June 5, 2007, Introduced by Rep. Shaffer and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1996 PA 160, entitled
"Postsecondary enrollment options act,"
by amending section 7 (MCL 388.517).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 7. (1) An eligible student may enroll in, and receive
payment by the school district under section 4(5) of all or part of
eligible charges for, an eligible course under this act for high
school credit or postsecondary credit, or both. At the time an
eligible student enrolls in a postsecondary course under this act,
he or she shall designate whether the course is for high school or
postsecondary credit, or both, and shall notify both his or her
high school and the postsecondary institution of that designation.
An eligible student taking more than 1 postsecondary course under
this act may make different credit designations under this
subsection for different courses. An eligible student shall not
audit a postsecondary course in which he or she is enrolled under
this act.
(2) A school district shall grant academic credit to an
eligible student enrolled in an eligible course for high school
credit under this act if he or she successfully completes the
course, as determined by the eligible postsecondary institution.
The amount of high school credit granted by a school district for a
postsecondary course completed under this act shall be determined
by the school district.
(3) The high school credits granted to an eligible student
under this act shall be counted toward the graduation requirements
and subject area requirements of the school district. Evidence of
successful completion of each course and high school credits
granted shall be included in the eligible student's high school
record. Subject to section 438 of subpart 2 of part C of the
general education provisions act, title IV of Public Law 90-247, 20
U.S.C.
USC 1232g, commonly referred to as the family
educational
rights and privacy act of 1974, an eligible postsecondary
institution shall provide the school district with a copy of the
eligible student's grade in each course taken for high school
credit under this act. Upon the request of an eligible student, his
or her high school record and transcript shall also include
evidence of successful completion and postsecondary credits granted
for a course taken for postsecondary credit under this act. In
either case, the eligible student's high school record and
transcript shall indicate that the credits were earned at an
eligible postsecondary institution and identify the postsecondary
institution.
(4) If a student enrolls in an eligible postsecondary
institution after leaving high school, the eligible postsecondary
institution, in accordance with institutional policy, shall award
postsecondary credit for postsecondary courses successfully
completed by that student for high school credit under this act at
that eligible postsecondary institution. The eligible postsecondary
institution shall award that credit regardless of whether the
credit was used to satisfy high school graduation requirements. An
eligible postsecondary institution shall not charge a student for
credit awarded under this subsection.