Persons who have graduated from high school are not eligible
for this program. Eligible students shall be residents of Iowa. "Eligible
student" includes a student classified by the board of directors of a school
district, by the state board of regents for students of the Iowa School for the
Deaf and the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School, or by the authorities in
charge of an accredited nonpublic school as a ninth or tenth grade student who
is identified according to the school district's gifted and talented criteria
and procedures, pursuant to Iowa Code section
257.43, as a gifted
and talented child, or an eleventh or twelfth grade student, during the period
the student is participating in the postsecondary enrollment options program.
To be eligible to participate in a program under this division, a student must
meet all criteria in rule
281-22.2
(261E).
(1) A student enrolled in an
accredited nonpublic school who meets all eligibility requirements may apply to
take courses under this division in the school district where the accredited
nonpublic school is located, provided that neither the accredited nonpublic
school nor the school district offers a comparable course.
(2) A student under competent private
instruction who meets the eligibility requirements in this rule and those in
subparagraph 22.2(2)"b"(3) may apply to take courses under
this division through the public school district in which the student is dually
enrolled, provided that the resident school district does not offer a
comparable course, and shall be allowed to take such courses on the same basis
as a regularly enrolled student of the district.
(3) Postsecondary institutions may require
students to meet appropriate standards or requirements for entrance into a
course. Such requirements may include prerequisite courses, scores on national
academic aptitude and achievement tests, or other evaluation procedures to
determine competency. Acceptance of a student into a course by a postsecondary
institution is not a guarantee that a student will be enrolled in all requested
courses. Priority may be given to postsecondary students before eligible
secondary students are enrolled in courses. However, once an eligible secondary
student has enrolled in a postsecondary course, the student cannot be displaced
by another student for the duration of the course. Students shall not "audit"
postsecondary courses. The student must take the course for credit and must
meet all of the requirements of the course which are required of postsecondary
students.
