Sec. 3313.6013. (A) As used in this section, "dual enrollment | 14 |
program" means a program that enables a student to earn credit | 15 |
toward a degree from an institution of higher education while | 16 |
enrolled in high school or that enables a student to complete | 17 |
coursework while enrolled in high school that may earn credit | 18 |
toward a degree from an institution of higher education upon the | 19 |
student's attainment of a specified score on an examination | 20 |
covering the coursework. Dual enrollment programs may include any | 21 |
of the following: | 22 |
(B) Each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational | 30 |
school district and each chartered nonpublic high school shall | 31 |
provide students enrolled in grades nine through twelve with the | 32 |
opportunity to participate in a dual enrollment program. For this | 33 |
purpose, each school district and chartered nonpublic high school | 34 |
shall offer at least one dual enrollment program in accordance | 35 |
with division (B)(1) or (2) of this section, as applicable. | 36 |
(1) A city, local, or exempted village school district meets | 37 |
the requirements of this division through its mandatory | 38 |
participation in the post-secondary enrollment options program | 39 |
established under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code. However, a | 40 |
city, local, or exempted village school district may offer any | 41 |
other dual enrollment program, in addition to the post-secondary | 42 |
enrollment options program, and each joint vocational school | 43 |
district shall offer at least one other dual enrollment program, | 44 |
to students in good standing, as defined by the partnership for | 45 |
continued learning under section 3301.42 of the Revised Code as it | 46 |
existed prior to October 16, 2009, or as subsequently defined by | 47 |
the department of education. | 48 |
(2) A chartered nonpublic high school that elects to | 49 |
participate in the post-secondary enrollment options program | 50 |
established under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code meets the | 51 |
requirements of this division. Each chartered nonpublic high | 52 |
school that elects not to participate in the post-secondary | 53 |
enrollment options program instead shall offer at least one other | 54 |
dual enrollment program to students in good standing, as defined | 55 |
by the partnership for continued learning under section 3301.42 of | 56 |
the Revised Code as it existed prior to October 16, 2009, or as | 57 |
subsequently defined by the department of education. | 58 |
Sec. 3365.12. The superintendent of public instruction and | 69 |
the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents jointly may adopt | 70 |
rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code | 71 |
permitting a board of education of a school district or joint | 72 |
vocational school district, governing authority of a community | 73 |
school, governing body of a STEM school, or governing authority of | 74 |
a participating nonpublic school to enter into an agreement with a | 75 |
college or university to use an alternate funding formula to | 76 |
calculate, or an alternate method to transmit, the amount the | 77 |
college or university would be paid for a student participating in | 78 |
a program under this chapter, including the program known as | 79 |
seniors to sophomores. | 80 |
(A) Direct payment of funds necessary to support students | 83 |
participating in a program under this chapter, including the | 84 |
seniors to sophomores program, by the school district, joint | 85 |
vocational school district, community school, STEM school, or any | 86 |
combination thereof, to the college or university in which the | 87 |
student enrolled; | 88 |
Section 3. Not later than December 31, 2013, the Chancellor | 100 |
of the Ohio Board of Regents shall make recommendations to the | 101 |
General Assembly, in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised | 102 |
Code, regarding whether to permit institutions of higher | 103 |
education, school districts, and schools to charge students for | 104 |
costs associated with the College Credit Plus Program, as provided | 105 |
for by section 363.590 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General | 106 |
Assembly. The Chancellor shall consult with the Inter-University | 107 |
Council of Ohio, the Association of Independent Colleges and | 108 |
Universities of Ohio, the Ohio Association of Community Colleges, | 109 |
the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Ohio School | 110 |
Boards Association in developing the recommendations. | 111 |