261E.3 ELIGIBILITY.
1. Student eligibility. In order to ensure student readiness
for postsecondary coursework, the student shall meet the following
criteria:
a. The student shall meet the enrollment requirements
established by the eligible postsecondary institution providing the
course credit.
b. The student shall meet or exceed the minimum performance
measures on any academic assessments that may be required by the
eligible postsecondary institution.
c. The student shall have taken the appropriate course
prerequisites, if any, prior to enrollment in the eligible
postsecondary course, as determined by the eligible postsecondary
institution delivering the course.
d. The student shall have attained the approval of the school
board or its designee and the eligible postsecondary institution to
register for the postsecondary course.
e. The student shall have demonstrated proficiency in
reading, mathematics, and science as evidenced by achievement scores
on the latest administration of the state assessment for which scores
are available and as defined by the department. If a student is not
proficient in one or more of the content areas listed in this
paragraph, the school board may establish alternative but equivalent
qualifying performance measures including but not limited to
additional administrations of the state assessment, portfolios of
student work, student performance rubric, or end-of-course
assessments.
f. The student shall meet the definition of eligible student
under section 261E.6, subsection 6, in order to participate in the
postsecondary enrollment options program.
2. Teacher and instructor eligibility.a. A teacher or instructor employed to provide instruction
under this chapter shall meet the following criteria:
(1) The teacher shall be appropriately licensed to teach the
subject the institution is employing the teacher to teach and shall
meet the standards and requirements set forth which other full-time
instructors teaching within the academic department are required to
meet and which are approved by the appropriate postsecondary
administration.
(2) The teacher shall collaborate, as appropriate, with other
secondary and postsecondary faculty in the subject area.
(3) The district, in collaboration with the teacher or
instructor, shall provide ongoing communication about course
expectations, including a syllabus that describes the content,
teaching strategies, performance measures, and resource materials
used in the course, and academic progress to the student and in the
case of students of minor age, to the parent or legal guardian of the
student.
(4) The teacher or instructor shall provide curriculum and
instruction that is accepted as college-level work as determined by
the institution.
(5) The teacher or instructor shall use valid and reliable
student assessment measures, to the extent available.
(6) If the instruction for any program authorized by this chapter
is provided at a school district facility or a neutral site, the
teacher or instructor shall have successfully passed a background
investigation conducted in accordance with section 272.2, subsection
17, prior to providing such instruction. For purposes of this
section, "neutral site" means a facility that is not owned or
operated by an institution.
b. The teacher or instructor shall be provided with
appropriate orientation and training in secondary and postsecondary
professional development related to curriculum, pedagogy, assessment,
policy implementation, technology, and discipline issues.
c. The eligible postsecondary institution shall provide the
teacher or instructor with ongoing communication and access to
instructional resources and support, and shall encourage the teacher
or instructor to participate in the postsecondary institution's
academic departmental activities.
d. The teacher or instructor shall receive adequate
notification of an assignment to teach a course under this chapter
and shall be provided adequate preparation time to ensure that the
course is taught at the college level.
e. An individual under suspension or revocation of an
educational license or statement of professional recognition issued
by the board of educational examiners shall not be allowed to provide
instruction for any program authorized by this chapter.
3. Institutional eligibility. An institution providing
instruction pursuant to this chapter shall meet the following
criteria:
a. The institution shall ensure that students or in the case
of minor students, parents or legal guardians, receive appropriate
course orientation and information, including but not limited to a
summary of applicable policies and procedures, the establishment of a
permanent transcript, policies on dropping courses, a student
handbook, information describing student responsibilities, and
institutional procedures for academic credit transfer.
b. The institution shall ensure that students have access to
student support services, including but not limited to tutoring,
counseling, advising, library, writing and math labs, and computer
labs, and student activities, excluding postsecondary intercollegiate
athletics.
c. The institution shall ensure that students are properly
enrolled in courses that will carry college credit.
d. The institution shall ensure that teachers and students
receive appropriate orientation and information about the
institution's expectations.
e. The institution shall ensure that the courses provided
achieve the same learning outcomes as similar courses offered in the
subject area and are accepted as college-level work.
f. The institution shall review the course on a regular basis
for continuous improvement, shall follow up with students in order to
use information gained from the students to improve course delivery
and content, and shall share data on course progress and outcomes
with the collaborative partners involved with the delivery of the
programming and with the department, as needed.
