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 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 the
governing board of an eligible public high school. A community
college that participates in a concurrent enrollment program shall
develop a concurrent enrollment partnership agreement with the
governing board of the eligible public high school as described in
section 1486(6) of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL
380.1486.
(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 or an award of the appropriate course certificate or
other course credential 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
included in the program and other course materials as provided in
the agreement described in subsection (1).
(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 or awards the appropriate course certificate or
other course credential 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 the
cost the community college incurs to administer and oversee the
program.
(5) As used in this section:
(a) "Concurrent enrollment course" means a concurrent
enrollment course described in part 20c of the revised school code,
1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1485 to 380.1487.
(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 or award the
appropriate course certificate or other course credential.
(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 all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 36.
(b) Senate Bill No. 37.