Bill Summaries: S612 (2019-2020 Session)

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  • Summary date: Apr 8 2019 - View summary

    Requires the State Board of Education (Board) to revise its policy CCRE-001, Course for Credit, to allow dual credit allowances for high school students who are earning college credit through a Workforce Continuing Education Pathway (WCEP) in the Career and College Promise Program to also receive high school course credit for those courses. Prohibits limiting the allowance of high school course credit to curriculum programs only in its policy. Requires entering into an articulation agreement with the State Board of Community Colleges to ensure acceptance of equivalency credit for high school courses with WCEP courses.

    Requires the Board to also allow college and university courses of one and two credit hours to receive high school dual credit.

    Requires the Board within 90 days of the date this act becomes law, to revise its policy, as required by this act, to be effective beginning with the 2020-21 school year. Requires a report by February 15, 2020, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the revision of its policy and the articulation agreement.