g. The school district shall certify annually to the
department that the course provided to a high school student for
postsecondary credit in accordance with this chapter does not
supplant a course provided by the school district in which the
student is enrolled.
h. The institution shall not require a minimum or a maximum
number of postsecondary credits to be earned by a high school student
under this chapter.
i. The institution shall not place restrictions on
participation in senior year plus programming beyond that which is
specified in statute or administrative rule.
j. All eligible postsecondary institutions providing
programming under this chapter shall include the unique student
identifier assigned to students while in the kindergarten through
grade twelve system as a part of the institution's student data
management system. Eligible postsecondary institutions providing
programming under this chapter shall cooperate with the department on
data requests related to the programming. All eligible postsecondary
institutions providing programming under this chapter shall collect
data and report to the department on the proportion of females and
minorities enrolled in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics-oriented educational opportunities provided in accordance
with this chapter. The department shall submit the programming data
and the department's findings and recommendations in a report to the
general assembly annually by January 15.
k. The school district shall ensure that the background
investigation requirement of subsection 2, paragraph "a",
subparagraph (6), is satisfied. The school district shall pay for
the background investigation conducted in accordance with subsection
2, paragraph "a", subparagraph (6), but may charge the teacher or
instructor a fee not to exceed the actual cost charged the school
district for the background investigation conducted.
Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §53
Referred to in § 257.11, 261E.2
261E.3 ELIGIBILITY.
1. Student eligibility. In order to ensure student readiness
for postsecondary coursework, the student shall meet the following
criteria:
a. The student shall meet the enrollment requirements
established by the eligible postsecondary institution providing the
course credit.
b. The student shall meet or exceed the minimum performance
measures on any academic assessments that may be required by the
eligible postsecondary institution.
c. The student shall have taken the appropriate course
prerequisites, if any, prior to enrollment in the eligible
postsecondary course, as determined by the eligible postsecondary
institution delivering the course.
d. The student shall have attained the approval of the school
board or its designee and the eligible postsecondary institution to
register for the postsecondary course.
e. The student shall have demonstrated proficiency in
reading, mathematics, and science as evidenced by achievement scores
on the latest administration of the state assessment for which scores
are available and as defined by the department. If a student is not
proficient in one or more of the content areas listed in this
paragraph, the school board may establish alternative but equivalent
qualifying performance measures including but not limited to
additional administrations of the state assessment, portfolios of
student work, student performance rubric, or end-of-course
assessments.
f. The student shall meet the definition of eligible student
under section 261E.6, subsection 6, in order to participate in the
postsecondary enrollment options program.
2. Teacher and instructor eligibility.a. A teacher or instructor employed to provide instruction
under this chapter shall meet the following criteria:
(1) The teacher shall be appropriately licensed to teach the
subject the institution is employing the teacher to teach and shall
meet the standards and requirements set forth which other full-time
instructors teaching within the academic department are required to
meet and which are approved by the appropriate postsecondary
administration.
(2) The teacher shall collaborate, as appropriate, with other
secondary and postsecondary faculty in the subject area.
(3) The district, in collaboration with the teacher or
instructor, shall provide ongoing communication about course
expectations, including a syllabus that describes the content,
teaching strategies, performance measures, and resource materials
used in the course, and academic progress to the student and in the
case of students of minor age, to the parent or legal guardian of the
student.
(4) The teacher or instructor shall provide curriculum and
instruction that is accepted as college-level work as determined by
the institution.
(5) The teacher or instructor shall use valid and reliable
student assessment measures, to the extent available.
(6) If the instruction for any program authorized by this chapter
is provided at a school district facility or a neutral site, the
teacher or instructor shall have successfully passed a background
investigation conducted in accordance with section 272.2, subsection
17, prior to providing such instruction. For purposes of this
section, "neutral site" means a facility that is not owned or
operated by an institution.
b. The teacher or instructor shall be provided with
appropriate orientation and training in secondary and postsecondary
professional development related to curriculum, pedagogy, assessment,
policy implementation, technology, and discipline issues.
c. The eligible postsecondary institution shall provide the
teacher or instructor with ongoing communication and access to
instructional resources and support, and shall encourage the teacher
or instructor to participate in the postsecondary institution's
academic departmental activities.
d. The teacher or instructor shall receive adequate
notification of an assignment to teach a course under this chapter
and shall be provided adequate preparation time to ensure that the
course is taught at the college level.
e. An individual under suspension or revocation of an
educational license or statement of professional recognition issued
by the board of educational examiners shall not be allowed to provide
instruction for any program authorized by this chapter.
