Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 160-4-2-.34 - Dual Enrollment
(1)
DEFINITIONS
(a)
Commission - the Georgia
Student Finance Commission created by O.C.G.A. §
20-3-233.
(b)
Dual Credit Course - a
postsecondary course, including a virtual course, taken by an eligible high
school student pursuant to an arrangement at or through an eligible
postsecondary institution for which the student receives secondary credit from
his or her eligible high school.
(c)
Eligible core course - a
course in English, math, science, social studies, or a foreign language upon
which the Commission calculates grade point averages for HOPE scholarship
eligibility pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
20-2-157(b)(3.1)
and which is included in the eligible course list.
(d)
Eligible course list - a
list of courses maintained by the Commission which identifies courses approved
for funding authorized by O.C.G.A. §
20-2-161.3 and shall include
eligible core courses and eligible Career, Technology, and Agricultural
Education (CTAE) courses.
(e)
Eligible CTAE course - all career, technical, and agricultural
education courses which are aligned with the Georgia Department of Education's
Career Clusters and Pathways programs and which are included in the eligible
course list.
(f)
Eligible
dual credit course - a dual credit course which is included in the
eligible course list and which is eligible for payment, with state funds, under
these Programs.
(g)
Eligible
High School - any private or public secondary educational institution
located within the State of Georgia and any home study program operated
pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
20-2-690.
(h)
Eligible High School Student
- a student who is:
1. Entering or enrolled in
eleventh or twelfth grade at an eligible high school taking any eligible dual
credit course at any eligible postsecondary institution; or
2. Entering or enrolled in tenth grade at an
eligible high school when such student:
(i)
Is enrolled in an eligible CTAE course at an institution within the Technical
College System of Georgia;
(ii) Has
obtained prior to the beginning of the term of dual enrollment coursework an
SAT or ACT test score that would meet the assessment requirements of a Zell
Miller Scholar pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
20-3-519
(27)(A)(i) and is taking eligible core
courses at any eligible postsecondary institution; or
(iii) Was enrolled as a ninth grader in one
or more dual credit courses at an eligible postsecondary institution for which
payment was made pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
20-2-161.3 on or before June 30,
2020.
(i)
Eligible Postsecondary Institution - any eligible postsecondary
institution as defined in O.C.G.A. §
20-3-519(7).
(j)
Georgia Department of
Education - the state agency charged with the fiscal and administrative
management of certain aspects of K-12 public education, including the
implementation of federal and state mandates. Such management is subject to
supervision and oversight by the State Board of Education.
(k)
Programs - the arrangement
authorized by O.C.G.A. §§
20-2-161.3 and
20-2-149.2, also referred
throughout this rule as Dual Enrollment Requirements for the Traditional High
School Diploma and Dual Enrollment Requirements for the Accelerated Career
Diploma respectively, whereby an eligible high school student takes one or more
dual credit courses, including self-pay dual credit courses, with the goal of
completing postsecondary credit and high school diploma requirements.
(l)
Self-Pay Dual Credit Course
- a postsecondary course, including a virtual course, taken by an eligible high
school student pursuant to an arrangement at or through an eligible
postsecondary institution for which, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year,
the student receives secondary credit from his or her eligible high school and
which is not funded using state funds.
(m)
Secondary Credit - a high
school credit for dual credit courses taken at or through an eligible
postsecondary institution under the Programs.
(n)
State-Funded Core Course -
any high school course listed as core or required on the state-funded course
list and any technical college diploma-level or postsecondary degree-level
English, math, science, or social studies course for which the student earns
dual credit.
(2)
REQUIREMENTS
(a)
Dual
Enrollment Requirements for the Traditional High School Diploma Program shall
meet the following:
1. An eligible high
school student may apply to an eligible postsecondary institution to take one
or more dual credit courses or self-pay dual credit courses at or through that
postsecondary institution which are approved for secondary credit pursuant to
O.C.G.A. §
20-2-161.3(f). If
accepted at an eligible postsecondary institution, such eligible high school
student may take any such approved dual credit course or self-pay dual credit
course at or through that postsecondary institution, whether or not the course
is taught during the regular eligible high school day and receive secondary
credit therefor under the conditions provided in O.C.G.A. §
20-2-161.3.
