January 29, 2014, Introduced by Senators BOOHER, HANSEN, JANSEN, COLBECK and MEEKHOF and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1966 PA 331, entitled
"Community college act of 1966,"
(MCL 389.1 to 389.195) by adding section 132.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 132. (1) The board of trustees of a community college
district may authorize the community college to participate in a
concurrent enrollment program described in this section with an
eligible public high school. A community college that participates
in a concurrent enrollment program shall develop an agreement with
the eligible public high school as described in section 1477(6) of
the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1477.
(2) A community college that participates in a concurrent
enrollment program under this section shall provide each student
who successfully completed 1 or more concurrent enrollment courses,
while he or she was a pupil at an eligible public high school,
college credit for the courses at the community college that
correspond to those concurrent enrollment courses.
(3) For purposes of implementing subsection (2), a community
college district that participates in a concurrent enrollment
program under this section shall provide the eligible public high
school with the assessments for the community college courses that
correspond to the concurrent enrollment courses offered by that
high school.
(4) If a community college participates in a concurrent
enrollment program under this section, the board of trustees of the
community college district may establish a reduced tuition rate for
any community college course for which the community college gives
college credit for successful completion of a concurrent enrollment
course. It is the intent of the legislature that a tuition rate
established under this subsection will reflect a pro rata share of
the cost the community college incurs to administer and oversee the
program; will not exceed the in-district tuition rate for that
community college course; and will be reduced by a pro rata share
of each of the following:
(a) The instructor's salary for teaching that course if the
eligible public high school is providing that instructor.
(b) The amount of operational costs normally incurred by the
community college for having a student on campus.
(5) As used in this section:
(a) "Concurrent enrollment course" means a concurrent
enrollment course described in part 20B of the revised school code,
1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1476 to 380.1477.
(b) "Eligible public high school" means either of the
following:
(i) A public high school that is operated by a school district
or public school academy in this state, if the board of the school
district or board of directors of the public school academy and the
board of the community college district have agreed that the public
high school may provide concurrent enrollment courses for which the
community college shall provide college credit.
(ii) An intermediate school district, as defined in section 4
of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.4, that provides 1
or more concurrent enrollment courses on behalf of 1 or more public
high schools described in subparagraph (i).
(c) "Public high school" means a public school, as defined in
section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5, that
includes grades 9 to 12 or 10 to 12 and that awards high school
diplomas.
(d) "Public school academy" means that term as defined in
section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5.
(e) "School district" means that term as defined in section 6
of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.6.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.745
of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.