3. Institutional eligibility. An institution providing
instruction pursuant to this chapter shall meet the following
criteria:
a. The institution shall ensure that students or in the case
of minor students, parents or legal guardians, receive appropriate
course orientation and information, including but not limited to a
summary of applicable policies and procedures, the establishment of a
permanent transcript, policies on dropping courses, a student
handbook, information describing student responsibilities, and
institutional procedures for academic credit transfer.
b. The institution shall ensure that students have access to
student support services, including but not limited to tutoring,
counseling, advising, library, writing and math labs, and computer
labs, and student activities, excluding postsecondary intercollegiate
athletics.
c. The institution shall ensure that students are properly
enrolled in courses that will carry college credit.
d. The institution shall ensure that teachers and students
receive appropriate orientation and information about the
institution's expectations.
e. The institution shall ensure that the courses provided
achieve the same learning outcomes as similar courses offered in the
subject area and are accepted as college-level work.
f. The institution shall review the course on a regular basis
for continuous improvement, shall follow up with students in order to
use information gained from the students to improve course delivery
and content, and shall share data on course progress and outcomes
with the collaborative partners involved with the delivery of the
programming and with the department, as needed.
g. The school district shall certify annually to the
department that the course provided to a high school student for
postsecondary credit in accordance with this chapter does not
supplant a course provided by the school district in which the
student is enrolled.
h. The institution shall not require a minimum or a maximum
number of postsecondary credits to be earned by a high school student
under this chapter.
i. The institution shall not place restrictions on
participation in senior year plus programming beyond that which is
specified in statute or administrative rule.
j. All eligible postsecondary institutions providing
programming under this chapter shall include the unique student
identifier assigned to students while in the kindergarten through
grade twelve system as a part of the institution's student data
management system. Eligible postsecondary institutions providing
programming under this chapter shall cooperate with the department on
data requests related to the programming. All eligible postsecondary
institutions providing programming under this chapter shall collect
data and report to the department on the proportion of females and
minorities enrolled in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics-oriented educational opportunities provided in accordance
with this chapter. The department shall submit the programming data
and the department's findings and recommendations in a report to the
general assembly annually by January 15.
k. The school district shall ensure that the background
investigation requirement of subsection 2, paragraph "a",
subparagraph (6), is satisfied. The school district shall pay for
the background investigation conducted in accordance with subsection
2, paragraph "a", subparagraph (6), but may charge the teacher or
instructor a fee not to exceed the actual cost charged the school
district for the background investigation conducted.
Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §53
Referred to in § 257.11, 261E.2
261E.3 ELIGIBILITY.
1. Student eligibility. In order to ensure student readiness
for postsecondary coursework, the student shall meet the following
criteria:
a. The student shall meet the enrollment requirements
established by the eligible postsecondary institution providing the
course credit.
b. The student shall meet or exceed the minimum performance
measures on any academic assessments that may be required by the
eligible postsecondary institution.
c. The student shall have taken the appropriate course
prerequisites, if any, prior to enrollment in the eligible
postsecondary course, as determined by the eligible postsecondary
institution delivering the course.
d. The student shall have attained the approval of the school
board or its designee and the eligible postsecondary institution to
register for the postsecondary course.
e. The student shall have demonstrated proficiency in
reading, mathematics, and science as evidenced by achievement scores
on the latest administration of the state assessment for which scores
are available and as defined by the department. If a student is not
proficient in one or more of the content areas listed in this
paragraph, the school board may establish alternative but equivalent
qualifying performance measures including but not limited to
additional administrations of the state assessment, portfolios of
student work, student performance rubric, or end-of-course
assessments.
f. The student shall meet the definition of eligible student
under section 261E.6, subsection 6, in order to participate in the
postsecondary enrollment options program.
2. Teacher and instructor eligibility.a. A teacher or instructor employed to provide instruction
under this chapter shall meet the following criteria:
(1) The teacher shall be appropriately licensed to teach the
subject the institution is employing the teacher to teach and shall
meet the standards and requirements set forth which other full-time
instructors teaching within the academic department are required to
meet and which are approved by the appropriate postsecondary
administration.
