261E.6 POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT OPTIONS PROGRAM.
1. Program established. The postsecondary enrollment options
program is established to promote rigorous academic or career and
technical pursuits and to provide a wider variety of options to high
school students by enabling ninth and tenth grade students who have
been identified by the school district as gifted and talented, and
eleventh and twelfth grade students, to enroll in eligible courses at
an eligible postsecondary institution of higher learning as a
part-time student.
2. Notification. The availability and requirements of this
program shall be included in each school district's student
registration handbook. Information about the program shall be
provided to the student and the student's parent or guardian prior to
the development of the student's core curriculum plan under section
279.61. The school district shall establish a process by which
students may indicate interest in and apply for enrollment in the
program.
3. Authorization. To participate in this program, an
eligible student shall make application to an eligible postsecondary
institution to allow the eligible student to enroll for college
credit in a nonsectarian course offered at the institution. A
comparable course, as defined in rules adopted by the board of
directors of the school district consistent with department
administrative rule, must not be offered by the school district or
accredited nonpublic school the student attends. If the
postsecondary institution accepts an eligible student for enrollment
under this section, the institution shall send written notice to the
student, the student's parent or legal guardian in the case of a
minor child, and the student's school district or accredited
nonpublic school and the school district in the case of a nonpublic
school student, or the Iowa school for the deaf or the Iowa braille
and sight saving school. The notice shall list the course, the clock
hours the student will be attending the course, and the number of
hours of college credit that the eligible student will receive from
the eligible postsecondary institution upon successful completion of
the course.
4. Credits.a. A school district, the Iowa school for the deaf, the Iowa
braille and sight saving school, or accredited nonpublic school shall
grant high school credit to an eligible student enrolled in a course
under this chapter if the eligible student successfully completes the
course as determined by the eligible postsecondary institution. The
board of directors of the school district, the board of regents for
the Iowa school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving
school, or authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school
shall determine the number of high school credits that shall be
granted to an eligible student who successfully completes a course.
Eligible students may take up to seven semester hours of credit
during the summer months when school is not in session and receive
credit for that attendance, if the student pays the cost of
attendance for those summer credit hours.
b. The high school credits granted to an eligible student
under this section shall count toward the graduation requirements and
subject area requirements of the school district of residence, the
Iowa school for the deaf, the Iowa braille and sight saving school,
or accredited nonpublic school of the eligible student. Evidence of
successful completion of each course and high school credits and
college credits received shall be included in the student's high
school transcript.
5. Transportation. The parent or legal guardian of an
eligible student who has enrolled in and is attending an eligible
postsecondary institution under this chapter shall furnish
transportation to and from the postsecondary institution for the
student.
6. Definition. For purposes of this section and section
261E.7, unless the context otherwise requires, "eligible student"
means a student classified by the board of directors of a school
district, by the state board of regents for pupils of the Iowa school
for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school, or by the
authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school as a ninth or
tenth grade student who is identified according to the school
district's gifted and talented criteria and procedures, pursuant to
section 257.43, as a gifted and talented child, or an eleventh or
twelfth grade student, during the period the student is participating
in the postsecondary enrollment options program.
Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §56
Referred to in § 257.6, 260C.14, 261E.1, 261E.2, 261E.3, 282.18
261E.6 POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT OPTIONS PROGRAM.
1. Program established. The postsecondary enrollment options
program is established to promote rigorous academic or career and
technical pursuits and to provide a wider variety of options to high
school students by enabling ninth and tenth grade students who have
been identified by the school district as gifted and talented, and
eleventh and twelfth grade students, to enroll in eligible courses at
an eligible postsecondary institution of higher learning as a
part-time student.
2. Notification. The availability and requirements of this
program shall be included in each school district's student
registration handbook. Information about the program shall be
provided to the student and the student's parent or guardian prior to
the development of the student's core curriculum plan under section
279.61. The school district shall establish a process by which
students may indicate interest in and apply for enrollment in the
program.
3. Authorization. To participate in this program, an
eligible student shall make application to an eligible postsecondary
institution to allow the eligible student to enroll for college
credit in a nonsectarian course offered at the institution. A
comparable course, as defined in rules adopted by the board of
directors of the school district consistent with department
administrative rule, must not be offered by the school district or
accredited nonpublic school the student attends. If the
postsecondary institution accepts an eligible student for enrollment
under this section, the institution shall send written notice to the
student, the student's parent or legal guardian in the case of a
minor child, and the student's school district or accredited
nonpublic school and the school district in the case of a nonpublic
school student, or the Iowa school for the deaf or the Iowa braille
and sight saving school. The notice shall list the course, the clock
hours the student will be attending the course, and the number of
hours of college credit that the eligible student will receive from
the eligible postsecondary institution upon successful completion of
the course.
