S.B. 334 Source: www.lexis.com CO Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Includes career and technical education program providers among the institutions of higher education that are permitted to offer concurrent enrollment opportunities to high school students; adds representatives of career and technical education program providers to the concurrent enrollment advisory board; prohibits the concurrent enrollment of a student in a course that is offered by the program provider under certain conditions; relates to teaching credentials; relates to school district funding. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/8CFEC02A1C75DCC38725757D0073F9CD?open&file=285_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 285 Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us GA Vetoed 05/2009 P-12 Adds provisions for counting dual enrollment students who are enrolled in a program other than that established in Code Section 20-2-161.1. Bill: http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/sb178.pdf Veto message 11 (toward bottom of page): http://gov.georgia.gov/00/press/detail/0,2668,78006749_139486062_140372354,00.html Title: S.B. 178 Sections 1 and 2 Source: www.legis.state.ga.us GA Vetoed 05/2009 P-12 Enacts the "Building Resourceful Individuals to Develop Georgia's Economy Act". Directs the department of education to develop focused programs of study in high demand, high skill and high wage academic and career fields, which may include aerospace, health care and elderly care, agribusiness, life science, energy and environmental, logistics and transportation, information and technology, teacher education training, technology and engineering, science and math, and humanities and fine arts. Requires the department to include in the program of study the flexibility for students to study at either their school of attendance, a technical college, a public postsecondary institution, a work site under an apprenticeship cooperative education program, and at other state board-approved settings. For each focused program of study, requires the department of education to convene a committee that includes high school teachers, counselors, representatives from the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, the Technical College System of Georgia, the governor's Office of Workforce Development, employers, and others as deemed appropriate by the department. Directs each committee to develop a focused program of study blending academic and technical content developed around college and career readiness standards with real-world problems and projects for students. Requires recommendations to include statewide articulation and dual enrollment courses to allow prepared high school students to move directly into postsecondary education. Directs the committees to develop measures to certify equivalency in content and rigor for all statewide articulation and dual enrollment courses. Establishes means for identifying high school students qualified to enroll in credit-bearing postsecondary coursework. Requires secondary and postsecondary credit to be awarded to any student who articulated or dual enrollment course. Requires students in grades 6-8 to be provided counseling, advisement, career awareness, career interest inventories and information to help them evaluate academic skills and career interests. Requires all students by end of grade 8 to select a preferred focused program of study and develop an individual graduation plan. Requires high school students to be provided counseling annually to enable them to complete their individual graduation plans, and prepare them for a seamless transition to postsecondary study, training or employment. Sets forth required components of every individual graduation plan, including integration of experience-based, career-oriented learning experiences that may include internships, apprenticeships, mentoring, co-op education and service learning, as well as opportunities for postsecondary learning through articulation, dual enrollment and joint enrollment. Requires the department to provide training for counselors and graduation coaches about (1) high demand, high skill and high wage opportunities for bachelor's degrees, associate's degrees and certificates; (2) how a combination of rigorous academic and technical courses can prepare students for these fields, (3) how to organize a teacher adviser system that engages teachers in working with a group of students and their parents in setting goals, identifying individual programs of study, and establishing individual graduation plans to achieve those goals. Requires the plan to include strategies for school staff to effectively involve parents in the educational and career guidance process and in the development of individual graduation plans. Provides that on request by any local school system, training may be given to counselors and graduation coaches in any middle or high school. Directs the state board, in collaboration with the Technical College System of Georgia and the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, to establish a process for certifying all focused programs of study by using national certifying agencies where they exist and developing state industry-certifying panels in career pathways where no national certifying agency exists. The certification process must, at a minimum, validate that a program of study curriculum meets industry standards where applicable, that its teachers hold current industry certification where applicable, and that its facilities, equipment and software are adequate to teach the curriculum. Bill: http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/sb178.pdf Veto Message 11 (scroll toward bottom of page): http://gov.georgia.gov/00/press/detail/0,2668,78006749_139486062_140372354,00.html Title: S.B. 178 Section 10, Part 1 Source: www.legis.state.ga.us ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Requires all high schools to offer one dual enrollment course or one Advanced Placement course. Increases total number of Carnegie units for high school graduation from 21 to 22 units. These must include: 1. Four units of English language arts from a sequence that includes literature, composition, and speech; 2. Three units of mathematics; 3. Three units of science, including: a. One unit of physical science; H. B. No. 1400 - Page 10 b. One unit of biology; and c. (1) One unit of any other science; or (2) Two one-half units of any other science; 4. Three units of social studies, including: a. One unit of United States history; b. (1) One-half unit of United States government and one-half unit of economics; or (2) One unit of problems of democracy; and c. One unit or two one-half units of any other social studies, which may include civics, civilization, geography and history, multicultural studies, North Dakota studies, psychology, sociology, and world history; 5. a. One unit of physical education; or b. One-half unit of physical education and one-half unit of health; 6. Three units of: a. Foreign languages; b. Native American languages; c. Fine arts; or d. Career and technical education courses; and 7. Any five additional units. If after completing at least two years of high school a student has failed to pass at least one-half unit from three of these areas or has a grade point average at or below the twenty-fifth percentile of other students in the district who are enrolled in the same grade, the student may request that the student's career advisor, guidance counselor, or principal meet with the student and the student's parent to determine if the student should be permitted to pursue an optional high school curriculum. If a student's parent consents in writing to the student pursuing the optional high school curriculum, the student is eligible to receive a high school diploma upon completing the following requirements: 1. Four units of English language arts from a sequence that includes literature, composition, and speech; 2. Two units of mathematics; 3. Two units of science; 4. Three units of social studies, which may include up to one-half unit of North Dakota studies and one-half unit of multicultural studies; 5. a. One unit of physical education; or b. One-half unit of physical education and one-half unit of health; 6. Two units of: a. Foreign languages; b. Native American languages; c. Fine arts; or d. Career and technical education courses; and 7. Any seven additional units. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf Title: H.B. 1400 - Sections 15 and 16 Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov OK Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Adds a provision that when a student earns college credit through concurrent enrollment, school districts shall provide academic credit for any concurrently enrolled higher education courses that are correlated with the academic credit awarded by the institution of higher education. Academic credit is only be transcripted as elective credit if there is no correlation between the concurrent enrollment higher education course and a course provided by the school district. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB290_ENR.RTF Title: S.B. 290 Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us GA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Postsec. Enacts the Move on When Ready Act, which provides a program for 11th and 12th grade students to attend postsecondary institutions for high school credit. Requires all 10th and 11th graders and their parents to be notified about the program, and requires districts to provide counseling services to students and parents before students enroll in the program. Establishes procedures for awarding course credit. Specifies how state funds are to be awarded to institutions and districts for participating students. Specifies that hours for courses taken through the program by a participating eligible student shall not count against any maximum hourly caps applicable for purposes of HOPE scholarships or grants. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb149.pdf Title: H.B. 149 Source: www.legis.state.ga.us WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Expands options for students to earn high school diplomas; expands students' options and choices for completing high school by awarding diplomas to students who complete certain postsecondary programs. Chapter 524 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1758-S.PL.pdf Title: H.B. 1758 Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Postsec. Expands dual credit opportunities; directs the superintendent of public instruction, the state board for community and technical colleges, and the public baccalaureate institutions to jointly develop and each adopt rules governing the college in the high school program; directs the superintendent of public instruction to develop advising guidelines to assure that students and parents understand college credits earned in high school. Chapter 450 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2119-S2.PL.pdf Title: H.B. 2119 Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Allows a two-year or four-year college or university to provide concurrent credit courses to high school students at a reduced tuition amount. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1451.pdf Title: H.B. 1993 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us MD Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Expands eligibility in the Part-Time Grant Program to include specified students who are dually enrolled in specified secondary schools in the State and specified institutions of higher education; provides that a recipient of a specified part-time grant is not required to receive specified academic credit under specified circumstances. http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/bills/hb/hb1396t.pdf Title: H.B. 1396 Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/ MD Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishes a Study Group on Expanding Enrollment Options for High School Students; establishes the membership and staffing of the Study Group; specifies the duties of the Study Group; requires the Study Group to make specified reports; terminates the Study Group at the end of June 30, 2010. http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/bills/sb/sb0689e.pdf Title: S.B. 689 Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/ UT Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Postsec. Modifies requirements governing concurrent enrollment programs and courses. Requires student assessment prior to participation in English and math courses, and in meeting college course prerequisites. Requires institutions to collaborate to provide general education and high demand career and technical education concurrent enrollment courses statewide, including via technology. Modifies the distribution of concurrent enrollment appropriations. Requires the state board of regents to annually report to the higher education appropriations subcommittee on concurrent enrollment participation and growth. http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/sbillenr/sb0081.pdf Title: S.B. 81 Source: le.utah.gov NE Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Changes provisions of the Access College Early Scholarship Program Act for low-income dually enrolled students to authorize the coordinating commission for postsecondary education to limit the number of scholarships awarded in each term or to an individual student. Revises commission's reporting requirement on the program from biennial to annual. http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB20.pdf Title: L.B. 20 Source: www.nebraskalegislature.gov UT Adopted 12/2008 P-12 Provides consistent statewide procedures and criteria for homeschool, online school and private school students' participation in public school activities, including dual enrollment. Provides that student participation fees for charter school and online school students must be waived as they already are for private school and homeschool students, although charter or online schools are responsible for payment of waived fees to the resident school district. Adds provision that if a student with disabilities who attends a charter or online school desires to participate in dual enrollment, the charter/online school is responsible for accommodations or extra costs to the student's resident school for the student's participation. Title: R277-438 Source: www.lexis.com AL Adopted 08/2008 P-12 Amends rules to remove the pilot status of the Early College Enrollment Program for juniors and seniors effective the 2008-2009 school year. Provides that program guidelines are found in the Career and Technical Education Methods of Administration Manual. Title: 290-3-1-.02 Source: www.lexis.com PA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Postsec. Sets the school finance distribution formula based primarily on what it will take for students to meet the state's academic standards. The amount is based largely on the findings of the 2007 Costing-Out Study. Provides for a transferring pupil's disciplinary record to be transmitted to the transferring public or private school, upon request. Provides for school employee background checks, budgets, classroom placement of twins, bullying, scholastic records, educational support, early learning programs, virtual high schools, charter schools, school transportation, educational empowerment districts, community colleges, educational improvement business tax credits, public records, libraries and special education. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION  The 2008-09 education budget invests $86.4 million in Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts, a 15 percent increase from 2007-08, to enable 800 more children to participate in the commonwealth's hallmark, voluntary pre-kindergarten initiative and to respond to parents' requests for more full-day enrollment opportunities among some of the existing half-day programs.  CLASSROOMS FOR THE FUTURE  The budget includes $45 million for technology and $15 million for professional development to continue the multi-year rollout of Classrooms for the Future. SCIENCE: IT'S ELEMENTARY  The effort to promote science learning in elementary schools will receive $14.5 million – a 7.4 percent increase – in 2008-09, enabling thousand of more students to benefit from this hands-on learning experience and be ready for higher-order science classes in middle and high school. DUAL ENROLLMENT Pennsylvania's Dual Enrollment program is designed to serve a wide-range of students, but particularly those who attend college at disproportionately low rates. The budget continues the $10 million in annual funding for Dual Enrollment, which allows high school students to take college courses through community colleges and four-year colleges and universities. By encouraging the participation of students who might otherwise be unlikely to attend college, the Dual Enrollment program helps ensure all students have the opportunity to earn a post-secondary degree and become self-sufficient, productive taxpayers. HIGHER EDUCATION  The budget continues to invest in the commonwealth's higher education institutions to offer affordable and accessible post-secondary education in Pennsylvania. State funding for student tuition grants through PHEAA will increase by $21.2 million, or 5.5 percent. The state's community colleges will receive a 3 percent operating increase. An additional $14.5 million will be provided to the State System of Higher Education to keep down tuition increases.    http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2007&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1067&pn=4199 Title: H.B. 1067 Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Provides that any student enrolled in a Louisiana high school, at least 15 years old, in grade 11 or 12, and meets other criteria established by the board of regents is eligible to participate in a dual enrollment program. Expands eligibility in dual enrollment to include students in nonpublic high school and home school programs. Specifies that state funds may not be used to pay the tuition costs of a dually enrolled homeschool or private school student. Provides, however, that such students must pay the same tuition as is paid by the state on behalf of a student attending a public high school. Directs the board of regents, in consultation with the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission, to study and report in writing to the senate and house education committees prior to the convening of the 2009 legislative session on the estimated cost of providing state dollars, beginning with the 2009-2010 fiscal year, to fund participation in the dual enrollment program of otherwise eligible students who attend nonpublic high schools or home study programs, both state-approved programs as well as others, in the same manner as provided for eligible students attending public high schools. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=503478 Title: S.B. 482 Source: www.legis.state.la.us LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Provides for the adoption and implementation of a comprehensive system of articulation of Carnegie units earned in a secondary school and college credit hours earned in a postsecondary institution. Requires postsecondary education management boards to provide for the adoption and implementation of a system of course articulation between all institutions for all college credit units earned in such institutions. Requires high school/postsecondary and inter-postsecondary articulation plans to be implemented by July 1, 2010. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=503474 Title: S.B. 537 Source: www.legis.state.la.us TN Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. Makes changes to eligibility requirements for HOPE scholarships; enacts the "Helping Heroes Act of 2008" to provide scholarships for veterans; enacts the "Tennessee Rural Health Act of 2008" to provide scholarships to students in health care fields who agree to practice in health resource shortage areas; creates pilot project to provide laptop computers to 100 students in each grand division (students, who are juniors and seniors in high school and who are eligible for dual enrollment grants under this section, in enrolling in dual enrollment courses that require a computer to facilitate the offering of such course or as necessary equipment for such course.) - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC1142.pdf  Title: H.B. 653 Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us GA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Revises provision relating to the determination of resident status of students for tuition or fees. Adds public or private schools located in another state and accredited by the Florida Council of Independent Schools as "eligible high schools" as regards HOPE scholarships and grants. Amends residency requirements for HOPE scholarship eligibility at public and private postsecondary institutions, as regards students who have left Georgia after graduating from high school, have moved to Georgia after graduating from a high school outside the state, or who have left the state after completing a freshman, sophomore or junior year. Provides that a dependent child of military personnel stationed in Georgia must be considered a legal resident of Georgia and, subject to meeting all other eligibility requirements, must be eligible to receive the HOPE scholarship as a freshman if the student graduated from a Georgia high school or an approved home study program in Georgia. Specifies that the maximum number of attempted quarter or semester hours covered by the HOPE scholarship eligibility include all postsecondary level course hours taken prior to high school graduation if such student does not qualify for the HOPE scholarship as an entering freshman based solely on his or her grade point average. Provides that the term 'postsecondary level course hours' means hours accepted by the student´s eligible postsecondary institution for credit when the student enters as a freshman. Specifies that for purposes of HOPE scholarships and grants, eligible postsecondary institutions include a unit of the University System of Georgia; a branch of the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education; a private independent nonprofit postsecondary institution eligible for tuition equalization grants; or a private proprietary postsecondary institution eligible for tuition equalization grants. Amends policy such that attempted hours do not include hours for courses taken and paid for by a HOPE grant while a student is participating in dual credit enrollment with both an eligible high school and an institution within the University System of Georgia or the Department of Technical and Adult Education. Requires the Department of Technical and Adult Education or the University System of Georgia to verify that a student is enrolled in an eligible high school and notify the Georgia Student Finance Commission of the student´s participation in dual credit enrollment. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/sb492.pdf Title: S.B. 492 Source: www.legis.state.ga.us IA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Selected provisions: • Creates the Senior Year Plus Program to increase access of high school students to college credit and advanced placement coursework. (Page 40, Line 23 through Page 64, Line 10) • Requires postsecondary institutions providing Senior Year Plus programming to supply data concerning the proportion of women and minorities enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs. The Department of Education is to annually report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by January 15. (Page 50, Line 7) • Permits preschool programs to receive supplemental aid or modified allowable growth if approved by the School Budget Review Committee. (Page 64, Line 23) • Requires program approval by the Department of Education to receive preschool aid funding in a program's second and subsequent years. (Page 64, Line 34) • Requires nonreversion of Preschool Program funds appropriated to the Department of Education. (Page 65, Line 30) • Provides that it is the intent of the General Assembly that if funding is made available for implementing a Statewide Early Childhood Professional Development System in FY 2008 or FY 2009, the System will be implemented by the Department with the collaboration of Area Education Agencies. (Page 66, Line 13) • Requires the Iowa Empowerment Board to conduct a study of the role the Empowerment Program can play in strengthening child care provided voluntarily and at no cost by family members, friends, and neighbors. The Board must convene a working group to provide advice and must submit a report to the From fiscal analysis: Significant changes to Iowa Code: • Prohibits local Community Empowerment boards from carrying forward more than 20.0% of their annual allocation to the following fiscal year. (Page 26, Line 12) • Requires local Community Empowerment boards to consider whether support services for children's health needs are being provided to child care facilities in their communities. (Page 27, Line 17) • Requires grant awards in the Before and After School Grant Program to be at least $30,000 and not more than $50,000. Increases the required local match funding for Before and After School Grants from 20.0% to a dollar-for-dollar match. Requires the local match to be cash or in-kind contributions. Eliminates an allocation of $100,000 from the Before and After School Grant Program for employment of a contractor for long-term planning and development. Specifies that programs serving middle and high school youth are eligible for the Program. Permits grants to be used for multiple fiscal years. (Page 27, Line 26 through Page 28, Line 16) • Requires Area Education Agencies (AEAs) to transfer 84.0% of Medicaid payments received to the Department of Education, with the exception of reimbursements for services provided under Part C of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). (Page 28, Line 17) • Shifts funding for the Reading Recovery Program to the University of Northern Iowa, where the Program is now centered. (Page 29, Line 7) For other details, see full text section of this database record. Title: H.F. 2679 Source: http://www3.legis.state.ia.us NM Adopted 04/2008 P-12 Allows high school students to enroll in college-level courses offered by a public post-secondary institution that may be academic or career technical but not remedial or developmental. Outlines agreements and requirements. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.030.0007.pdf Title: NMAC 6.30.7 Source: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/ KS Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Expands ''Concurrent enrollment pupil'' definition from 11th and 12th to include 10th. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2008/421.pdf Title: S.B. 421 Source: http://www.kslegislature.org IN Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Postsec. The bill established the concurrent enrollment partnership to coordinate dual credit programs among high schools and state educational institutions. The commission on higher education is directed to provide support for the partnership. Also creates the interim study committee on education matters to make recommendations on the following: 1. Availability of virtual learning; 2. how virtual learning services are provided in other states; 3. standards of quality and alignment to Indiana's content standards; 4. accreditation standards and pricing; and, 5. funding. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2008/HE/HE1246.1.html Title: H.B. 1246 Source: http://www.in.gov/legislative/ WA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Postsec. The office of the superintendent of public instruction (OSPI) is directed to compile information about online learning programs for high school students to earn college credit and place the information on its website. Directs high schools to ensure that teachers and counselors have information about online programs and that they are able to assist parents and students in accessing infformation. High schools must also provide opportunities for parents and students to learn more about dual enrollment online programs. School districts must provide general information about online courses to parents and students in grades 10, 11 and 12. These provisions will become null and void June 30, 2008 if funding is not secured through the omnibus approriations act. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/3129-S2.SL.pdf Title: H.B. 3129 Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature NM Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Relates to education; includes state-supported schools in the dual credit program; provides for dual credit courses to be taken in the summer term; provides eligibility factors for students to qualify; requires the adoption of rules to implement the program to include the courses eligible for dual credit. Allows high school students to enroll in college-level courses offered by a public post-secondary educational institution that may be academic or career-technical but not remedial or developmental, and simultaneously to earn credit toward high school graduation and a post-secondary degree or certificate. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/08%20Regular/final/SB0031.pdf Title: S.B. 31 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/LCS/default.asp IL Signed into law 11/2007 P-12 Community College Postsec. Requires the state community college board to create a 3-year college and career readiness pilot program, beginning with the high school class of 2008, to meet the following goals: (1) To diagnose college readiness by developing a system to align ACT scores to specific community college courses in developmental and freshman curriculums. (2) To reduce remediation by decreasing the need for remedial coursework in mathematics, reading, and writing at the college level by (i) increasing the number of students enrolled in a college-prep core curriculum, (ii) assisting students in improving college readiness skills, and (iii) increasing successful student transitions into postsecondary education. (3) To align high school and college curriculums. (4) To provide resources and academic support to students to enrich the senior year of high school through remedial or advanced coursework and other interventions. (5) To develop an appropriate evaluation process to measure the effectiveness of readiness intervention strategies. Directs the state board to select four community colleges to participate in the program, based on the number of students in developmental courses, student demographics, geographic diversity, the college's willingness to submit developmental and introductory courses to ACT for analysis of college placement, and the college's ability to partner with local high schools to develop college and career readiness strategies and college readiness teams. Directs the state board to work with ACT to analyze up to 10 courses at each college to determine student placement and college readiness. Directs each participating community college to establish an agreement with one or more high schools to: (A) Create a data-sharing agreement. (B) Create a Readiness Prescription for each student, showing all of the following: (i) The readiness status for college-level work. (ii) Course recommendations for remediation or for advanced coursework in Advanced Placement classes or dual credit and dual enrollment programs. (iii) Additional academic support services, including tutoring, mentoring, and college application assistance. (C) Create college and career readiness teams of faculty and counselors or advisers from the community college and high school, the college and career readiness coordinator from the community college, and other members as determined by the high school and community college. Provides the the teams may include local business or civic leaders. Directs the teams to develop intervention strategies by: (i) Using the Readiness Prescription to develop a contract with each student for remedial or advanced coursework to be taken during the senior year. (ii) Monitor student progress. (iii) Provide readiness support services. (D) Retest students in the spring of 2008 to assess progress and college readiness. Directs the state board to work with participating community colleges and high schools to develop an evaluation process that includes specified criteria, including student enrollment in college in fall 2008, placement of college and career readiness students in developmental and regular courses in the fall of 2008, and retention of college and career readiness students in spring semester 2009. Directs the state board to work with participating community colleges and high schools to establish operational processes and a budget for college and career readiness pilot programs, including employment of a college and career readiness coordinator at each community college site. Provides that in year two of the program, beginning with the Class of 2009, the state board must additionally: (1) Analyze courses at 3 new community college sites. (2) Undertake intervention strategies through college and career readiness teams with students in the class of 2009. (3) Monitor and assist college and career readiness graduates from the class of 2008 in college. Provides that in year three of the program, beginning with the Class of 2010, the state board must: (1) Analyze courses at 5 additional community college sites. (2) Add college and career readiness teams at 3 new sites (from year 2 of the program). (3) Undertake intervention strategies through college and career readiness teams with students of the class of 2010 at 7 sites. (4) Monitor and assist students from the classes of 2008 and 2009 in college. Adds an immediate effective date. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/95/PDF/095-0694.pdf Title: S.B. 858 Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation UT Adopted 09/2007 P-12 The 2007 Legislature passed H.B. 79 which separates concurrent enrollment from other accelerated learning programs. This rule is amended to provide for changes to the funding and use of concurrent enrollment funds and add requirements for annual reporting and annual contracts. The amendments provide for changes to courses and students' participation; changes to program delivery; changes to faculty requirements; changes to concurrent enrollment funding and use of funds; and changes in annual contracts and other student instruction issues. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bull_pdf/2007/b20070701.pdf (pg. 47+) Title: R277-713 Source: http://www.rules.utah.gov IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Directs the state board of education to annually assemble all data reported by district superintendents on the number of high school students who are enrolled in accredited courses at any community college, including the name and number of the course(s) each such student is taking, both by individual school district and by educational service region totals. Amends provisions regarding fiscal statements before receipt of school funding, township fund lands, State aid claims, scholarship applicants and State payment funds being withheld until the number of students in compliance with health examination and immunization requirements is at least a certain percentage. Provides for a census on special education. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1165lv.pdf Title: S.B. 1165 Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2007 P-12 Postsec. Requires the department of education to provide students who participate in the running start dual enrollment program with guidance in earning credit toward high school graduation upon the satisfactory completion of University of Hawaii courses at the 100 level and above. Appropriates funds from the University of Hawaii scholarship and assistance special fund to provide scholarships to students who are members of underrepresented populations in higher education, as determined by the University of Hawaii, to participate in the running start program. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/Bills/HB767_CD1_.htm Title: H.B. 767 Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Modifies the definition of eligible student for purposes of the Expanded Options Program to include: Is 16 years of age or older at the time of enrollment in a course under the Expanded Options Program; and (i) is in grade 11 or 12 at the time of enrollment in a course under the Expanded Options Program; or (ii) Is not in grade 11 or 12, because the student has not completed the required number of credits, but who has been allowed by the school district to participate in the program; and has not successfully completed the requirements for a high school diploma. Makes other modifications to aspects such as notification, good-faith negotiation, participation of charter schools, waivers. http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/sb0001.dir/sb0023.en.pdf Title: S.B. 23 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us/ RI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Creates the Rhode Island High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2007; provides that it shall be the responsibility of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to work in collaboration with school districts and the Department of Higher Education to implement strategies to lower the dropout rate and to incorporate into its support and intervention, specific dropout prevention strategies, target resources, and gather data that will include graduation rates and educational outcomes in all schools. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext07/housetext07/h5351aaa.htm Title: H.B. 5351 Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us MI Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Amends rules to the Department of Education and Department of Labor and Economic Growth. Establishes criteria and procedures for dual enrollment under the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act, 1996 PA, and the Career and Technical Preparation Act, 200, PA 258, for pupils enrolled in high school more than four years but not more than five years. MICHIGAN 3076 http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/2007-1-MDE-MEMO_182772_7.pdf Title: R 388.151, .152, .153, .154, .155 Source: Michigan Rules TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Postsec. Requires school districts to notify parents, whose children are in high school, about the availability of programs under which a student may earn college credit. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/SB00282F.pdf Title: S.B. 282 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us AZ Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Postsec. Relates to dual enrollment; provides for dual enrollment as a college level course that is conducted on the campus of a high school or of a joint technological education districts, that is applicable to a community college or occupational degree or certificate program and that is transferable to a university; provides for admissions requirements including required test scores; relates to contracts with community college districts; relates to scholarships, home-schooled students and charter schools. (Chapter No. 229) http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/48leg/1r/summary/s.1068hed-k12_asenacted.doc.htm Title: S.B. 1068 Source: http://www.azleg.gov IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College A student who participates in:         (1) a postsecondary enrollment program under IC 21-43-4 is considered a student enrolled in the school corporation where the student has legal settlement for the purposes of computing ADM;         (2) a high school fast track to college program under IC 21-43-6 shall be counted in the ADM of the school corporation where the student has legal settlement if the student would be counted in the ADM of the school corporation had the student enrolled in the school corporation; or         (3) a high school fast track to college program under IC 21-43-7 shall be counted in the ADM of the school corporation where the student has legal settlement if the student would be counted in the ADM of the school corporation had the student enrolled in the school corporation. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/SE/SE0526.1.html Title: S.B. 526 (omnibus) - IC 20-43-4-8 Source: www.in.gov/legislative MD Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish and administer a grant program for dually enrolled students; requires a recipient of a dual enrollment grant to be a resident of the State and a dually enrolled student; requires the Commission to administer funds for the Dual Enrollment Grant Program and to distribute funds to an institution of higher education on behalf of a dual enrollment grant recipient. http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/hb/hb0538e.pdf Title: H.B. 538 Source: Maryland Legislature MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Amends rules concerning area learning centers designated by the state commissioner. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85 Title: H.F. 2245 [Area Learning Centers] Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Authorizes districts to offer grants to teachers to pay for coursework and training leading to certification as a college in the schools or concurrent enrollment teacher. In order to receive a grant, the teacher must be enrolled in a program that includes coursework and training focused on teaching a core subject. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85 Title: H.F. 2245 [Dual Enrollment Teachers] Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Encourages postsecondary institutions to apply for accreditation by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnership. Establishes school district eligibility to receive aid for the costs of providing postsecondary courses at the high school. Beginning in fiscal year 2011, districts only are eligible for aid if the college or university concurrent enrollment courses offered by the district are accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnership, in the process of being accredited, or are shown by clear evidence to be of comparable standard to accredited courses. Aid. An eligible district shall receive $150 per pupil enrolled in a concurrent enrollment course. The money must be used to defray the cost of delivering the course at the high school. The commissioner shall establish application procedures and deadlines for receipt of aid payments. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85 Title: H.F. 2245 [Dual Enrollment] Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ TX Adopted 04/2007 P-12 Provides more high school students with access to college-levelcourses. The only word changed was from an "and" to an "or." (A) a student achieves a score of 2200 on Mathematics and/or a score of 2200 on English Language Arts with a writing subsection score of at least 3 on the tenth grade TAKS relevant to the courses to be attempted. An eligible high school student who has enrolled in dual credit courses in the eleventh grade under this provision shall not be required to demonstrate further evidence of eligibility to enroll in dual credit courses in the twelfth grade; or (B) the student achieves a combined score of 107 on the PSAT/NMSQT with a minimum of 50 on the critical reading and/or mathematics test relevant to the courses to be attempted. An eligible high school student who has enrolled in dual credit under this provision must demonstrate eligibility to enroll in dual credit courses in twelfth grade. http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/sos/adopted/19.EDUCATION.html#853 Title: 19 TAC 1.4.D.4.85 Source: http://www.sos.state.tx.us MD Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish and administer a grant program for dually enrolled students; requires a recipient of a dual enrollment grant to be a resident of the State and a dually enrolled student; requires the Commission to administer funds for the Dual Enrollment Grant Program and to distribute funds to an institution of higher education on behalf of a dual enrollment grant recipient. http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0525e.pdf Title: S.B. 525 Source: Maryland Legislature NE Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Creates the Access College Early Scholarship Program, and eliminates the Community Scholarship Foundation Program. The purpose of the program is to provide financial assistance to low-income students for courses to be taken for credit from a qualified postsecondary educational institution while still enrolled in high school. http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB192.pdf Title: L.B. 192 Source: http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Develops guidelines for endorsed concurrent enrollment courses that may be taught along with advanced placement courses in high schools; repeals the concurrent enrollment course approval panel; provides the training, credentials and experience required for instructors of endorsed concurrent enrollment courses. (Act No. 936) http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/HB1730.pdf Title: H.B. 1730 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us ID Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Strikes existing provision that funding for the Idaho Digital Learning Academy be provided from an annual budget request to the legislature from the superintendent of public instruction. Creates new section providing that a portion of the annual legislative appropriation be distributed to support the Idaho Digital Learning Academy. Provides that "enrollment" for purposes of the academy be counted each time an Idaho student enrolls in an academy class, and that an individual student enrolled in multiple classes must count as multiple enrollments. Directs the Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA) to use state funds to achieve the following: (1) No increase in tuition charged by IDLA to Idaho students. (2) Provide remedial coursework for students failing to achieve proficiency in one or more areas of the Idaho Standards Achievement Test. (3) Pursuant to state board rule, IDAPA 08.02.03.106 http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/rules/idapa08/0203.pdf, provide advanced opportunities for students (defined as Advanced Placement courses, dual credit courses, tech prep, or International Baccalaureate programs. (4) Pursuant to state board rule, IDAPA 08.02.03.106, work with institutions of higher education to provide dual credit coursework. Provides that the preceding list must not be construed as excluding other instruction and training that may be provided by the Idaho Digital Learning Academy. Session Law Chapter 352 http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1237.html Title: S.B. 1237 (Sections 12-14) Source: www3.state.id.us NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Creates a program allowing students to earn dual credits toward high school graduation and a post-secondary degree or certificate. Specifies student eligibility and duties of the higher education department, districts and department of education. Provides for data collection and evaluation. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0943.pdf Title: S.B. 943 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Adds a new section. Prohibits school districts from granting credit for distance learning courses offered through entities other than the South Dakota Virtual High School unless any of the following conditions apply: (1) The course is provided through an agreement among accredited school districts; (2) The course is a university course taken by a student who is dually enrolled pursuant to the provisions of § 13-28-37; (3) The course was previously taken through an accredited high school or other accredited provider by a student who subsequently transferred into the school district; or (4) The course is not available through the South Dakota Virtual High School and is preapproved by the secretary of education. http://www.legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2007/bills/HB1113enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1113 Source: http://www.legis.state.sd.us/ ID Adopted 01/2007 P-12 Postsec. Increases total number of credits required for high school graduation to 46 credits (23 Carnegie units) starting with the 2013 graduating class. Increases math requirements to 3 units and science requirements to 3 units. Requires students to take the ACT, SAT, or COMPASS test in the 11th grade, and to complete a senior project. Requires all school districts to provide at least one Advanced Opportunity (AP, IB, dual credit or Tech Prep) for all students. Page 117-122 of 647: http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/bulletin/bul/06oct.pdf This measure was approved by the state board of education in 2006 and received approval from the House and Senate Education Committees in January 2007 (state policy does not require board policies to be approved by the full House and Senate). Title: IDAPA 08.02.03 Source: adm.idaho.gov OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Postsec. This section requires the partnership for continued learning to make recommendations for increasing opportunities for students to earn higher education credit on their high school campuses; for expanding school counseling career and educational programs, access programs and other strategies that interfere with students' planning for postsecondary education; and for legislative changes that allow state universities to waive the requirement (particularly for students entering high school from out of state or from the military) that a student complete the Ohio core curriculum to be admitted as an undergraduate. Sec. 3345.062 requires that if the partnership does not complete and submit recommendations for legislative changes by the deadline, each state university must offer via the Internet or interactive distance learning at least two college level courses, one each in science and mathematics, by which high school students may earn both high school and college credit. During such course, the university may include a single presentation, of not more than two minutes in length, that describes its other programs and courses. The university may assess a fee for the course required under this section of not more than one-tenth of the amount per credit hour normally assessed by the university for an undergraduate course at its main campus. http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_SB_311 Title: S.B. 311-- Sec. 3301.42 + Source: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Defines "dual enrollment program" as a program that enables a student to earn credit toward a degree from an institution of higher education while enrolled in high school or that enables a student to complete coursework while enrolled in high school that may earn credit toward a degree from an institution of higher education upon the student's attainment of a specified score on an examination covering the coursework. Dual enrollment programs may include any of the following: (1) The post-secondary enrollment options program established under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code; (2) Advanced placement courses; (3) Any similar program established pursuant to an agreement between a school district or chartered nonpublic high school and an institution of higher education. Each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district and each chartered nonpublic high school must provide students enrolled in grades nine through twelve with the opportunity to participate in a dual enrollment program. For this purpose, each school district and chartered nonpublic high school is required to offer at least one dual enrollment program. The provision may be met by participation in the post-secondary enrollment options program established under Chapter 3365. Each district and chartered nonpublic high school must provide information about the dual enrollment programs offered by the district or school to al students enrolled in grades eight through eleven. Boards are required to adopt procedures for notifying parents of high school students that one consequence of not completion that curriculum is ineligibility to enroll in most state universities in Ohio without further coursework. http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_SB_311 Title: S.B. 311 -- Sec. 3313.6013 Source: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Postsec. This section requires that not later than April 15, 2008, the articulation and transfer advisory council of the Ohio board of regents recommend to the board standards for awarding course credit toward degree requirements at state institutions of higher education based on scores attained on advanced placement examinations. The recommended standards are to include a score on each advanced placement examination that the council considers to be a passing score for which course credit may be awarded. Upon adoption of the standards by the board of regents, each state institution of higher education must comply with the standards in awarding course credit to any student enrolled in the institution who has attained a passing score on an advanced placement examination. Sec. 3333.34 requires the Ohio board of regents, in collaboration with the state board of education, to publish an annual report describing dual enrollment programs that are offered by school districts, community schools and chartered nonpublic high schools. The report is to be submitted to the governor, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, the president and minority leader of the senate, the chairpersons and ranking minority members of the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate that consider education legislation, the superintendent of public instruction, and the president of the state board of education. The board of regents also is to post the report on its web site. http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_SB_311 Title: S.B. 311 -- Sec. 3333.163 Source: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us NM Rule Adoption 09/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Adopts rules relating to dual credits. Rules issued by the state higher education department. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmregister/xvii/xvii17/5.55.4.pdf#search=%22%20%225.55.4%22%20site%3Anm.us%22 § 6.30.7.7.  DEFINITIONS Title: NMAC 5.55.4 Source: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Community College Postsec. Relates to prohibiting a principal from recommending, for any particular grade level, for community college summer session attendance, more than 5% of the total number of pupils who completed that grade prior to the time of recommendation. Exempts a pupil recommended for enrollment in a course that does not offer college credit in English language arts or mathematics, but is necessary to assist specified pupils to pass the High School Exit Exam. Requires specified reports. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1301-1350/sb_1303_bill_20060908_enrolled.pdf Title: S.B. 1303 Source: California Legislature CA Vetoed 08/2006 P-12 Community College Provides that, a community college district may establish and offer to students a course of study leading to the concurrent award for the associate degree and a high school diploma. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1501-1550/sb_1546_bill_20060824_enrolled.pdf Title: S.B. 1546 Source: California Legislature LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Community College Requires and provides incentives for high schools and postsecondary institutions to maximize the shared use of facilities, technology, faculty, and other resources to provide articulated and reciprocal technical training to high school students and recent high school dropouts age 16-21. Defines "shared student" as any secondary student who is at least 16 and is enrolled as a regular education student in a public high school and enrolled in a technical training program at a community or technical college. Defines "technical training" as training based on national standards of performance and for which articulated postsecondary technical college credit and Carnegie unit credit toward high school graduation are reciprocally provided for successful completion of units of training regardless of whether the training occurred in a community or technical college or high school. Requires state board of education and the board of supervisors of community and technical colleges to establish by January 1, 2007 a basis for schools to award postsecondary technical college credit and high school credit for units taken in either a technical college or high school. Requires the agreement to include: (1) A description of students most likely to benefit from the dual enrollment program, and to make encouraging such students' participation in the program a main focus of partnership agreements between local boards and community/technical colleges. (2) List of courses that can be most effectively offered on a dual enrollment basis, taking into account courses have been effectively offered on a dual enrollment basis across the state, the availability of courses, access to courses, preparation necessary for such courses, and other information relevant to making workable, desirable, and effective options available to potential dropouts. (3) An evaluation of the high school and postsecondary resources and facilities available and applicable to dual enrollment partnerships. Requires such evaluation to include information regarding the best practice for high schools and postsecondary institutions to most effectively share such facilities and resources. (4) An evaluation of the financial resources available to support the costs of dual enrollment partnerships, including funding sources that are public and private, K-12 and postsecondary, and state, federal, and local. (5) Recommendations about a financing scheme that is adequate to provide high quality programming for students and meet the needs of participating high schools and postsecondary institutions. Requires the final basis to be sent to all local boards and each public high school not under the jurisdiction of a local board, and to all community and technical colleges. Requires every community and technical college to notify every public high school in its service area of the institution's technical training programs, and to meet with appropriate local board representatives and representatives of local high schools not under the jurisdiction of a local board to establish articulation agreements aimed at enrolling at least 10% of the potential dropouts identified by the local board. Requires every local board and every high school not under the jurisdiction of a local board whose mission includes technical training to meet with their local community and technical colleges to implement technical training programs for shared students, with the goal of enrolling at least 10% of the potential dropouts identified by the local board. Directs the state board, during the 2007-2008 school year, to select at least two such partnerships to undertake sharing at least 10% of the potential dropouts identified by the local board in the high schools under its jurisdiction and providing for the dual enrollment of such students. Directs the state board and the board of supervisors to provide assistance and support to the piloting partnerships. Directs the participating schools and institutions to report the effect of the implementation on students, the difficulties of such partnership, and all other relevant information to the board of supervisors and the state board. Authorizes the state board, based on information gathered during the pilot year, to extend the pilot and increase the number of partnerships for a second school year, or scale dual enrollment partnerships up to include any number of partnerships that appear viable and supportable. Provides that by the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year or as soon as funding is available, any eligible student age 16-21 must have the opportunity to be simultaneously enrolled in high school and in a technical training program at a community or technical college, in addition to any other option available to such student to gain such training. Specifies that to be eligible to participate in such a program, a student must have an up-to-date career option program plan, be enrolled in a public high school and not suspended or expelled, and if a minor, have written parental permission. Requires local boards to establish systems to share postsecondary students with community or technical colleges in order to provide access for such students to the facilities, resources, and faculty of any technical training program existing at any such school or to provide any academic classwork to such students in a manner that does not jeopardize the safe and appropriate operation of a high school. Directs the state board to estabish rules and guidelines, including on (1) incorporating programs for alternative and recognized completer programs to high school graduation such as GED diploma completion, into a range of programming available to shared students and (2) local board/community or technical college agreements permitting community or technical college students to enroll in a program or class offered on the high school campus.. Directs the board of supervisors to adopt rules, including on providing assistance to local boards and leadership in the development of the minimum standards of technical and skill programs in order for such programs to meet the standard necessary to be included in an industry certification program. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=405975 Title: S.B. 749 Source: www.legis.state.la.us OH Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Appropriates funds for support of the Ohio Core Program. Funds will be used to: (1) Support the participation of teachers licensed in Ohio and mid-career professionals not currently employed by a school district or licensed to teach at the primary or secondary education levels in a twelve-month intensive training program that leads to teacher licensure in a laboratory-based science, advanced mathematics, or foreign language field at the secondary education level and employment with an Ohio school district; (2) Support alternative teacher licensure programs developed by educational service centers, in partnership with institutions of higher education. Participants shall be teachers licensed in Ohio and mid-career professionals not currently employed by a school district or licensed to teach at the primary or secondary education levels. Programs shall be consistent with the State Board of Education's alternative licensure requirements; (3) Obtain contracted instruction with institutions of higher education in mathematics, science, or foreign language for high school students that results in dual high school and college credit. Costs shall be based upon reasonable expenses that institutions of higher education could incur for faculty, supplies, and other associated costs. (4) Implement and support the Ohio Students Choosing On-line Resources for Educational Success Initiative that increases the educational options available for students in mathematics, advanced laboratory-based science, and foreign language. The eTech Ohio Commission shall work collaboratively with the Department of Education and the Board of Regents on this initiative. (5) Support up to 10 regional summer academies that focus on foreign language, science, mathematics, engineering, and technology and prepare 11th and 12th grades to pursue college-level foreign language, mathematics, science, technology and engineering, with a focus on secondary teaching in these disciplines. Successful completion of these academics shall result in dual high school and college credits. Costs shall be based upon reasonable expenses, as determined by the Board of Regents, that institutions of higher education could incur for faculty, supplies, and other associated costs. http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText126/126_HB_115_PS_N.html Title: H.B. 115 Source: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us OR Adopted 05/2006 P-12 Postsec. Implements the Expanded Options program. Purpose of the program is to: (1) Create a seamless education system for students enrolled in grades 11 and 12 to: (a) Have additional options to continue or complete their education; (b) Earn concurrent high school and college credits; and (c) Gain early entry into post-secondary education; (2) Promote and support existing accelerated college credit programs, and support the development of new programs that are unique to a community's secondary and postsecondary relationships and resources. (3) Allow eligible students who participate in the program to enroll full-time or part-time in an eligible post-secondary institutionl; and (4) Provide public funding to the eligible post-secondary institutions for educational services to eligible students to offset the cost of tuition, fees, textbooks, equipment and materials for students who participate in the program. http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/rules/0706_Bulletin/0706_ch581_bulletin.html Title: OAR 581-022-1362, -1370 Source: http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ GA Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Relates to HOPE scholarships and grants. Clarifies language related to program eligibility of students in a first professional degree program, defined as a nonundergraduate degree program which accepts students after the completion of the sophomore or junior year and results in the award of a nonundergraduate degree. Removes HOPE scholarship eligibility for students participating in the state's dual enrollment program. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/pdf/sb561.pdf Title: S.B. 561 Source: www.legis.state.ga.us FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Creates career and professional academies, defined as a research-based program that integrates a rigorous academic curriculum with an industry-driven career curriculum. The academies may be offered by public schools, school districts, or the Florida Virtual School. Students completing career and professional academy programs receive a standard high school diploma, the highest available industry certification, and postsecondary credit if the academy partners with a postsecondary institution. The goals of career and professional academies are to: (a) Increase student academic achievement and graduation rates through integrated academic and career curricula. (b) Focus on career preparation through rigorous academics and industry certification. (c) Raise student aspiration and commitment to academic achievement and work ethics. (d) Support the revised graduation requirements by providing creative, applied majors. (e) Promote acceleration mechanisms, such as dual enrollment, articulated credit, or occupational completion points, so that students may earn postsecondary credit while in high school. (f) Support the state's economy by meeting industry needs for skilled employees in high-demand occupations. The legislation describes the possible locations and configurations of the career academies. Each academy must: (a) Provide a rigorous standards-based academic curriculum integrated with a career curriculum. (b) Include one or more partnerships with postsecondary institutions, businesses, industry, employers, economic development organizations, or other appropriate partners from the local community. (c) Provide creative and tailored student advisement and coordinate with middle schools. (d) Provide a career education certification on the high school diploma. (e) Provide instruction in careers designated as high growth, high demand, and high pay. (f) Deliver academic content through instruction relevant to the career, including intensive reading and mathematics intervention. (g) Provide instruction resulting in competency, certification, or credentials in workplace skills. (h) Provide opportunities for students to obtain the Florida Ready to Work Certification; and (i) Include an evaluation plan developed jointly with the Department of Education. T http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7087er.doc&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7087&Session=2006 Title: H.B. 7087 (Section 27) Source: Florida Legislature FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Revises access to dual enrollment policies and inclusion of IB and Advanced International Certificate of Education courses. Directs local boards to include access to dual enrollment on the high school campus whenever possible. Prohibits alternative grade calculation, weighting systems, or information regarding student education options that discriminate against dual enrollment courses. Beginning with students entering grade 9 in the 2006-2007 school year, requires school districts and community colleges to weigh International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education courses the same as dual enrollment and Advanced Placement courses when grade point averages are calculated. Eliminates provision allowing "honors" courses to be weighed the same as these courses when grade point averages are calculated. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7087er.doc&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7087&Session=2006 Title: H.B. 7087 (Section 39) Source: Florida Legislature ID Adopted 04/2006 P-12 Requires all high schools, effective July 1, 2007, to provide Advanced Opportunities (defined as Advanced Placement courses, dual credit courses, Tech Prep, or International Baccalaureate programs), or provide opportunities for students to take courses at the postsecondary campus. http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/rules/idapa08/0203.pdf Title: IDAPA 08.02.03 Source: KS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Allows gifted students in grades 9-12 to participate in dual enrollment program (program eligibility previously limited to students in grades 11 and 12). Authorizes technical colleges to participate in dual enrollment program. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/2575.pdf Title: H.B. 2575 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Enacts the Education Reform Act of 2006. Section 11 provides for the creation of high school and university/community college dual enrollment programs. Prescribes conditions for participation, provides for tuition of costs for university/community college courses and clarifies that courses taken under the program willbe dual credit. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2602SG.htm Title: S.B. 2602 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/ IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Authorizes public 4-year postsecondary institutions, Ivy Tech Community College and Vincennes University to establish "fast track to college" programs that allow students to simulatneously earn a high school diploma and credits for a college degree or, in the case of Ivy Tech and Vincennes University, a certificate program or associate's degree. Requires eligible students to be at least 19 and not enrolled in a school or at least 17 and have his/her high school's consent. Districts of eligible high school students are to pay the student's tuition for high school courses taken at the postsecondary institution. To complete the requirements for a high school diploma under this section, the individual must have:         (1) passed:             (A) the graduation examination given under IC 20-32-4;             (B) an examination for a general educational development diploma;             (C) an examination equivalent to the graduation examination:                 (i) administered by the postsecondary institution; and                 (ii) approved by the department; or             (D) an examination that demonstrates the student is ready for college level work:                 (i) administered by the state educational institution; and                 (ii) approved by the department; and         (2) completed the coursework necessary to meet:             (A) the minimum high school course requirements established by the state board; and             (B) the requirements of the postsecondary institution. Requires the postsecondary institution to notify the state board when an individual has completed a fast track to college program. Requires the state board, upon receiving notification, to (1) grant the student a high school diploma indicating the name of the postsecondary institution at which the student earned the high school diploma and (2) give the postsecondary institution the diploma to award to the individual. Requires a postsecondary institution establishing a fast track to college program to report annually to the education roundtable the number of program participants and diplomas granted. Requires the state board to design a high school diploma for students who complete a high school fast track to college program. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2006/HE/HE1347.1.html Title: H.B. 1347 Section 1 - 4, 6, 16 Source: www.in.gov/legislative IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Requires every high school to provide at least 2 of each of the following course offerings to high school students who qualify to enroll in the courses:         (1) Dual credit.         (2) Advanced placement. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2006/HE/HE1347.1.html Title: H.B. 1347 Section 9 Source: www.in.gov/legislative IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishes Chapter 11.5, the Double Up For College Program Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "postsecondary credit" means credit toward an associate degree, a baccalaureate degree, or a vocational certification granted by a state educational institution (as defined under IC 20-12-0.5-1) upon the successful completion of a course taken under the program. Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the double up for college program established under this chapter. Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "secondary credit" means credit toward high school graduation requirements granted by a student's school corporation upon the successful completion of a course taken under the program. Sec. 4. (a) The double up for college program is established for secondary school students in grades 11 and 12. School corporations (districts) and state educational institutions may collaborate to offer early college, dual credit, or dual enrollment programs that meet the educational objectives of the school corporation and are offered by the state educational institutions. (b) A student may enroll in courses offered by a state educational institution under the program on a full-time or part-time basis during grade 11 or grade 12, or both. (c) A state educational institution that participates in an early college, a dual credit, or a dual enrollment program may, by agreement with a school corporation: (1) ensure that the content and rigor of each course offered is adequate to warrant providing credit to a student as if the student took the course as a student at the state educational institution; (2) set the criteria for the faculty member, instructor, or other individual responsible for teaching each course with the: (A) state educational institution responsible for hiring the personnel to instruct dual credit courses taught by the state educational institution; and (B) school corporation responsible for hiring personnel to instruct dual credit courses taught by the high school; and (3) determine with the school corporation the terms and conditions under which: (A) students may be admitted to the program while attending high school; (B) the state educational institution will award credit, if any, for specified courses successfully completed by students through the school corporation; and (C) the school corporation will award credit, if any, for specified courses successfully completed through the state educational institution. (d) A student is entitled to credit toward graduation requirements for each course the student successfully completes at the eligible institution. (e) Courses offered under the program that are listed in the: (1) statewide core transfer library courses that are transferable on all campuses of the state educational institutions in accordance with the principles in IC 20-12-0.5-13; or (2) articulation agreements that apply to any campus in the Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana system and to Vincennes University and draw from liberal arts and the technical, professional, and occupational fields; are among those eligible for the program. If a student passes a course through the program that is part of an articulation agreement between the state educational institution offering the course and other state educational institutions, the course shall transfer under the terms and standards of the articulation agreement between the state educational institutions. (f) Based on the demand for enrollment in the identified courses and the resources available to the state educational institutions, the identified courses may be offered through: (1) onsite instruction; (2) telecommunication; or (3) a combination of methods described in subdivisions (1) and (2); at on-campus or off-campus sites. Sec. 5. A school corporation may, by agreement with an institution of higher education, offer counseling concerning early college, dual credit, or dual enrollment courses that the school corporation considers appropriate, including: (1) notice of the courses and schedule; (2) available post-secondary credit; (3) responsibilities of the student; (4) any tuition and other costs; (5) the consequences of the failure to complete a course; and (6) other matters concerning the program and opportunities presented by the program. Sec. 6. (a) A student may apply for enrollment to a state educational institution. The state educational institution shall accept or reject the student based on the standards ordinarily used to decide student enrollments. However, a student in the program may not be refused admission solely because the student has not graduated from a secondary school. (b) A state educational institution may grant financial assistance to a student for courses taken under this program based on the student's: (1) financial need; or (2) academic achievement; or any other criteria. (c) A state educational institution shall waive tuition for a student who is: (1) eligible for free or reduced lunch in high school; (2) accepted into the program; and (3) accepted for admission to the state educational institution. Sec. 7. A student shall receive postsecondary credit toward meeting the degree requirements at the state educational institution at which the student successfully completed a dual credit course. If the student enrolls in a state educational institution other than the state educational institution at which a dual credit course was completed, the other state educational institution: (1) shall grant credit for courses that are in the core transfer library or subject to an articulation agreement; and (2) may grant credit for other courses. Sec. 8. After June 30, 2008, a state educational institution or campus of a state educational institution that offers dual credit courses in liberal arts, professional, or career and technical disciplines must be accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2006/HE/HE1347.1.html Title: H.B. 1347 Section 10 Source: www.in.gov/legislative UT Vetoed 03/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Provisions of the bill authorize Higher Education institutions offering concurrent enrollment programs to charge an amount up to $30 for each credit hour taken by a Public Education student. During FY 2005, a total of 177,658 credit hours were earned by high school students. At $30 per credit hour, higher education institutions may generate approximately $5.3 million to support concurrent enrollment. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2006/bills/hbillenr/hb0151.pdf Title: H.B. 151 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College This bill requires all four-year public higher education institutions to develop articulation, transfer, and dual enrollment and admissions agreements, including dual admissions programs for qualified students to be simultaneously accepted by a community college and, contingent upon the successful completion of an acceptable associate degree program from the community college, by a four-year public institution of higher education. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) must include in its guidelines for these agreements conditions required to establish dual admissions programs that set forth the obligations of the students accepted in the programs, including grade point average requirements, acceptable associate degree programs, completion timetables, and the students' access to the privileges of enrollment in both institutions while attending either institution. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0379 Title: S.B. 538 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us MS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Authorizes the establishment of a Virtual Public School Program; provides for the creation of high school and university or community college dual enrollment program; provides for the payment of tuition and costs for university and community college level courses; clarifies the course workend to be taken under the program shall be dual credit; requires school district to offer pre-advanced placement courses; requires a report to the Legislature on the teacher education programs in the state. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1130SG.htm Title: H.B. 1130 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Rule Adoption 09/2005 P-12 Postsec. Repeals regulation governing high school students credit for college courses. Title: Title 5 CCR, Sec 1630 Source: StateNet WV Adopted 08/2005 P-12 Community College Establishes new rules regarding guidelines for the offering of college courses for high school students. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/135-19.pdf Title: Title 135, Series 19 Source: http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/135-19.pdf NM Rule Adoption 08/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Adopts rules relating to dual credits. Increases the opportunities for high school students and the efficient use of instructional staff, facilities, equipment, student support services, and technical advisory committees. NEW MEXICO REG 4371 (SN) Title: NMAC 6.30.7.1 thru .8 Source: StateNet OR Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Purposes of sections 1 to 20 of this 2005 Act are to: (1) Create a seamless education system for students enrolled in grades 11 and 12 to: (a) Have additional options to continue or complete their education; (b) Earn concurrent high school and college credits; and (c) Gain early entry into post-secondary education. (2) Promote and support existing accelerated college credit programs, and support the development of new programs that are unique to a community˘s secondary and postsecondary relationships and resources. (3) Allow eligible students who participate in the Expanded Options Program to enroll full-time or part-time in an eligible post-secondary institution. (4) Provide public funding to the eligible post-secondary institutions for educational services to eligible students to offset the cost of tuition, fees, textbooks, equipment and materials for students who participate in the Expanded Options Program. Sets parameters for the Expanded Options Program. http://www.leg.state.or.us/05reg/measpdf/sb0300.dir/sb0300.en.pdf Title: S.B. 300 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us/ MN Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 The state may reimburse college level examination program (CLEP) fees for a Minnesota public high school student who has successfully completed one or more college-level courses in high school and earned a satisfactory score on one or more CLEP examinations in the following subjects: composition and literature, mathematics and science, social sciences and history, foreign languages, and business and humanities. The state may reimburse each successful student for up to six examination fees. The commissioner shall establish application procedures and a process and schedule for fee reimbursements. The commissioner must give priority to reimburse the CLEP examination fees of students of low-income families. The colleges and universities of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system must award, and the University of Minnesota and private postsecondary institutions are encouraged to award, college credit to high school students who receive a satisfactory score on a CLEP examination under this section. The commissioner, in consultation with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, shall set a passing score for college credits. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0141.1&session_year=2005&session_number=1 Title: H.F. 141 - Multiple Components Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us NC Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Community College Provides that tuition will be waived for all courses taken by high school students at community colleges colleges, including students in early college and middle college high school programs. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S566v3.html Title: S.B. 566 Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us TN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishes dual enrollment grants to pay costs of postsecondary attendance from net lottery proceeds for certain students who are receiving college credit in courses at eligible postsecondary institutions while completing high school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0481.pdf Title: S.B. 1315 Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/ FL Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Adds International General Certificate of Secondary Education (pre-AICE) and Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) to public school choice options and to rigorous academic programs parents must have the opportunity to learn about. Adds Advanced International Certificate of Education to list of articulation policies in statute. Identifies pre-AICE and AICE to advanced level fine arts courses for purposes of college admissions. Adds pre-AICE to 1007.27 on articulated acceleration mechanisms for community college and university entrance. Adds pre-AICE and AICE to courses in which grades must be given additional weights for purposes of determining initial eligibility for a Florida Bright Futures Scholarship. Adds that a student is eligible for a Florida Academic Scholars award if the student completed the Advanced International Certificate of Education curriculum but failed to earn the Advanced International Certificate of Education Diploma, or has been awarded an Advanced International Certificate of Education Diploma from the University of Cambridge International Examinations Office. Extends Florida Medallion Scholars award eligibility to a student who has completed the Advanced International Certificate of Education curriculum but failed to earn the Advanced International Certificate of Education Diploma. Specifies that dual enrollment courses are creditable toward high school completion. Requires each semester of instruction that is eligible for high school and postsecondary credit through a dual enrollment program to be reported by school districts as 75 membership hours for purposes of FTE calculation. Requires career centers and community colleges to provide a comprehensive academic and career dual enrollment program. Clarifies that an independent postsecondary institution eligible for inclusion in a dual enrollment or early admission program pursuant to s. 1011.62 must participate in the statewide course numbering system developed pursuant to s. 1007.24 to participate in a dual enrollment program. Amends minimum student scores in 1011.62 that trigger a bonus for Advanced International Certificate of Education teachers. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/bills_detail.aspx?Id=16027&iSessionSelectedIndex=1&sBillSubjectText=&sBillNumberText=579&iSponsorSelectedIndex=0&iBillListSelectedIndex=0&sStatueAmendedText=&iBillTypeSelectedIndex=0&iReferredToSelectedIndex=0&iChamberSelectedIndex=0&iBillSearchListPageIndex=0 Title: H.B. 579 Source: www.myfloridahouse.gov CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Standardizes the calculation of graduation rates and dropout rates that are required to be reported by school districts for accreditation. Standardizes and requires the reporting of continuing education rates and mobility rates by school districts for accreditation. Requires one accreditation indicator to be the percentage of students enrolled in an Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate diploma program, or institution of higher education through a dual enrollment program. Requires districts to report achievement of accreditation indicators disaggregated for student year, race, low family income, students with disabilities, and English language learners. Requires districts and the state charter school institute to annually report the status of students who have not graduated in 4 years and remain enrolled in the district or an institute charter school. Permits the state board of education to audit accreditation data. http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DFD64504612C4BC587256F5800587C38?Open&file=091_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 91 Source: www.leg.state.co.us TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. From bill analysis: S.B. 1452 establishes the Texas Academy for Mathematics and Science Studies (academy) at The University of Texas at Brownville (UT-Brownsville) to provide high school students with the opportunity to pursue mathematics education. Students who enroll at the academy will have the benefit of completing high school and their core college requirements while enrolled at UT-Brownsville. They also will be able to take a variety of courses in mathematics, science, and technology studies, become involved in community service, and take advantage of the many cultural opportunities in Brownsville. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=S&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01452&VERSION=5&TYPE=B Title: S.B. 1452 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College From bill analysis: According to Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2004 Progress Report, participation in higher education among Hispanics is lagging behind that of other demographic groups. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) estimated that Texas must increase Hispanic college enrollment by an additional 48,041 students to reach the 2005 target for that group. In addition, the percentage of recent high school graduates who enter college is not increasing, suggesting a need to enhance efforts to encourage them to prepare for and succeed in college. Dual-credit programs, which allow high school juniors and seniors to take college-level courses while earning both college and high school credit, have been successful in encouraging high school students to enroll in college, according to the THECB. S.B. 151 establishes a pilot project to encourage at-risk students to participate in dual-credit programs. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=S&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00151&VERSION=5&TYPE=B Title: S.B. 151 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 New law establishing the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005. One new section establishes the Oklahoma Mathematics Improvement Program. The purpose is to improve student mastery of the Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS) for sixth-grade mathematics through Algebra I by enhancing sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade public school teachers' mastery of the subject matter content and process skills. Offers $1,000 stipends to teachers who pass the mathematicssubject area test and participate in approved professional development programs. Mathematics academies, customized higher education courses, small learning community lesson studies facilitated by a mathematics coach and utilizing the Internet and video technology are programs the state board may approve. Phases in full-day kindergarten requirements; requires three years of high school math and a college bound curriculum unless parents sign a statement opting out of the curriculum; implements end-of-instruction testing in eighth grade and high school, ultimately requiring students to pass tests to graduate; provides remediation to students who fail tests; establishes special math labs for middle school students and math training programs for middle school teachers; encourages high school seniors to take concurrent college courses with state paying tuition for six credit hours per semester; and addresses access for professional teaching organizations. