C. 
Supplementary Programs



 



§302A-401  Running start program. 
(a)  There is created in the department the running start program to permit
eligible students to enroll in any qualified course offered by the University of Hawaii system.



(b)  For the purposes of this section:



"Eligible student" means a high
school student in the eleventh or twelfth grade who:



(1)  Has passed a standardized test administered by
the college that demonstrates the student's ability to succeed at the college
level;



(2)  Is under the age of twenty-one as of
September 1 of the school year in which the college course is taken; and



(3)  Has other qualifications deemed appropriate by
the department of education or the University of Hawaii; provided that
subsequent qualifications do not restrict any student from taking the
standardized test.



"Qualified course" means any
vocational or academic course offered by the University of Hawaii system that also applies to the department's graduation requirements or is otherwise
permitted by department rule or policy.



(c)  All course credits successfully completed
pursuant to this section that would otherwise be transferable but for a
student's grade level, shall be transferable to any University of Hawaii system degree granting institution; provided that the student is admitted to the campus
where the credit is transferred.



(d)  College courses successfully completed
under this section shall also satisfy the department's graduation requirements
as determined by the department pursuant to rule.



(e)  This section shall not preclude the
department and the University of Hawaii from establishing programs by mutual
agreement that permit high school students to enroll in college courses.



(f)  Every student enrolled in a college course
pursuant to this section shall remit appropriate tuition and fees to the
college for every college course.



(g)  The department shall provide students who
participate in the running start program with guidance in earning credit toward
high school graduation upon the satisfactory completion of University of Hawaii
courses at the one-hundred level and above [pursuant to this section]. [L 1996,
c 89, pt of §2; am L 2000, c 236, §2; am L 2004, c 222, §1; am L 2007, c 282,
§2]



 



Revision Note



 



  Subsection (g), enacted as a new section, is codified to this
section pursuant to §23G-15.



 



Cross References



 



  Running start program, see §304A-803.