(2) The teacher shall collaborate, as appropriate, with other
secondary and postsecondary faculty in the subject area.
(3) The district, in collaboration with the teacher or
instructor, shall provide ongoing communication about course
expectations, including a syllabus that describes the content,
teaching strategies, performance measures, and resource materials
used in the course, and academic progress to the student and in the
case of students of minor age, to the parent or legal guardian of the
student.
(4) The teacher or instructor shall provide curriculum and
instruction that is accepted as college-level work as determined by
the institution.
(5) The teacher or instructor shall use valid and reliable
student assessment measures, to the extent available.
(6) If the instruction for any program authorized by this chapter
is provided at a school district facility or a neutral site, the
teacher or instructor shall have successfully passed a background
investigation conducted in accordance with section 272.2, subsection
17, prior to providing such instruction. For purposes of this
section, "neutral site" means a facility that is not owned or
operated by an institution.
b. The teacher or instructor shall be provided with
appropriate orientation and training in secondary and postsecondary
professional development related to curriculum, pedagogy, assessment,
policy implementation, technology, and discipline issues.
c. The eligible postsecondary institution shall provide the
teacher or instructor with ongoing communication and access to
instructional resources and support, and shall encourage the teacher
or instructor to participate in the postsecondary institution's
academic departmental activities.
d. The teacher or instructor shall receive adequate
notification of an assignment to teach a course under this chapter
and shall be provided adequate preparation time to ensure that the
course is taught at the college level.
e. An individual under suspension or revocation of an
educational license or statement of professional recognition issued
by the board of educational examiners shall not be allowed to provide
instruction for any program authorized by this chapter.
3. Institutional eligibility. An institution providing
instruction pursuant to this chapter shall meet the following
criteria:
a. The institution shall ensure that students or in the case
of minor students, parents or legal guardians, receive appropriate
course orientation and information, including but not limited to a
summary of applicable policies and procedures, the establishment of a
permanent transcript, policies on dropping courses, a student
handbook, information describing student responsibilities, and
institutional procedures for academic credit transfer.
b. The institution shall ensure that students have access to
student support services, including but not limited to tutoring,
counseling, advising, library, writing and math labs, and computer
labs, and student activities, excluding postsecondary intercollegiate
athletics.
c. The institution shall ensure that students are properly
enrolled in courses that will carry college credit.
d. The institution shall ensure that teachers and students
receive appropriate orientation and information about the
institution's expectations.
e. The institution shall ensure that the courses provided
achieve the same learning outcomes as similar courses offered in the
subject area and are accepted as college-level work.
f. The institution shall review the course on a regular basis
for continuous improvement, shall follow up with students in order to
use information gained from the students to improve course delivery
and content, and shall share data on course progress and outcomes
with the collaborative partners involved with the delivery of the
programming and with the department, as needed.
g. The school district shall certify annually to the
department that the course provided to a high school student for
postsecondary credit in accordance with this chapter does not
supplant a course provided by the school district in which the
student is enrolled.
h. The institution shall not require a minimum or a maximum
number of postsecondary credits to be earned by a high school student
under this chapter.
i. The institution shall not place restrictions on
participation in senior year plus programming beyond that which is
specified in statute or administrative rule.
j. All eligible postsecondary institutions providing
programming under this chapter shall include the unique student
identifier assigned to students while in the kindergarten through
grade twelve system as a part of the institution's student data
management system. Eligible postsecondary institutions providing
programming under this chapter shall cooperate with the department on
data requests related to the programming. All eligible postsecondary
institutions providing programming under this chapter shall collect
data and report to the department on the proportion of females and
minorities enrolled in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics-oriented educational opportunities provided in accordance
with this chapter. The department shall submit the programming data
and the department's findings and recommendations in a report to the
general assembly annually by January 15.
k. The school district shall ensure that the background
investigation requirement of subsection 2, paragraph "a",
subparagraph (6), is satisfied. The school district shall pay for
the background investigation conducted in accordance with subsection
2, paragraph "a", subparagraph (6), but may charge the teacher or
instructor a fee not to exceed the actual cost charged the school
district for the background investigation conducted.
Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §53
Referred to in § 257.11, 261E.2