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2005-06SB/sb982_enr.rtf Title: S.B. 982 Source: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/house/news7622.html AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College States that a student in a K-8 program who enrolls in courses offered by the joint technological education district is not to be included in the joint district's average daily attendance or average daily membership. Also states that a student in a K-6 program who is enrolled in vocational education courses is not to be funded in whole or in part with monies provided by a joint technological education district. Clarifies how districts that are part of a joint district may acceptably use joint technological education district monies towards career and technical education and vocational education courses. Establishes the task force on joint technological education districts. Mandates that the task force: 1. Evaluate and make specific recommendations concerning the state and local funding of joint technological education districts, including options for various funding schemes that are not currently provided by law. 2. Evaluate and make specific recommendations concerning governance issues of joint technological education districts. 3. Evaluate and make specific recommendations concerning governance issues between school districts and joint technological education districts for vocational education courses offered between school districts and joint technological education districts. 4. Evaluate and make specific recommendations concerning joint technological education districts that provide courses primarily at facilities located at centralized campuses owned and operated by the joint technological education district and concerning joint technological education districts that primarily provide satellite courses at facilities owned or operated by school districts. 5. Evaluate and make recommendations concerning which vocational education courses should be approved by the career and technical education division of the department of education. 6. Determine the appropriate funding level and funding mechanisms for students who are enrolled in high school courses that involve instructors, services and facilities furnished by a combination of a joint technological education district, a community college district and a school district. 7. Submit a report of its findings, recommendations and proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the governor on or before December 1, 2005. The task force shall provide a copy of the report to the secretary of state and the director of the Arizona state library, archives and public records. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=2418 Title: H.B. 2418 Source: www.azleg.state.az.us IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Eliminates the requirement of approval from the school corporation and the student's principal for a high school student to enroll in the postsecondary enrollment program. Requires the governing body of every school corporation to work with postsecondary institutions to grant secondary credits for any student attending a postsecondary institution while the student is attending secondary school. Requires a school corporation and a postsecondary institution to enter into a contract for dual credit for a student attending the postsecondary institution while the student is also attending secondary school. Contract must define the terms and conditions under which each school will award credit for specified classes successfully completed by students participating in the program. Requires each eligible institution to keep, for each student enrolled in the program, records of the following:         (1) The courses in which the student enrolls and the credit hours awarded for those courses.         (2) The courses that the student successfully completes and the courses that the student fails to complete.         (3) The postsecondary credit granted to the student.         (4) Other information requested by the commission for higher education. Adds that the commission for higher education is entitled to have access to these records. Adds that the commission for higher education msut join the state board of education in concertedly adopting rules to administer the postsecondary enrollment program. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2005/HE/HE1314.1.html Title: H.B. 1314 (Section 14-21) Source: www.in.gov OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Each high school senior who meets the eligibility requirements for concurrent enrollment is entitled to receive a tuition waiver equivalent to the amount of resident tuition for a maximum of six (6) credit hours per semester. Tuition waivers are to be granted without any limitation on the number of waivers granted in any year other than the amount of funds available for the program and the number of eligible applicants. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education is to establish an application process and criteria for prioritizing applicants on the basis of need, timeliness of application, or other factors as determined by the State Regents. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2005-06SB/sb982_enr.rtf Title: S.B. 982, Section 11 Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us WA To governor 04/2005 Postsec. Expands access to baccalaureate and master's degree programs through the evolution of branch campuses and 2+2 programs in the state. Branch campuses shall collaborate with the community and technical colleges in their region to develop articulation agreements, dual admissions policies, and other partnerships to ensure that branch campuses serve as innovative models of a two plus two educational system. Other possibilities for collaboration include but are not limited to joint development of curricula and degree programs, colocation of instruction, and arrangements to share faculty. In communities where a private postsecondary institution is located, representatives of the private institution may be invited to participate in the conversation about meeting the baccalaureate and master's level graduate needs in underserved urban areas of the state. Title: H.B. 1794 Source: StateNet AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Relates to dual enrollment students. Requires community college districts to provide the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) a copy of the dual enrollment contract between the community college district and school district as part of the annual report on dual enrollment programs.  Requires the advisory committee of full-time faculty in community colleges offering dual enrollment and that is required to assist in course selection and implementation in the high schools to meet at least three times each academic year. Requires the other advisory committee of full-time faculty in community colleges offering dual enrollment and that is required to assist in the selection, orientation, ongoing professional development and evaluation of faculty teaching college courses in conjunction with the high schools to meet at least twice each academic year. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=2299 Title: H.B. 2299 Source: www.azleg.state.az.us AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Repeals provision that notation must be made on a student's transcript to indicate each special education class included on the transcript. Establishes that school day must consist of at least rather than fewer than six hours of instructional time. Allows a school district to include as part of the school day the travel time between public schools or other educational programs of those students attending classes or programs authorized by law. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1044.pdf Title: S.B. 1044 (sections 14-15) Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us UT Rule Adoption 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Amends rule to provide greater clarity and consistency in awarding credit, defining fees for purposes of this rule, designating eligible courses, and requiring background checks for new Concurrent Enrollment Program faculty. UTAH REG 27662 (SN) Title: R277-713 Source: StateNet GA Adopted 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Repeals rules regarding postsecondary options and establishes rules regarding dual and joint enrollment to replace it. Title: GAC 160-4-2-.34 Source: StateNet CA Vetoed, back in Senate to unfinished business 10/2004 P-12 Community College Postsec. Relates to existing law which authorizes a principal to recommend a high school pupil for community college summer session attendance, if that pupil demonstrates adequate preparation in the discipline to be studies and has exhausted all opportunities to enroll in an equivalent course at his or her school. Deletes provision that principal can recommend no more than 5% of the total number of pupils in the school who have completed that grade immediately prior to the time of recommendation. Deletes the requirement a principal may only recommend a pupil for community college summer attendance who demonstrates certain preparation and has exhausted all opportunities at his or her school of attendance. Provides that a community college district may not admit special part-time or full-time students to a summer academic term or session unless and until the governing board of that district certifies, at a regular, public meeting of that governing board, that the decision to allow the enrollment of these students will not displace any regular students of the district. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0901-0950/sb_905_bill_20040823_enrolled.html Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/SB_905_veto.pdf Title: S.B. 905 Source: California Legislative Web site HI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Postsec. Relates to Department of Education and the University of Hawaii; provides for the :Running Start Program" that permits eligible students to enroll in any qualified course offered by the University of Hawaii system. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb2200_cd1_.htm Title: S.B. 2200 Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site KS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Postsec. Section 1: Allows student age 16 or 17 to be exempt from compulsory attendance requirements if student is regularly enrolled in a school and is concurrently enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution. Makes provisions applicable to children from and after July 1, 1997. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2004/2795.pdf Title: H.B. 2795 (multiple provisions) Source: www.kslegislature.org MS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Authorizes local school boards to expand federal No Child Left Behind Act funds to pay for training, incentives and salary supplements to school district employees; authorizes the expending of moneys to reimburse licensed district employees for relocation expenses for moving for employment purposes; authorizes district to establish dual enrollment programs for high school students to enroll in higher learning institutions; relates to alternative school programs. http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/extrel/leg/04Edsum.html Title: H.B. 657 Source: StateNet TX Rule Adoption 05/2004 Postsec. Community College Amends rules concerning student eligibility requirements for dual credit courses. Updates appropriate college readiness assessment requirements for dual credit courses. TEXAS REG 94949 (SN) Title: 19 TAC 19.1.4.D.4.85 Source: StateNet VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Community College Directs local school boards to include, within the currently required career and technical education program, curricula that promote knowledge of entrepreneurship and small business ownership. Current programs are to address "all types of employment opportunities," such as apprenticeships, the military, and career education schools. The bill also requires that notice of dual enrollment opportunities between high schools and community colleges be provided to students and parents. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?041+ful+CHAP0848 Title: H.B. 769 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us WA Vetoed 03/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Strengthens linkages between K-12 and higher education systems. Requires the state board for community and technical colleges, the higher education coordinating board, the council of presidents, the work force training and education coordinating board, public school secondary principals, public school district superintendent representatives, and the superintendent of public instruction to take actions to strengthen, expand, and create dual enrollment programs available to students on high school campuses by removing barriers that inhibit the availability of the programs and, where possible, by creating incentives to offer the courses and programs. These actions are not intended to decrease the number or types of dual enrollment programs available to students on college campuses. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2003-04/Senate/6550-6574/6561_pl.pdf Title: S.B. 6561 Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov WI Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Amends dual/concurrent enrollment options, which allow pupils to attend an institution of higher education under certain circumstances; provides for payment to institute of higher education for technical college courses. For each pupil attending a technical college, the school board shall pay to the technical college district board, in 2 installments payable upon initial enrollment and at the end of the semester, for those courses taken for high school credit, an amount equal to the cost of tuition, course fees, and books for the pupil at the technical college. The school board is not responsible for payment for any courses that are comparable to courses offered in the school district. If students fail a course, the parents must reimburse the school district. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2003/data/acts/03Act131.pdf Title: A.B. 183 Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us TX Rule Adoption 02/2004 P-12 Postsec. Amends rules regarding dual credit partnerships between secondary schools and Texas public collages. Adds an exception allowing dual credit students to mix with high school-only students in dual credit classes. TEXAS REG 94320 (SN) Title: 19 TAC 1.4.D.4.85 Source: StateNet CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Community College Postsec. Relates to concurrent enrollment of high school students at community colleges on a part-time basis. Requires concurrent enrollment courses to meet certain requirements in order for a community college district to include students in the district's report of students for funding purposes. Authorizes the governing board of a community college district to restrict admissions and enrollment of special part-time and full-time students during any session based on specified criteria. Requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to report to the Department of Finance and the Legislature by March 1, 2004, and March 1 of each year thereafter, on the amount of full-time equivalent students claimed by each community college district for special part-time and full-time students. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0301-0350/sb_338_bill_20031011_chaptered.html Title: S.B. 338 Source: California Legislative Web site TX Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Amends rules regarding dual credit partnerships between secondary schools and Texas public colleges. Concerns dual credit requirements, student eligibility, and funding. TEXAS REG 86369 (SN) Title: 19 TAC 4.85 Source: StateNet FL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Community College Postsec. Requires emphasis on reading; requires certain accountability measures; eliminates the limitations on the number of charter schools per school district; authorizes community colleges to operate charter schools that provide students with the option of receiving an associates degree upon high school graduation and develop administrative fees charged by sponsor for provision of services; provides report to Governor; revises eligibility criteria for charter school capital outlay funding; provides allocation criteria for future said outlay appropriations. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/house/Session/index.cfm?Mode=Bills&BI_Mode=ViewBillInfo&BillNum=0055&Year=2003A&Chamber=House#BillText Title: H.B. 55-A Source: Florida State Web site TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Community College In 1995, the 74th Texas Legislature authorized the boards of public community colleges to waive tuition for high school students participating in concurrent enrollment programs. Since that time a limited number of districts have made the decision to provide the waiver. A reason for this limited participation by community colleges is that the 1995 statute provides for an all or nothing decision on granting the waiver. H.B. 1621 amends the statute to authorize community colleges to waive all or part of both tuition and fees, and clarifies that tuition and fees are eligible for waiver. (From Bill Analysis, Senate Research) http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01621&VERSION=5&TYPE=B Title: H.B. 1621 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Concurrent enrollment programs, under the Texas Education Code, have given all high school students opportunities to gain college credit before graduating. However, some interpretations of Section 130.008(d), Education Code, have prevented students from enrolling and earning dual credit for career and technology classes and classes in schools which operate under block scheduling. H.B. 415 repeals Section 130.008(d), Education Code, and adds a subsection to require a student to be considered a full-time student in average daily attendance. (Bill Analysis, Senate Research Center) http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00415&VERSION=5&TYPE=B Title: H.B. 415 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us MO Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Postsec. Allows Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to provide secondary education loans for nonsectarian tuition and other costs for students who are juniors or seniors enrolling in an accredited secondary school in courses for which post secondary credit may be awarded. http://www.senate.state.mo.us/03info/billtext/tat/sb371.htm Title: S.B. 371 Source: StateNet IN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Allows a school corporation to enter into an agreement with other school corporations and accredited nonpublic schools to provide joint summer school programs for high school students. Allows the joint programs to be conducted by state educational institutions and students to receive high school and college credit for the programs. Requires the scorer of an examination required for licensure as a teacher or school administrator to provide certain information to an individual who did not pass all or part of the examination. http://www.in.gov/serv/lsa_billinfo?year=2003&request=getBill&docno=230 Title: S.B. 230 Source: Indiana Legislative Web site MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Requires the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, the state board for community and junior colleges and the state board of education to enter into a system-wide articulation agreement providing for the transfer of appropriate credits earned by qualified high school students enrolled in dual enrollment programs from the various community colleges and universities offering such credit to the appropriate home school district of the student.  Requires the three state entities to co-author a report on the articulation agreement required under this section, and submit this report to the Committees on Education and Universities and Colleges of each House of the Legislature, on or before December 1, 2004. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2761SG.htm Title: S.B. 2761 Source: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us SD Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 Postsec. Amends 13-28-37. Any student in grades ten, eleven, or twelve may apply to an institution of higher education or a postsecondary vocational education institution as a special student but must obtain the school district's approval of the postsecondary course or courses prior to enrolling. If approved, the student shall receive full credit toward high school graduation as well as postsecondary credit for each postsecondary course. The resident school district may pay all or part of the tuition and fees for a course approved for credit toward high school graduation in accordance with this section. The student is responsible for any tuition and fees not paid by the resident school district and for any other costs involved with attending a postsecondary institution. If a failing final course grade is received in a postsecondary course, the student receiving the failure is no longer eligible to enroll for postsecondary courses. Title: H.B. 1077 Source: http://legis.state.sd.us AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Mandates state board to identify students simultaneously enrolled in a course for both high school and college credit using student level data element already in statute. Authorizes auditor general to access this information when certifying the full-time equivalent student enrollment for purposes of calculating state aid. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/45leg/2r/laws/0241.htm Title: Omnibus--H.B. 2213 Source: http://www.azleg.state.az.us FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Adds subsection relating to Advanced International Certificate of Education Program (AICE); sets out that public secondary school students are exempt from payment of Advanced Placement exam fees, regardless of whether or not they obtain a passing score on the exam. Exempts any student earning at least nine credits from any program included in this section (i.e., Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate) from participating in otherwise mandatory postsecondary education program. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0020Eer.pdf Title: S.B. 20E Source: http://www.leg.state.fl.us FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Community College According to legislative summary, "The bill deletes a provision that penalizes a student for using part of Bright Futures eligibility if the student succeeds in earning college credit through an acceleration mechanism. This requirement applies only to Medallian and Academic Scholars and only to students who enroll in public colleges or universities." Requires local districts to annually give each high school student information on Bright Futures Scholarship Program. Requires school districts to help high school students to determine their progress in eligibility for a Bright Futures Scholarship. District must give every high school student a full Florida Bright Futures Scholarship report and key and must inform students that their report card GPA may differ from the Bright Futures GPA. See bill section 423, page 945, line 11 ff. Changes references from "merit" scholars to "medallion" scholars. Extends eligibility for Florida Medallion Scholars Award to Florida Bright Futures Scholarship-eligible students who are National Merit, National Achievement and National Hispanic Recognition students who did not complete a community service program. See bill section 427, page 953, line 8 ff. Eliminates reference in Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars Award statute to vocational-ready diploma program. See bill section 428, page 954, line 24 ff. In Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Testing Program, requirement to reduce program award hours by number of credit hours received is eliminated. See bill section 431, page 960, line 20 ff. Adds Florida State University to the Florida Minority Medical Education Program because FSU now has a medical school. Includes Florida A&M University (FAMU) and Florida International University (FIU) law schools in Virgil Hawkins Fellows Assistance Program. According to legislative summary, "The bill retains the requirement that all Bright Futures Medallion and Gold Seal Scholarship recipients must take five CLEP tests, if they enroll in a public community college or state university. It does not authorize a penalty if students do not obey this requirement." Also, "The bill retains the requirement that the community college or university must pay for the CLEP tests, and does not authorize the use of any other college equivalency testing program." http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0020Eer.pdf Title: S.B. 20E Source: http://www.leg.state.fl.us FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Community College Explicitly states that community colleges may, free of charge, provide instructional materials to home-schooling students or private-school students. See bill section 357, page 795, line 15 ff: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0020Eer.pdf Title: S.B. 20E Source: www.leg.state.fl.us IA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Allows nonresident pupil's participation in extracurricular activities pursuant to a court-ordered decree or order of custody. Modifies tuition reimbursement payment by school districts under the postsecondary enrollment options act. Includes nonpublic schools in section allowing local boards to make an agreement with another school to to provide for the eligibility of its students in interscholastic activities at the partner school. Changes deadline for school infrastructure program calculations from July 1 to September 1. Modifies statute regarding phase I payment calculations. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/79GA/Legislation/SF/02200/SF02259/Current.html Title: S.B. 2259 Source: www.legis.state.ia.us MS Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Community College Relates to Community colleges; deletes the ACT score requirement for dual enrollment of high school students. Title: H.B. 1539 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ID Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Relates to dually enrolled students to clarify what constitutes demonstration of academic proficiency to establish eligibility for a non-public school student or public charter school student to participate in public school non-academic activities. Title: H.B. 535 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MS Vetoed 03/2002 P-12 Community College Certain minimum standardized test requirements for participation in the community college and junior college dual enrollment program. Title: S.B. 2622 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WV Signed into law 03/2002 Postsec. Each governing board is required to establish and implement a policy through which college students obtain credit toward graduation for service performed in the public schools as tutors, student advisors, and mentors to instill in public school students the benefits of postsecondary education attainment. Also requires the higher education policy commission to study and determine an appropriate process for allowing students enrolled in high schools in the state to concurrently enroll in post-secondary courses without cost for tuition and fee charges. The postsecondary courses must include academic, vocational and certificate courses. Title: H.B. 4362 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Authorizes boards of trustees of school districts to enter into interlocal agreements with postsecondary institutions to allow 11th and 12th grade students to obtain credits through attending classes available only at postsecondary institutions; provides eligibility criteria; requires payment of fees by districts from approximate number belonging payments. Title: H.B. 265 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Amends the Education Code to authorize a public junior college to offer a course in which a student attending any high school in this state with written consent of the person operating the high school, may enroll and simultaneously receive high school and junior college credit. Provides that a public junior college must apply the same criteria and conditions to each student wishing to enroll in such a course without regard to whether the student attends a public, private, parochial, or home school. Provides that a student who attends a school that is not formally organized as a high school and is at least 16 years of age is considered to be attending a high school. Title: S.B. 82 Source: http://www.senate.state.tx.us/ MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Postsec. Relates to higher education and part-time grant programs; pertains to dual enrollment students; includes students who are dually enrolled in a secondary school in the state and an institution of higher education in the State in the part-time student grant program; requires certain institutions of higher education to establish criteria for awarding a part-time student grant or waiver to dually enrolled students; alters a definition. Title: H.B. 1127 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Postsec. Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education by requiring the State Board of Education to develop and implement a concurrent enrollment course on Mandarin Chinese to be taught over EDNET, the state's two-way interactive system for video and audio, to high school juniors and seniors in the state's public education system. Title: S.B. 57 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Provides for award of high school diplomas to certain veterans; provides for award of credit toward high school graduation for courses taken through dual enrollment at a community college; provides for credit toward completion of a home education program through dual enrollment; provides for tuition reimbursement; requires State Board of Education to identify qualifying courses; requires school superintendents and junior college presidents to develop articulated acceleration programs. Title: H.B. 2105 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MI Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Provides a wider variety of options to high school pupils by encouraging and enabling students to enroll in career and technical preparation programs at eligible nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions. Provides for dual enrollment options for career and technical preparation programs; establishes these programs for certain students in state schools; prescribes certain duties of public schools and certain postsecondary institutions; prescribes certain powers and duties of certain state departments, officials, and agencies; repeals acts and parts of acts. Title: H.B. 5534 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet IA Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Community College Provides supplementary weighting for funding and for determining enrollment in school districts involved in district-to-district or district-to-community college sharing programs and at-risk programs. Title: H.B. 2496 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AZ Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishes the Joint Legislative Study Committee on dual enrollment in high school and community college. Title: H.B. 2365 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet