Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-97.8 - [Effective until 5/22/2024] Concurrent enrollment program contracts between accredited nonpublic schools and community colleges
For the purpose of determining funding to the community
college, subject to an appropriation to the
(1)
Eligibility. All of the
following conditions must be met for any Iowa resident accredited nonpublic
school student attending a community college-offered course offered through a
contract with an accredited nonpublic school to be eligible for funding under
Iowa Code section
261E.8(2).
a. The course must supplement, not supplant ,
high school courses.
(1) For purposes of
these rules, to comply with the "supplement, not supplant " requirement, the
content of a course provided to a high school student for postsecondary credit
shall not consist of substantially the same concepts and skills as the content
of a course provided by the accredited nonpublic school.
(2) The course must not be used by the
accredited nonpublic school in order to meet the minimum accreditation
standards in Iowa Code section
256.11(5)
"b," "c," "f," "g," "i," and "j."
(3) A nonpublic school accredited under the
standards required pursuant to Iowa Code section
256.11
with a total basic educational data survey enrollment in grades 9 through 12 of
not more than 200 that contracts with a community college to provide one unit
of science required in Iowa Code section
256.11(5)"a" or one unit of mathematics required in
Iowa Code section
256.11(5)"J" or"e" and any of the
five units of career and technical education required in Iowa Code section
256.1 IB
may request weighting for any community college course if the accredited
nonpublic school's course enrollment exceeds five.
b. The course must be included in the
community college catalog or an amendment or addendum to the catalog.
c. The course must be open to all registered
community college students, not just high school students.
d. The course must be for college credit, and
the credit must apply toward an associate of arts or associate of science
degree, or toward an associate of applied arts or associate of applied science
degree, or toward completion of a college diploma program.
e. The course must be taught by an instructor
employed by or under contract with the community college who meets the
requirements of Iowa Code section
261E.3(2).
f. The course must be taught
utilizing the community college course syllabus.
g. The course must be taught in such a manner
as to result in student work and student assessment which meet college-level
expectations.
h. The course must
not have been determined as failing to meet the standards established by the
postsecondary course audit committee.
(2)Reporting and billing. An
accredited nonpublic school that enters into a contract for concurrent
enrollment courses shall submit student and course information as determined by
and according to the timeline established by the department of education. The
community college and accredited nonpublic school shall verify the submitted
information by semesters or the equivalent. Projected supplementary weighting
calculations will be available midyear, but payments to community colleges will
not be disbursed until final costs are known at the end of the school year.
Community colleges will not bill the accredited nonpublic school until all
calculations of supplementary weighting for accredited nonpublic schools are
completed.
Notes
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