Professional Report

may elect to participate. Students must meet the entrance requirements, as established by the IHE. In addition to grades 9 through 12, students in grades 7 and 8 enrolled in “secondary schools” are also eligible to participate. However, all students must meet the same eligibility requirements, including meeting the IHE’s standards for admission and for course placement. By March 1 of each year, districts must provide students in grades 6-11 with information on CCP, and students must notify their building principals by April 1 of their intent to participate. The principal may waive the April 1 deadline. School districts can negotiate the costs for tuition, fees, and textbooks, but participants in the program can only pay any of those costs on a very limited basis involving private IHEs. For the most part, students will pay nothing for participation. Costs are based on a participant’s full-time status, which is considered to be 30 semester hours. Courses awarding more than 30 semester hours in any given year or more than 120 semester hours while the student is enrolled in high school are not considered part of the College Credit Plus program. There are three delivery methods for CCP courses: 1)Course delivered on the college campus and taught by the IHE faculty; 2)Courses delivered at the high school or online and taught by IHE faculty; and 3)Courses delivered at the high school and taught by a high school faculty member who is an adjunct instructor for the IHE. In the event that there is no negotiated amount (known as an alternative payment schedule), there are default amounts for the three delivery methods. The default amount for state IHEs is calculated by multiplying 0.83 times the per pupil base amount in the foundation formula’s Opportunity Grant and then dividing by 30 (for an IHE operating on a semester basis) to determine the per credit hour amount. In addition, if the default amount is used, the school district is responsible for the cost of the textbook, but the IHE must waive all fees. However, the negotiated amounts can be below the lowest default amount if approved by the Chancellor. For public IHEs, the “floor” amount is 50% of the default for courses delivered at the high school by IHE faculty and 25% for courses delivered at the high school but taught by qualified high school faculty. For private colleges, the default payment for courses taught by IHE faculty at the college campus is the maximum participant charge per credit hour (i.e. the core opportunity grant amount divided by 30). The default amount for courses taught by IHE faculty at the high school is $125 per credit hour. The default amount for courses taught at the high school campus by qualified high school faculty members is $100 per credit hour. For the purposes of College Credit Plus, the academic year begins and includes the summer preceding the schoolyear. For private IHEs, the 0.83 multiplier is removed.

The school district and private college can negotiate a different amount.