Dual Credit Early Cllege High Schl Updates Andrew Lfters, Ph.D. Prgram Directr Academic Quality and Wrkfrce Texas Higher Educatin Crdinating Bard TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017
Dual Credit A prcess by which a high schl student enrlls in a cllege curse and receives simultaneus academic credit fr the curse frm bth the cllege and the high schl. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 2
Dual Credit Statute & Rules Texas Educatin Cde (TEC) 130.008 Outlines hw public junir clleges may establish dual credit partnerships with public and private high schls/schl districts. Texas Educatin Cde (TEC) 28.009 Requires that each schl district implement a prgram under which students may earn at least 12 semester credit hurs f cllege credit in high schl. Texas Administrative Cde TAC Ch. 4, Sub. D Sectins 4.81 thrugh 4.85 (THECB) Texas Administrative Cde TAC Ch. 74, Sub. C Sectins 74.25 (TEA) TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 3
Dual Credit Basics Dual Credit Partnership Dual credit partnership (MOU) must be established between the gverning bards f the cllege and public r private high schl/district prir t ffering curses. (TAC Sectin 4.84) Eligible Curses fr Dual Credit ACGM credit curses WECM credit curses University s apprved undergraduate curse inventry N develpmental educatin r remedial curses Grade Level Eligibility High schl students-as agreed upn in lcal plicy Dual Credit Curse Lad N limit in rules-as agreed upn in lcal plicy TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 4
Dual Credit Basics Student Demnstratin f Eligibility t Enrll Demnstratin f TSI cllege readiness r exemptin TSI Assessment ACT SAT Algebra II STARR EOC English III STAAR EOC Dual credit curse enrllment eligibility (all high schl grades) English II STAAR EOC Algebra I STAAR EOC plus passing grade in Algebra II curse PSAT PLAN/Aspire Nt required fr dual credit curses cntained in a Wrkfrce Educatin Level 1 Certificate r less. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 5
Dual Credit Basics Curriculum The cllege shall ensure that a dual credit curse and the crrespnding curse ffered at the main campus f the cllege are equivalent with respect t curriculum, materials, instructin, and methd/rigr f student evaluatin. Faculty Faculty must meet the same standards and apprval prcedures used by the cllege t select faculty respnsible fr teaching the same curses at the main campus f the cllege. Dual credit faculty qualificatins specified in TEC 130.008(g). The cllege shall supervise and evaluate instructrs f dual credit curses using the same prcedures used fr faculty at the main campus f the cllege. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 6
Dual Credit Basics Funding An institutin f higher educatin may waive all r part f tuitin and fees fr students enrlled in dual credit curses. In its instructin and peratins frmula applicable t an institutin f higher educatin, the bard may nt include any SCH earned frm cllege curses ffered fr dual credit unless they are earned thrugh curses in the institutin s cre curriculum, career and technical educatin curses, r freign language curses. (TEC 61.059) Junir/Cmmunity Cllege Service Area N service area restrictins fr dual credit curses. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 7
ECHS Statute & Rules Texas Educatin Cde (TEC) 29.908 Requires TEA t establish and administer an early cllege educatin prgram fr students wh are at risk f drpping ut f schl r wh wish t accelerate cmpletin f the high schl prgram. Allws a participating student t cmplete high schl and, n r befre the fifth anniversary f the date f the student's first day f high schl, receive a high schl diplma and either: (A) an assciate degree; r (B) at least 60 semester credit hurs tward a baccalaureate degree Texas Administrative Cde TAC Ch. 4, Sub. G Sectins 4.151 thrugh 4.161 (THECB) Texas Administrative Cde TAC Ch. 102, Sub. GG Sectin 102.1091 (TEA) TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 8
ECHS Basics Designatin and Renewal TEA ECHS MOU An ECHS/dual credit MOU must be established between the gverning bards f the cllege and public r private high schl/district prir t implementatin f the prgram. Eligible Curses ACGM credit curses WECM credit curses University s apprved undergraduate curse inventry N develpmental educatin r remedial curses. Grade Level Eligibility Freshman, sphmre, junir, r senir high schl standing Dual Credit Curse Lad May enrll in mre than dual credit tw curses per semester TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 9
ECHS Basics Student Demnstratin f Eligibility t Enrll Demnstratin f TSI cllege readiness r exemptin (Initial testing required fr ECHS students) TSI Assessment ACT SAT Algebra II STARR EOC English III STAAR EOC Dual credit curse enrllment eligibility (nt cllege readiness) English II STAAR EOC Algebra I STAAR EOC plus passing grade in Algebra II curse PSAT PLAN/Aspire Nt required fr dual credit curses cntained in a Wrkfrce Educatin Level 1 Certificate r less. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 10
ECHS Basics Curriculum The cllege shall ensure that a dual credit curse and the crrespnding curse ffered at the main campus f the cllege are equivalent with respect t curriculum, materials, instructin, and methd/rigr f student evaluatin. Faculty Faculty must meet the same standards and apprval prcedures used by the cllege t select faculty respnsible fr teaching the same curses at the main campus f the cllege. Dual credit faculty qualificatins specified in TEC 130.008(g). The cllege shall supervise and evaluate instructrs f dual credit curses using the same prcedures used fr faculty at the main campus f the cllege. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 11
ECHS Basics Funding State funding fr high schl and cllege credit will be available t the public schl district and the C/U based n the current funding rules f the State Bard f Educatin and the Bard. A student enrlled in an ECHS curse fr high schl graduatin credit may nt be required t pay fr tuitin, fees, r required textbks. The schl district r charter in which the student is enrlled shall pay fr tuitin, fees, and required textbks, t the extent thse charges are nt waived by the institutin f higher educatin. Junir/Cmmunity Cllege Service Area N restrictins TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 12
Intrduced Legislatin that Addressed Dual Credit/ECHS 85 th Legislature HB 1638 SB 22 SB 802 SB 1091 TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 13
HB 1638 HB1638 by Rep. Ryan Guillen wuld require the THECB and TEA t jintly develp statewide gals fr dual credit, early cllege high schl, career and technical educatin dual credit prgrams, and jint high schl and cllege credit prgrams t prvide unifrm standards fr evaluating thse prgrams by August 31, 2018. The gals must address: (1) a dual credit prgrams achievement f enrllment in and acceleratin thrugh pstsecndary educatin; (2) perfrmance in cllege-level cursewrk; (3) the develpment f an effective bridge between secndary and pstsecndary educatin in the state. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 14
HB 1638 On r after September 1, 2018, any dual credit prgram agreement, including a memrandum f understanding r articulatin agreement, between a public institutin f higher educatin and a schl district must: (1) include specific prgram gals aligned with the develped statewide gals; (2) establish, r prvide a prcedure fr establishing, sme methd f equating high schl curses with cllege curses t identify the curse credits that may be earned by a student in the prgram; (3) describe the academic supprts and guidance will be prvided t a student in the prgram; TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 15
HB 1638 (4) establish the district s and institutin f higher educatin s respective rles and respnsibilities in prviding and ensuring quality and instructinal rigr f the prgram; (5) state surces f funding fr tuitin, transprtatin, required fees, and textbks fr curse ffered t students participating in the prgram; (6) be psted each year n the district s and institutin f higher educatin s websites. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 16
SB 22 SB0022 by Sen. Larry Taylr wuld establish a Pathways in Technlgy Early Cllege High Schl (P-TECH) prgram and P- TECH advisry cuncil and repeal the Tech-Prep prgram. The P-TECH advisry cuncil will be cmpsed f 12 members appinted by the gvernr, lieutenant gvernr, and speaker f the huse, and will prvide recmmendatins t the cmmissiner f public educatin regarding the establishment and administratin f the P- TECH prgram and the criteria fr designating a schl as a P-TECH campus. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017
SB 22 The cmmissiner f public educatin is required t establish and administer a P-TECH prgram fr students wh wish t participate in a wrk-based educatin prgram. The prgram must be pen enrllment and prvide a participating 9 th -12 th grade student a curse f study t cmbine high schl curses and pstsecndary curses. The prgram must prvide a participating student the pprtunity t receive a high schl diplma and an assciate degree, a tw-year pstsecndary certificate, r industry certificatin and cmplete an internship, apprenticeship, r ther jb training prgram by the sixth anniversary f the students first day in high schl. The P-TECH prgram must be prvided at n cst t participating students. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 18
SB 22 By rule, the cmmissiner f public educatin shall establish a grant prgram t assist schl districts and pen-enrllment charter schls in implementing the P-TECH prgram at a campus designated as a P-TECH schl frm funds apprpriated fr that purpse. The cmmissiner f public educatin shall establish the criteria fr designating a campus as a P-TECH schl and fr participatin in the grant prgram. The amunt f grants awarded fr the P-TECH prgram may nt exceed 5 millin dllars fr the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 19
SB 802 SB0802 by Sen. Kel Seliger requires the Texas Higher Educatin Crdinating Bard t cnduct a study t identify best practices in ensuring that cllege curse credit earned at ne public institutin f higher educatin, including credit earned thrugh dual credit curses, transfers and applies tward a degree at a receiving public institutin f higher educatin. The study must: (1) evaluate existing articulatin agreements that gvern the transfer f curse credit between institutins f higher educatin; and (2) identify public institutins f higher educatin that are implementing best practices fr the transfer cllege credit t receiving public institutins f higher educatin. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017
SB 802 On request, public institutins f higher educatin shall prvide infrmatin t the THECB as necessary t cmplete the study. The THECB shall submit results f the study and recmmendatins fr ther actin t the legislature n later than Nvember 1, 2018. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 21
SB 1091 SB1091 by Sen. Kel Seliger wuld restrict curses that culd be ffered in regular dual credit prgrams t thse cntained in the cre curriculum f a public institutin f higher educatin, career and technlgy educatin curses, r freign language curses. Early cllege high schls and any ther early cllege prgram that assists a student in earning an assciate degree while in high schl wuld be exempt frm this restrictin. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 22
SB 1091 Requires that an institutin f higher educatin s plicy fr granting credit t entering freshman students wh successfully cmplete the Internatinal Baccalaureate Diplma Prgram (IB), achieve required scres n ne r mre f examinatins in the Advanced Placement Prgram (AP) r the Cllege-Level Examinatin Prgram (CLEP), r successfully cmplete ne r mre dual credit curses include a prvisin that restricts granting credit fr dual credit curses t thse cntained in the cre curriculum f a public institutin f higher educatin, career and technlgy educatin curses, r freign language curses. Credit earned frm dual credit curses ffered as part f an early cllege educatin prgram r any ther early cllege prgram that assists a student in earning a certificate r an assciate degree while in high schl is exempted frm this requirement. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 23
SB 1091 This Act applies beginning with dual credit curses ffered fr the 2018 spring semester. The THECB, in crdinatin with the TEA, is granted authrity t adpt rules fr this Sectin thrugh the negtiated rulemaking prcess. TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017 24
Dual Credit Cntact: Andrew Lfters, Ph.D. Prgram Directr Academic Quality and Wrkfrce Andrew.Lfters@thecb.state.tx.us (512) 427-6239 Texas Higher Educatin Crdinating Bard TACRAO Cmmunity Cllege Issues Summer Meeting-July 20, 2017