Oklahoma § 70-628.13 - High school students - Concurrent enrollment in college

§ 70-628.13. High school students - Concurrent enrollment in college

or university courses - Tuition waiver.

A. 1. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, in

cooperation with the State Board of Education, shall actively

encourage the concurrent enrollment in college or university courses

of eligible high school students on high school campuses, on college

and university campuses and via online courses.

2. The State Regents and State Board shall establish concurrent

enrollment requirements with an emphasis on determining course

readiness and take all necessary actions to ensure the availability

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of concurrent enrollment opportunities to students in all Oklahoma

high schools.

B. The State Board of Education in cooperation with the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall prepare

promotional materials explaining the requirements, features and

opportunities of concurrent enrollment and shall ensure that the

independent school districts distribute the materials to each

student prior to enrollment for each year of high school.

C. No institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher

Education shall deny enrollment in any course to any otherwise

eligible high school student, or student of at least thirteen (13)

years of age who is receiving high-school-level instruction at home,

who meets the requirements of concurrent enrollment, nor shall any

independent school district prohibit any student who meets the

requirements of concurrent enrollment from participating.

D. 1. Each high school senior who meets the eligibility

requirements for concurrent enrollment shall be entitled to receive

a tuition waiver equivalent to the amount of resident tuition for a

maximum of eighteen (18) credit hours in their senior year.

2. Subject to the high school senior concurrent enrollment

program being fully funded, each high school junior who meets the

eligibility requirements for concurrent enrollment shall be entitled

to receive a tuition waiver equivalent to the amount of resident

tuition for a maximum of nine (9) credit hours in their junior year,

subject to the availability of funds.

3. Tuition waivers provided pursuant to this section shall be

granted without any limitation on the number of waivers granted in

any year other than the amount of funds available for the program

and the number of eligible applicants.

E. When a student earns college credit through concurrent

enrollment, school districts shall provide academic credit for any

concurrently enrolled higher education courses that are correlated

with the academic credit awarded by the institution of higher

education. Academic credit shall only be transcripted as elective

credit if there is no correlation between the concurrent enrollment

higher education course and a course provided by the school

district.

F. On or before December 1 of each year, the Oklahoma State

Regents for Higher Education shall issue an annual report on the

concurrent enrollment program implemented pursuant to this section.

The annual report shall include but not be limited to the following

information:

1. The number of students participating in concurrent

enrollment;

2. The number of students participating in concurrent

enrollment who received tuition waivers pursuant to subsection D of

this section;

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3. The high school graduation rate of students described in

paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection; and

4. The number of students described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of

this subsection who earned an associate's degree or a bachelor's

degree at an institution of higher education.

The annual report shall be posted on the websites of the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the State Department

of Education.

Added by Laws 1971, S.J.R. No. 38, p. 1034, § 13, emerg. eff. June

17, 1971. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 131, § 1, emerg. eff. June 3,

1977; Laws 1988, c. 91, § 1, emerg. eff. March 29, 1988; Laws 1989,

c. 299, § 4, emerg. eff. May 24, 1989; Laws 2005, c. 432, § 11, eff.

July 1, 2005; Laws 2009, c. 129, § 1, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2018,

c. 236, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018.