(B)
Programs requirements
(1) College credit plus
classrooms at the participating secondary school shall consist of students who
all follow the same college course syllabus, use the same text book and
materials, aspire to achieve the same learning outcomes and are assessed using
the same methods as the college course delivered on the college
campus.
(2) All students who have
enrolled in an institution of higher education, under the college credit plus
program, must be assessed with the same standard of achievement and held to the
same grading standards, regardless of where the course is delivered.
(3) A secondary school student who is not
enrolled in the institution of higher education but who is in the college
credit plus class shall, along with the student's parents, be provided written
notice stating the student is not earning college credit and would likely be
required to retake the course upon enrollment at an institution of higher
education if college credit is desired.
(4) Each secondary school shall verify, upon
receipt of a pre-term notice of admission received pursuant to rule
3333-1-65.3 of the
Administrative Code, that a student electing to participate in the college
credit plus program is not taking more than thirty
college credit hours during an academic year and
not more than the equivalent of four academic years or one hundred and twenty
college credit hours total through the
college credit plus program under division (B) of section
3365.06 of the Revised Code,
including those students eligible to start participating in the program in
seventh and eighth grade. If the pre-term notice indicates a student has
exceeded his or her maximum
college credit
hours for that academic year, the secondary school shall promptly notify the
student of the issue and give the student the choice of adjusting his or her
schedule to comply with the maximum thirty
college credit hours requirement or self-paying for
those course credits outside of the college credit plus program. The notice
shall be based upon a review of all the pre-term notices received for the
student.
For purposes of informing a student's choice to reduce college
course selection or self-pay for course credits, the secondary school shall
notify the student that if the number of credits conferred by a college course
partially exceeds the student's maximum allowable credits, then the whole
course shall be considered to exceed the maximum allowable credits.
Notwithstanding any other provision in
this section, if the student chooses to enroll for more than the thirty credits
and has been properly informed as noted above then the student can elect
division (A) pursuant to section
3365.06 of Revised Code, and can
determine which credit (high school and college or college only) to be issued.
The student will inform the college of the elected choice, and the college will
collect the payment from the student or family using the college's standard
tuition and fees or chancellor approved tuition waiver amount. If the student
is not properly informed of the student's responsibility, as described above,
then the college or the secondary school (whichever is responsible for failing
to inform) is financially responsible and the student's course will fall under
division (B) pursuant to section
3365.06 of Revised
Code.
For purposes of calculating the limitation of thirty
college credit hours in one academic year,
an academic year shall begin with summer term.
(a) To determine the number of college
credits a student earned under division (B) of section
3365.06 of the Revised Code in
an academic school year, take the number of secondary units scheduled by the
secondary school for which the student receives only secondary school credit,
then multiply that number by three and then subtract the result from thirty.
The resulting number shall be the total number of college credits a student
participant may earn under college credit plus in an academic year.
Any policy adopted by a secondary school that will
potentially cause the student to enroll in more than thirty credits in a year,
the calculation of this formula will change to take into account the number of
college credits subtracted from the thirty maximum instead of secondary units
as described above. A secondary school may not adopt a policy that purposely
limits a student's ability to fully participate in the college credit plus
program.
(b) Prior to the
student registering for a course or courses in a term of an institution of
higher education, a school shall notify the student of the total number of
college credits a student participant may earn under college credit plus in an
academic year as calculated in this division.
(c) Under the college credit plus program
postsecondary quarter hours are equal to .67 semester hours rounded to the
nearest whole number.
(5) A secondary school shall ensure that
enrollment in a college credit plus course for which an end-of-course
examination is required under section
3301.0712 of the Revised Code,
does not circumvent the participating student's obligation to take the required
end-of-course examination, unless the end of course exam is substituted under
division (B)(2) of section
3301.0712 of the Revised Code or
under any policy adopted in accordance with law.
(6) Secondary schools shall use the following
conversion for a postsecondary course completed by a student participant under
college credit plus to determine the amount of high school credit earned
through participation in the program:
(a) A
college credit plus course transcripting three or more semester credit hours
shall count as one full high school unit.
; and
(b) A college credit plus course
transcripting less than three semester hours shall count as the proportional
fraction of a high school unit.
(7) The policy for awarding of grades and the
calculation of class standing for college credit plus courses adopted and
implemented by a district or secondary school pursuant to division (E) of
section
3365.04 of the Revised Code
shall not disadvantage students who choose to participate in college credit
plus rather than in other advanced standing programs, including advanced
placement and international baccalaureate.
Established policies shall not provide higher value to any
course provided through one advanced standing program as defined in section
3313.6013 of the Revised Code
than to a course within the same academic subject area provided by another
advanced standing program. A higher value shall also not be granted to honors
courses.
(8) All secondary
schools must develop a process to identify students who are economically
disadvantaged in accordance with rule 3333-1-
65.06
3333-1-65 of the Administrative
Code.