4. Credits.a. A school district, the Iowa school for the deaf, the Iowa
braille and sight saving school, or accredited nonpublic school shall
grant high school credit to an eligible student enrolled in a course
under this chapter if the eligible student successfully completes the
course as determined by the eligible postsecondary institution. The
board of directors of the school district, the board of regents for
the Iowa school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving
school, or authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school
shall determine the number of high school credits that shall be
granted to an eligible student who successfully completes a course.
Eligible students may take up to seven semester hours of credit
during the summer months when school is not in session and receive
credit for that attendance, if the student pays the cost of
attendance for those summer credit hours.
b. The high school credits granted to an eligible student
under this section shall count toward the graduation requirements and
subject area requirements of the school district of residence, the
Iowa school for the deaf, the Iowa braille and sight saving school,
or accredited nonpublic school of the eligible student. Evidence of
successful completion of each course and high school credits and
college credits received shall be included in the student's high
school transcript.
5. Transportation. The parent or legal guardian of an
eligible student who has enrolled in and is attending an eligible
postsecondary institution under this chapter shall furnish
transportation to and from the postsecondary institution for the
student.
6. Definition. For purposes of this section and section
261E.7, unless the context otherwise requires, "eligible student"
means a student classified by the board of directors of a school
district, by the state board of regents for pupils of the Iowa school
for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school, or by the
authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school as a ninth or
tenth grade student who is identified according to the school
district's gifted and talented criteria and procedures, pursuant to
section 257.43, as a gifted and talented child, or an eleventh or
twelfth grade student, during the period the student is participating
in the postsecondary enrollment options program.
Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §56
Referred to in § 257.6, 260C.14, 261E.1, 261E.2, 261E.3, 282.18
261E.6 POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT OPTIONS PROGRAM.
1. Program established. The postsecondary enrollment options
program is established to promote rigorous academic or career and
technical pursuits and to provide a wider variety of options to high
school students by enabling ninth and tenth grade students who have
been identified by the school district as gifted and talented, and
eleventh and twelfth grade students, to enroll in eligible courses at
an eligible postsecondary institution of higher learning as a
part-time student.
2. Notification. The availability and requirements of this
program shall be included in each school district's student
registration handbook. Information about the program shall be
provided to the student and the student's parent or guardian prior to
the development of the student's core curriculum plan under section
279.61. The school district shall establish a process by which
students may indicate interest in and apply for enrollment in the
program.
3. Authorization. To participate in this program, an
eligible student shall make application to an eligible postsecondary
institution to allow the eligible student to enroll for college
credit in a nonsectarian course offered at the institution. A
comparable course, as defined in rules adopted by the board of
directors of the school district consistent with department
administrative rule, must not be offered by the school district or
accredited nonpublic school the student attends. If the
postsecondary institution accepts an eligible student for enrollment
under this section, the institution shall send written notice to the
student, the student's parent or legal guardian in the case of a
minor child, and the student's school district or accredited
nonpublic school and the school district in the case of a nonpublic
school student, or the Iowa school for the deaf or the Iowa braille
and sight saving school. The notice shall list the course, the clock
hours the student will be attending the course, and the number of
hours of college credit that the eligible student will receive from
the eligible postsecondary institution upon successful completion of
the course.
4. Credits.a. A school district, the Iowa school for the deaf, the Iowa
braille and sight saving school, or accredited nonpublic school shall
grant high school credit to an eligible student enrolled in a course
under this chapter if the eligible student successfully completes the
course as determined by the eligible postsecondary institution. The
board of directors of the school district, the board of regents for
the Iowa school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving
school, or authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school
shall determine the number of high school credits that shall be
granted to an eligible student who successfully completes a course.
Eligible students may take up to seven semester hours of credit
during the summer months when school is not in session and receive
credit for that attendance, if the student pays the cost of
attendance for those summer credit hours.
b. The high school credits granted to an eligible student
under this section shall count toward the graduation requirements and
subject area requirements of the school district of residence, the
Iowa school for the deaf, the Iowa braille and sight saving school,
or accredited nonpublic school of the eligible student. Evidence of
successful completion of each course and high school credits and
college credits received shall be included in the student's high
school transcript.
5. Transportation. The parent or legal guardian of an
eligible student who has enrolled in and is attending an eligible
postsecondary institution under this chapter shall furnish
transportation to and from the postsecondary institution for the
student.
6. Definition. For purposes of this section and section
261E.7, unless the context otherwise requires, "eligible student"
means a student classified by the board of directors of a school
district, by the state board of regents for pupils of the Iowa school
for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school, or by the
authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school as a ninth or
tenth grade student who is identified according to the school
district's gifted and talented criteria and procedures, pursuant to
section 257.43, as a gifted and talented child, or an eleventh or
twelfth grade student, during the period the student is participating
in the postsecondary enrollment options program.
Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §56
Referred to in § 257.6, 260C.14, 261E.1, 261E.2, 261E.3, 282.18
