261E.8 DISTRICT-TO-COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHARING OR
CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM.
1. A district-to-community college sharing or concurrent
enrollment program is established to be administered by the
department to promote rigorous academic or career and technical
pursuits and to provide a wider variety of options to high school
students to enroll part-time in eligible nonsectarian courses at or
through community colleges established under chapter 260C. The
program shall be made available to all resident students in grades
nine through twelve. Notice of the availability of the program shall
be included in a school district's student registration handbook and
the handbook shall identify which courses, if successfully completed,
generate college credit under the program. A student and the
student's parent or legal guardian shall also be made aware of this
program as a part of the development of the student's core curriculum
plan in accordance with section 279.61.
2. Students from accredited nonpublic schools and students
receiving competent private instruction under chapter 299A may access
the program through the school district in which the accredited
nonpublic school or private institution is located.
3. A student may make application to a community college and the
school district to allow the student to enroll for college credit in
a nonsectarian course offered by the community college. A comparable
course, as defined in rules adopted by the board of directors of the
school district, must not be offered by the school district or
accredited nonpublic school which the student attends. The school
board shall annually approve courses to be made available for high
school credit using locally developed criteria that establishes which
courses will provide the student with academic rigor and will prepare
the student adequately for transition to a postsecondary institution.
If an eligible postsecondary institution accepts a student for
enrollment under this section, the school district, in collaboration
with the community college, 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. 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 student will receive from
the community college upon successful completion of the course.
4. A school district shall grant high school credit to a student
enrolled in a course under this chapter if the student successfully
completes the course as determined by the community college and the
course was previously approved by the school board pursuant to
subsection 3. The board of directors of the school district shall
determine the number of high school credits that shall be granted to
a student who successfully completes a course.
5. The parent or legal guardian of a student who has enrolled in
and is attending a community college under this section shall furnish
transportation to and from the community college for the student.
6. District-to-community college sharing agreements or concurrent
enrollment programs that meet the requirements of section 257.11,
subsection 3, are eligible for funding under that provision.
7. Community colleges shall comply with the data collection
requirements of section 260C.14, subsection 21.
8. The state board, in collaboration with the board of directors
of each community college, shall adopt rules that clearly define data
and information elements to be collected related to the senior year
plus programming, including concurrent enrollment courses. The data
elements shall include but not be limited to the following:
a. The course title and whether the course supplements,
rather than supplants, a school district course.
b. An unduplicated enrollment count of eligible students
participating in the program.
c. The actual costs and revenues generated for concurrent
enrollment. An aligned unique student identifier system shall be
established by the department for students in kindergarten through
grade twelve and community college.
d. Degree, certifications, and other qualifications to meet
the minimum hiring standards.
e. Salary information including regular contracted salary and
total salary.
f. Credit hours and laboratory contact hours and other data
on instructional time.
g. Other information comparable to the data regarding
teachers collected in the basic education data survey.
Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §58
Referred to in § 261E.10, 261E.11
261E.8 DISTRICT-TO-COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHARING OR
CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM.
1. A district-to-community college sharing or concurrent
enrollment program is established to be administered by the
department to promote rigorous academic or career and technical
pursuits and to provide a wider variety of options to high school
students to enroll part-time in eligible nonsectarian courses at or
through community colleges established under chapter 260C. The
program shall be made available to all resident students in grades
nine through twelve. Notice of the availability of the program shall
be included in a school district's student registration handbook and
the handbook shall identify which courses, if successfully completed,
generate college credit under the program. A student and the
student's parent or legal guardian shall also be made aware of this
program as a part of the development of the student's core curriculum
plan in accordance with section 279.61.
2. Students from accredited nonpublic schools and students
receiving competent private instruction under chapter 299A may access
the program through the school district in which the accredited
nonpublic school or private institution is located.
3. A student may make application to a community college and the
school district to allow the student to enroll for college credit in
a nonsectarian course offered by the community college. A comparable
course, as defined in rules adopted by the board of directors of the
school district, must not be offered by the school district or
accredited nonpublic school which the student attends. The school
board shall annually approve courses to be made available for high
school credit using locally developed criteria that establishes which
courses will provide the student with academic rigor and will prepare
the student adequately for transition to a postsecondary institution.
If an eligible postsecondary institution accepts a student for
enrollment under this section, the school district, in collaboration
with the community college, 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. 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 student will receive from
the community college upon successful completion of the course.