2. No later than the first day of February
each year, each eligible high school shall provide information about the
Programs, which shall include forms provided by the Georgia Department of
Education, to all its eligible high school students. An eligible high school
shall also provide counseling services to such students and their parents or
guardians before the students enroll in the Programs. Prior to participating in
the program, the student and the student's parent or guardian shall sign the
form provided by the eligible high school or by an eligible postsecondary
institution stating that they have received the counseling specified in this
subsection and that they understand the responsibilities that shall be assumed
in participating in the program.
(i)
Information and materials regarding the Programs shall be provided to each
eighth-grade public school student at the time the student is developing his or
her individual graduation plan as required by O.C.G.A. §
20-2-327.
3. Each eligible high school shall be
required to execute a participation agreement as prescribed by the
Commission.
4. A participating
eligible high school shall grant secondary credit to an eligible high school
student enrolled in a dual credit course or self-pay dual credit course in an
eligible postsecondary institution if such student successfully completes such
course. The secondary credit granted shall be for a comparable required course;
career, technical, and agricultural education course; or elective course. Upon
completion of an eligible postsecondary institution's dual credit course or
self-pay dual credit course, the eligible high school student shall be
responsible for requesting that the eligible postsecondary institution notify
such student's eligible high school regarding his or her grade in such course.
(i) Secondary credits granted for eligible
postsecondary institution dual credit or self-pay dual credit courses as
provided in (2)(a)4. shall be counted by the eligible high school toward
graduation requirements and subject area requirements of the eligible high
school. Evidence of successful completion of each dual credit or self-pay dual
credit course and secondary credits granted shall be included in the eligible
high school student's secondary school records and transcripts.
(ii) Grades earned at an eligible
postsecondary institution shall be included on the high school transcript and
shall be used, by the eligible high school, to compute a student's grade point
average.
(iii) Secondary credits
granted at an eligible postsecondary institution shall be converted and
transcribed on the eligible high school student's transcript.
(I) Eligible postsecondary institution
semester hour credit shall be converted to secondary credit as follows:
I. 1 to 2 semester hours = .5 secondary
credit
II. 3 or more semester hours
= 1 secondary credit
III. 1 to 3
quarter hour credits = .5 secondary credit
IV. 4 or more quarter hour credits = 1
secondary credit.
5. A participating eligible high school shall
be required to award a high school diploma to any eligible high school student
who is enrolled at or through an eligible postsecondary institution under the
program as long as the credit earned at or through such postsecondary
institution satisfies course requirements needed for the eligible high school
student to complete high school graduation.
6. An eligible high school student shall meet
the following requirements, pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
20-2-161.3, in order to be awarded
a high school diploma:
(i) Receives a score of
admission acceptable on the readiness assessment required by the eligible
postsecondary institution.
(ii)
Earns a secondary credit in State Board identified high school courses that
culminate in a state administered end-of-course assessment in each of the
following subject areas: English/language arts, Mathematics, Science and Social
Studies. Eligible high school students must participate in the appropriate
end-of-course assessment.
(I) However, State
Board of Education Rule
160-3-1-.07 TESTING PROGRAMS -
STUDENT ASSESSMENT (2)(j)1 establishes certain exemptions from end-of-course
assessments.
(iii) Earns
one secondary credit in health and physical education.
(iv) Completes approved postsecondary courses
that satisfy high school graduation requirements.
(v) Earns the requisite credits required by
State Board of Education Rule
160-4-2-.48 High School Graduation
Requirements for Students Enrolling in the Ninth Grade for the First Time in
the 2008-09 School Year and Subsequent Years.
7. Each eligible student shall be limited to
a total of 30 semester hours, or the equivalent amount of quarter hours, of
eligible dual credit courses funded under this program.
(b)
Dual Enrollment Requirements for
the Accelerated Career Diploma Program shall meet the following:
1. A high school student may apply to an
eligible postsecondary institution to take one or more dual credit courses or
self-pay dual credit courses at or through that postsecondary institution which
are approved for secondary credit pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
20-2-161.3(f). If
accepted at an eligible postsecondary institution, such high school student may
take any such approved dual credit course or self-pay dual credit course at or
through that postsecondary institution, whether or not the course is taught
during the regular eligible high school day and receive secondary credit
therefor under the conditions provided in O.C.G.A. §
20-2-161.3.
