January 27, 2015, Introduced by Senators BOOHER, COLBECK, MARLEAU, JONES, MACGREGOR, MEEKHOF, HILDENBRAND and HANSEN and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding part 20c.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 20c
CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT COURSES
Sec. 1485. As used in this part:
(a) "Community college" means a community college organized
under the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.1 to
389.195.
(b) "Postsecondary institution" means a state public
university, a community college, or an independent nonprofit
degree-granting college or university that is located in this state
and chooses to comply with this part.
(c) "State public university" means a state institution of
higher education described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of
the state constitution of 1963.
Sec. 1486. (1) A school district or public school academy that
operates a high school may offer high school pupils the opportunity
to take college-level concurrent enrollment courses. To provide
this opportunity, the school district or public school academy may
partner with 1 or more postsecondary institutions or 1 or more
intermediate school districts and postsecondary institutions. If a
school district or public school academy partners with a
postsecondary institution to offer concurrent enrollment courses,
each concurrent enrollment course shall meet all of the following:
(a) Offer the pupil high school and college credit upon
successful completion, as provided under subsection (3).
(b) Be offered at the high school, at the intermediate school
district, or at an educational shared facility.
(c) Be taught by a teacher who meets standards established by
the national alliance of concurrent enrollment partnership or the
higher learning commission, and standards developed by a partner
postsecondary institution.
(d) Be college-level and be delivered, assessed, and graded
according to the agreement under subsection (6).
(e) Be available before graduation to all pupils enrolled in
the high school who have successfully completed the prerequisites
for the course.
(2) A school district or public school academy that offers
concurrent enrollment under this section is encouraged to offer the
courses outlined in the Michigan transfer agreement developed by
the Michigan association of collegiate registrars and admissions
officers, and may offer other courses.
(3) If an individual successfully completes a concurrent
enrollment course offered under this section, as determined
according to the agreement under subsection (6), a postsecondary
institution shall grant college credit or award the appropriate
course certificate or other course credential to the individual for
the postsecondary course corresponding to the concurrent enrollment
course under this section, as provided under section 132 of the
community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.132, and
section 3 of the state university concurrent enrollment act, as
applicable.
(4) The board of the school district or board of directors of
the public school academy shall pay to the postsecondary
institution the amount of the tuition for the course as mutually
agreed upon under subsection (6) on the timetable as mutually
agreed upon under subsection (6).
(5) A postsecondary institution working with a school district
or public school academy under this section, or with an
intermediate school district, shall provide to the school district
or public school academy, or the intermediate school district, all
of the assessments used in each concurrent enrollment course
offered by the school district or public school academy.
(6) If a school district or public school academy partners
with 1 or more postsecondary institutions or with an intermediate
school district and 1 or more postsecondary institutions to offer
concurrent enrollment courses, for each of these partnerships the
parties to the partnership shall develop a concurrent enrollment
partnership agreement. The school district or public school academy
shall have a separate concurrent enrollment partnership agreement
with each postsecondary institution in the partnership. Each
agreement shall include at least all of the following:
(a) The concurrent enrollment courses to be offered.
(b) The time the concurrent enrollment courses would be
offered.
(c) The location where the concurrent enrollment courses are
to be offered, with identification of whether each location is a
school district location, an intermediate school district location,
or an educational shared facility.
(d) Standards a teacher must meet to teach a concurrent
enrollment course.
(e) Specification of the course materials the postsecondary
institution will provide.
(f) Specification of the syllabus, curriculum, and assessments
that will be used.
(g) Eligibility criteria for pupils who participate.
(h) Criteria for the successful completion of a concurrent
enrollment course.
(i) Amount of tuition to be charged for concurrent enrollment
courses.
(j) Timetable and manner for payment of tuition.
Sec. 1487. To ensure that information on pupils who enroll in
a concurrent enrollment course under this part is included in the
statewide P-20 longitudinal database described in section 94a of
the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1694a, the governing
board of a postsecondary institution that is party to a concurrent
enrollment partnership agreement under this part shall ensure that
all of the following information is reported to the center for
educational performance and information for inclusion in the P-20
longitudinal database, in the form and manner prescribed by the
center for educational performance and information:
(a) The number of pupils enrolled in 1 or more concurrent
enrollment courses under this part through that postsecondary
institution.
(b) The total number of enrollments in concurrent enrollment
courses under this part through that postsecondary institution.
(c) For each of the pupils and enrollments reported under
subdivisions (a) and (b), the school district or public school
academy in which the pupil is enrolled.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 37.
(b) Senate Bill No. 38.