4. A school district shall grant high school credit to a student
enrolled in a course under this chapter if the student successfully
completes the course as determined by the community college and the
course was previously approved by the school board pursuant to
subsection 3. The board of directors of the school district shall
determine the number of high school credits that shall be granted to
a student who successfully completes a course.
5. The parent or legal guardian of a student who has enrolled in
and is attending a community college under this section shall furnish
transportation to and from the community college for the student.
6. District-to-community college sharing agreements or concurrent
enrollment programs that meet the requirements of section 257.11,
subsection 3, are eligible for funding under that provision.
7. Community colleges shall comply with the data collection
requirements of section 260C.14, subsection 21.
8. The state board, in collaboration with the board of directors
of each community college, shall adopt rules that clearly define data
and information elements to be collected related to the senior year
plus programming, including concurrent enrollment courses. The data
elements shall include but not be limited to the following:
a. The course title and whether the course supplements,
rather than supplants, a school district course.
b. An unduplicated enrollment count of eligible students
participating in the program.
c. The actual costs and revenues generated for concurrent
enrollment. An aligned unique student identifier system shall be
established by the department for students in kindergarten through
grade twelve and community college.
d. Degree, certifications, and other qualifications to meet
the minimum hiring standards.
e. Salary information including regular contracted salary and
total salary.
f. Credit hours and laboratory contact hours and other data
on instructional time.
g. Other information comparable to the data regarding
teachers collected in the basic education data survey.
Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §58
Referred to in § 261E.10, 261E.11
261E.8 DISTRICT-TO-COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHARING OR
CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM.
1. A district-to-community college sharing or concurrent
enrollment program is established to be administered by the
department to promote rigorous academic or career and technical
pursuits and to provide a wider variety of options to high school
students to enroll part-time in eligible nonsectarian courses at or
through community colleges established under chapter 260C. The
program shall be made available to all resident students in grades
nine through twelve. Notice of the availability of the program shall
be included in a school district's student registration handbook and
the handbook shall identify which courses, if successfully completed,
generate college credit under the program. A student and the
student's parent or legal guardian shall also be made aware of this
program as a part of the development of the student's core curriculum
plan in accordance with section 279.61.
2. Students from accredited nonpublic schools and students
receiving competent private instruction under chapter 299A may access
the program through the school district in which the accredited
nonpublic school or private institution is located.
3. A student may make application to a community college and the
school district to allow the student to enroll for college credit in
a nonsectarian course offered by the community college. A comparable
course, as defined in rules adopted by the board of directors of the
school district, must not be offered by the school district or
accredited nonpublic school which the student attends. The school
board shall annually approve courses to be made available for high
school credit using locally developed criteria that establishes which
courses will provide the student with academic rigor and will prepare
the student adequately for transition to a postsecondary institution.
If an eligible postsecondary institution accepts a student for
enrollment under this section, the school district, in collaboration
with the community college, 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. 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 student will receive from
the community college upon successful completion of the course.
4. A school district shall grant high school credit to a student
enrolled in a course under this chapter if the student successfully
completes the course as determined by the community college and the
course was previously approved by the school board pursuant to
subsection 3. The board of directors of the school district shall
determine the number of high school credits that shall be granted to
a student who successfully completes a course.
5. The parent or legal guardian of a student who has enrolled in
and is attending a community college under this section shall furnish
transportation to and from the community college for the student.
6. District-to-community college sharing agreements or concurrent
enrollment programs that meet the requirements of section 257.11,
subsection 3, are eligible for funding under that provision.
7. Community colleges shall comply with the data collection
requirements of section 260C.14, subsection 21.
8. The state board, in collaboration with the board of directors
of each community college, shall adopt rules that clearly define data
and information elements to be collected related to the senior year
plus programming, including concurrent enrollment courses. The data
elements shall include but not be limited to the following:
a. The course title and whether the course supplements,
rather than supplants, a school district course.
b. An unduplicated enrollment count of eligible students
participating in the program.
c. The actual costs and revenues generated for concurrent
enrollment. An aligned unique student identifier system shall be
established by the department for students in kindergarten through
grade twelve and community college.
d. Degree, certifications, and other qualifications to meet
the minimum hiring standards.
e. Salary information including regular contracted salary and
total salary.
f. Credit hours and laboratory contact hours and other data
on instructional time.
g. Other information comparable to the data regarding
teachers collected in the basic education data survey.
Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §58
Referred to in § 261E.10, 261E.11
