Concurrent Enrollment: National Overview of Key Policy Components Jennifer Dounay and Mike Griffith

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Concurrent Enrollment National Overview of Key
Policy ComponentsJennifer Dounay and Mike
GriffithEducation Commission of the
StatesPresentation at Pikes Peak Community
CollegeColorado Springs, COMarch 6, 2009
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About ECS

• 50-state education compact estd 1965
• Nonpartisan, nonprofit
• Serves all state-level education policymakers and
  their staffs
• Governors
• Legislators
• State board members
• State superintendents
• SHEEOS and higher education leaders

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Overview

• CO bill best practices nationally on
• Offering mandatory or voluntary
• Finance tuition, reimbursement of partners
• Student/parent notification
• Instructor/course quality
• Credit transfer
• Evaluation requirement
• Other considerations

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Offering Voluntary or Mandatory
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Who Is Primarily Responsible for Paying Tuition

• Student/parents 22 states
• Students school district 6 states
• Participating PS institution 3 states
• State DOE or other state org. 3 states
• Four states have multiple dual enrollment
  programs w/diff. groups responsible for tuition
• No clear funding system in place 6 states

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State Funding of Participating High Schools

• Thirty-one states provide schools/districts with
  the same level of funding for dual enrollment
  students and traditional HS students
• Eight states provide equal funding for dual
  enrollment and traditional HS students, but with
  qualifications
• Four states provide reduced funding for dual
  enrollment students as compared to traditional HS
  students
• One state provides different levels of funding,
  depending on which program a student is in
• Six states do not specify the funding levels for
  dual enrollment students in statute or regulations

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State Funding of Participating PS Institutions

• Thirty-eight states provide postsecondary
  institutions with the same level of funding for
  dual enrollment students and traditional PS
  students
• Two states provide equal funding for dual
  enrollment and traditional PS students, but with
  qualifications
• One state funds dual enrollment students at a
  higher level than traditional PS students
• No state provides reduced funding for dual
  enrollment students as compared to traditional PS
  students

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State Funding of PS Institutions (contd)

• One state provides different levels of funding,
  depending on which program a student is
  participating in
• Eight states do not specify the PS funding levels
  for dual enrollment students in statute or
  regulations

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Recommended featureStudents/Parents Must Be
Notified of Dual Enrollment Opportunities
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Recommended featureInstructor/Course Quality
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Instructor/Course Quality State approaches

• PS trains, supervises, evaluates HS teachers
• HS teacher appointed adjunct faculty
• HS teacher must meet same qualifications as
  faculty member
• Course materials must be evaluated

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Recommended featurePublic PS Inst. Must Accept
Credits
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Recommended featureEvaluation Requirement
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Other considerations

• Location, location, location
• Eligibility requirements

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