Dual Credit Handbook

More documents

Recommendations

Info

DUAL CREDIT HOUSE BILLSHouse Bill 2223 (85 th Legislature)HB 2223 requires each Institute of Higher Education (IHE) to develop and implement for developmentalcoursework a co-requisite model(s). Each institution shall ensure that at least 75% of the institution’sstudents enrolled in developmental coursework, other than adult basic education or basic academic skillseducation, are enrolled in development coursework described by this subsection. Read the bill languageat Texas Legislature Online.Co-Requisite | (aka Mainstreaming, Co-Enrollment, Course Pairing)An instructional strategy whereby undergraduate students as definedin paragraph (24) of this section are co-enrolled or concurrently enrolledin a developmental education course or NCBO; as defined in paragraph(18) of this section, and the entry-level freshman course of the samesubject matter within the same semester. (Rule 4.53(7))75%Percent of an institution’sstudents who must be enrolledin developmental courseworkDual Credit Statute & RulesTexas Education Code (TEC) 130.008 | Outlines how public junior colleges may establish dual creditpartnerships with public and private high school districts.Texas Education Code (TEC) 28.009 | Requires that each school district implements a programunder which students may earn at least 12 semester credit hours of college credit in high school. TexasAdministrative Code (TAC) Ch. 4, Sub. D.LEARN MOREHouse Bill 3650Requires that any dual credit program agreement between a public institution of higher education anda school district must also require the district and the IHE to consider the use of free or low-cost openeducational resources in courses offered under the program.LEARN MORE
SENATE BILLS AND THECB 60X30SENATE BILL 22SB 0022 by Sen. Larry Taylor wouldestablish a Pathways in TechnologyEarly College High School (P-Tech)program and P-Tech advisorycouncil and repeal the Tech-Prepprogram. The P-Tech advisory council will be composed of 12members appointed by the governor, lieutenant governor, andspeaker of the house, and will provide recommendations to thecommissioner of public education regarding the establishmentand administration of the P-Tech program and the criteria fordesignating a school as a P-Tech campus.LEARN MORESENATE BILL 25Extends state funding of dual credit courses that are part of aboard-approved field of study (FOS) and/or program of student(POS). Requires public junior colleges to report by March 1each year to the THECB and the legislature the total numberof courses taken by students who transferred to a GATI orearned an associate degree the preceding year. The report isto separate Workforce Education (WECM) and ACGM coursesand to provide the total number of SCH for each. The reportis to include the total number of courses that are not in therecommended core curriculum and the total number of coursesthat are dual credit per Sec. 130.008 COURSES FOR JOINTHIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR COLLEGE CREDIT. AllowsISD’s and IHE’s to release student info including award ofcredit based on IB, Dual and examination through the NationalStudent Clearinghouse and other electronic data sharingplatforms. Same as SB 1324 about filing degree plan after 15SCH.LEARN MORESENATE BILL 1091SB1091 by Sen. Kel Seliger would restrict courses that could beoffered in regular dual credit programs to those contained in thecore curriculum of a public institution of higher education, careerand technology education courses, or foreign language courses.Early college education programs under TEC section 29.908 andany other early college program that assists students in earningan Associate Degree while in high school would be exemptfrom this restriction. This act applies beginning with dual creditcourses offered for the 2018 spring semester. The THECB, incoordination with the TEA, is granted authority to adopt rules forthis Section through the negotiated rulemaking process.Rule Change | TAC 4.85 - Dual Credit Requirements - (i)Funding• The state funding for dual credit courses will be available to bothpublic school districts and colleges based on the current fundingrules of the State Board of Education (TEC42.005(g)) and the Board(TEC 61.059 (p) and (q)).• The college may only claim funding for students getting collegecredit in core curriculum, career and technical education, and foreignlanguage dual credit courses.• This provision does not apply to students enrolled in approved earlycollege education programs under TEC29.908.LEARN MORESENATE BILL 1276Requires that any dual credit program agreement between apublic IHE and ISD must also:1. Establish common advising strategies and terminology related todual credit and college readiness.2. Provide for the alignment of DC endorsements described by HB5with post-secondary pathways and credentials at the institution &industry certifications.3. Identify tools, including those developed by the agency, THECB andTWC, to assist school counselors, students and families in selectingendorsements offered by the ISD and dual credit courses offeredunder the agreement.LEARN MORESENATE BILL 1324Requires a student enrolled in a course for joint high schooland junior college credit under Section 130.008 at a publicjunior college to file a degree plan with the college no later thanthe end of the second regular semester or term immediatelyfollowing the semester or term in which the student earned acumulative total of 15 or more semester credit hours of coursecredit for dual credit courses; or if the student begins the firstsemester or term at the college with 15 hours or more SCH ofcourse credit for dual credit courses, the end of the student’ssecond regular semester or term at the college.LEARN MORE
Page 1 and 2: DUAL CREDITHANDBOOKSupported by
Page 3 and 4: DEFINITIONS, MISSION/VISION STATEME
Page 5: DUAL CREDIT HOUSE BILLSHouse Bill 1
Page 9 and 10: COLLEGE PREP/TSIA EXEMPT/UT ONRAMPS
Page 11 and 12: UT AUSTIN - CHEMBRIDGE/PCARPChemBri
Page 13 and 14: DUAL CREDIT - ALAMO COLLEGES DISTRI
Page 15 and 16: UTSA P-20/DUAL CREDIT COURSE CODEST
Page 17 and 18: DUAL CREDIT BASICS AND FACTSDual Cr

Dual Credit Handbook

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?