The Board believes that students who are capable of and wish to pursue college level work while in high school should be permitted to do so.
There is an option in state law available to high school students meeting specified criteria for post-secondary study. Any student participating in this program shall be granted a high school diploma upon evidence that he/she has completed the required academic work.
Post-Secondary Program
Any student who is not more than twenty-one years old and who is enrolled in the eleventh or twelfth grade may be eligible to apply to an institution of higher education. In order to be eligible, it must be deemed by the student and the student's parent or legal guardian, with the counsel of the principal of the high school, that the student is in need of course work at a higher academic level than that available at the high school or is in need of a different environment. The student shall give written notice to the school district of the intent to enroll at least two months prior to such enrollment. The program is not available for summer school.
The school district and the participating institution of higher education shall enter into a written cooperative agreement which shall include but not be limited to academic credit and payment of tuition.
Academic credit granted for course work successfully completed by a student under this program may qualify as high school credit or credit at the institution of higher education or both. An appeal procedure is provided in the event a student is denied high school credit. A student participating in this program shall still be considered as enrolled in the District and eligible for all high school activities.
It shall be the responsibility of the school district to pay the amount of the tuition to which the institution of higher education would be entitled on behalf of a regularly enrolled student taking such courses for the first two courses per academic term; and it shall be the decision of the school district whether or not the student should receive high school credit for the courses offered by the institution of higher education.
If a pupil is enrolled in three or more courses per academic term offered by any institution of higher education for Postsecondary Enrollment Options, unless otherwise provided by the school district, it shall be the responsibility of the pupil, for the third and each additional course per academic term, to pay the amount of tuition to which the institution of higher education would be entitled on behalf of a regularly enrolled student taking such courses.
Tuition for higher education courses shall be paid by the District in accordance with the formula in law. The District shall not be responsible for the costs of transportation, room and board, fees, books or equipment.
If a pupil, enrolled pursuant to the provisions of the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act, voluntarily drops a course, without consent of the principal of the high school in which such pupil is enrolled, it shall be the responsibility of the pupil, or such pupil's parent or guardian, to reimburse the school district for the amount of tuition paid by the school district to the institution of higher education pursuant to the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act to enroll such pupil in such course.
Information about the post-secondary options program, including the appeals procedure if high school credit is denied, shall be distributed annually to all students in grades nine through 12 and to their parents.
The Board shall comply with all reporting requirements of the State Board of Education.
Adoption Date: August 14, 1995
Last Revised: June 12, 1995
| Legal References: | C.R.S. § 22‑35‑101 et seq. (Concurrent Enrollment Program Act) |
| 1 CCR 301‑33, Rules 2235-R‑1.0 et seq. (repealed) | |