2. No later than the first day of February
each year, each eligible high school shall provide information about the
Programs, which shall include forms provided by the Georgia Department of
Education, to all its high school students. An eligible high school shall also
provide counseling services to such students and their parents or guardians
before the students enroll in the Programs. Prior to participating in the
program, the student and the student's parent or guardian shall sign the form
provided by the eligible high school or by an eligible postsecondary
institution stating that they have received the counseling specified in this
subsection and that they understand the responsibilities that shall be assumed
in participating in the program.
(i)
Information and materials regarding the Programs shall be provided to each
eighth-grade public school student at the time the student is developing his or
her individual graduation plan as required by O.C.G.A. §
20-2-327.
3. Each eligible high school shall be
required to execute a participation agreement as prescribed by the
Commission.
4. A participating
eligible high school shall grant secondary credit to a high school student
enrolled in a dual credit course or self-pay dual credit course in an eligible
postsecondary institution if such student successfully completes such course.
The secondary credit granted shall be for a comparable required course; career,
technical, and agricultural education course; or elective course. Upon
completion of an eligible postsecondary institution's dual credit course or
self-pay dual credit course, the high school student shall be responsible for
requesting that the eligible postsecondary institution notify such student's
eligible high school regarding his or her grade in such course.
(i) Secondary credits granted for eligible
postsecondary institution dual credit courses or self-pay dual credit courses
as provided in (2)(b)4 shall be counted by the eligible high school toward
graduation requirements and subject area requirements of the eligible high
school. Evidence of successful completion of each dual credit course or
self-pay dual credit course and secondary credits granted shall be included in
the eligible high school student's secondary school records and
transcripts.
(ii) Grades earned at
an eligible postsecondary institution shall be included on the high school
transcript and shall be used, by the eligible high school, to compute a
student's grade point average.
(iii) Secondary credits granted at an
eligible postsecondary institution shall be converted and transcribed on the
eligible high school student's transcript.
(I)
Eligible postsecondary institution semester hour credit shall be converted to
secondary credit as follows:
I. 1 to 2
semester hours = .5 secondary credit
II. 3 or more semester hours = 1 secondary
credit
III. 1 to 3 quarter hour
credits = .5 secondary credit
IV. 4
or more quarter hour credits = 1 secondary credit.
5. High school students
pursuing the Accelerated Career Diploma program shall meet the following
requirements:
(i) The high school English
course, including its end-of course assessment, required for purposes of
federal accountability requirements plus at least one additional state-funded
core English course;
(ii) The high
school math course, including its end-of-course assessment, required for
purposes of federal accountability requirements plus either a state-funded
course on the foundations of algebra or one other state-funded core math
course;
(iii) The high school
science course, including its end-of-course assessment, required for purposes
of federal accountability requirements plus at least one additional
state-funded core science course;
(iv) Any two state-funded core social studies
courses; provided however, that in lieu of taking a second state-funded core
social studies course, a student shall be permitted to take a third
state-funded core math course, provided that such math course is aligned with
competencies required by such students' technical college program of study;
and
(v) One health and physical
education course.
(vi) Completes
one of the following postsecondary requirements:
(I) An associate's degree program in applied
science at a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia;
(II) A technical college diploma program or
program leading to licensure at a unit of the Technical College System of
Georgia; or
(III) At least two
technical college certificate of credit programs included in the High-demand
Career List published by the State Workforce Development Board as provided in
O.C.G.A. §
34-14-3 which are in the same
program of study or closely related programs of study, as identified in a list
published by the State Board of the Technical College System of
Georgia.
6. A
local board of education or authorized governing board of a participating
eligible high school shall be required to award a high school diploma to a high
school student who is enrolled at or through an eligible postsecondary
institution under the program as long as the credit earned at or through such
postsecondary institution satisfies course requirements provided in O.C.G.A.
§
20-2-149.2(b).
7. A student who meets the requirements in
section (2)(b) shall be deemed to have met all graduation requirements of the
State Board of Education and shall not be subject to any assessments otherwise
required for purposes of graduation.
(c) No local school system that receives
funding under the Quality Basic Education Act shall exclude eligible high
school students taking one or more dual credit courses pursuant to this section
from eligibility determinations for valedictorian and salutatorian of a
participating eligible high school; provided, however, that this shall not
apply to a student who moves into the local school system after tenth grade and
has not taken any courses on site at the participating eligible high
school.
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