A major concern of the association is that they are receiving mixed messages from institutions. Dual credit is a growing business, with competition between institutions. There are issues involving the conflicting nature between the dual credit guidelines, with the policy's inherent expectations, and the expectations of DESE, with its reimbursement for performing well and having larger numbers of students enrolled in dual credit programs. Areas with which secondary schools are experiencing problems Implementation of the timeline. Making the opportunity to take dual credit more difficult is in direct conflict with what DESE is telling schools.
Dual credit is an issue in their school evaluations.
Limit on 5 courses. The clarification on the limitation is understandable. The timeline for providing the needed information to the schools must be advanced, as schools need to plan way ahead. Teacher certification is the major problem. Teachers often get their master's degree outside the discipline area.