Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 160 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Chapter 160-4 › Subject 160-4-2 - DIVISION OF GENERAL INSTRUCTION › Rule 160-4-2-.34 - Dual Enrollment

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
DEFINITIONS
(a)
Commission
- the Georgia
				Student Finance Commission created by O.C.G.A. §
										20-3-233.
(b)
Dual Credit Course
- a
				postsecondary course, including a virtual course, taken by an eligible high
				school student pursuant to an arrangement at or through an eligible
				postsecondary institution for which the student receives secondary credit from
				his or her eligible high school.
(c)
Eligible core course
- a
				course in English, math, science, social studies, or a foreign language upon
				which the Commission calculates grade point averages for HOPE scholarship
				eligibility pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
										20-2-157(b)(3.1)
				and which is included in the eligible course list.
(d)
Eligible course list
- a
				list of courses maintained by the Commission which identifies courses approved
				for funding authorized by O.C.G.A. §
										20-2-161.3 and shall include
				eligible core courses and eligible Career, Technology, and Agricultural
				Education (CTAE) courses.
(e)
Eligible CTAE course
- all career, technical, and agricultural
				education courses which are aligned with the Georgia Department of Education's
				Career Clusters and Pathways programs and which are included in the eligible
				course list.
(f)
Eligible
				dual credit course
- a dual credit course which is included in the
				eligible course list and which is eligible for payment, with state funds, under
				these Programs subject to the following maximum credit hour caps:
1. Eligible high school students with 18 or
				fewer semester hours, or the equivalent amount of quarter hours, of dual credit
				courses funded by O.C.G.A. §
											20-2-161.3 on or before June 30,
				2020, shall be limited to a total of 30 semester hours, or the equivalent
				amount of quarter hours, of eligible dual credit courses; and
2. Eligible high school students with 19 or
				more semester hours, or the equivalent amount of quarter hours, of dual credit
				courses funded by O.C.G.A. §
											20-2-161.3 on or before June 30,
				2020, shall be limited to 12 additional semester hours, or the equivalent
				amount of quarter hours, of eligible dual credit courses.
(g)
Eligible High School
- any
				private or public secondary educational institution located within the State of
				Georgia and any home study program operated pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
										20-2-690.
(h)
Eligible High School Student
- a student who is:
1. Entering or enrolled in
				eleventh or twelfth grade at an eligible high school taking any eligible dual
				credit course at any eligible postsecondary institution; or
2. Entering or enrolled in tenth grade at an
				eligible high school when such student:
(i) Is
				enrolled in an eligible CTAE course at an institution within the Technical
				College System of Georgia;
(ii) Has
				obtained prior to the beginning of the term of dual enrollment coursework an
				SAT or ACT test score that would meet the assessment requirements of a Zell
				Miller Scholar pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
												20-3-519(27)(A)(i)
				 and is taking eligible core courses at any
				eligible postsecondary institution; or
(iii) Was enrolled as a ninth grader in one
				or more dual credit courses at an eligible postsecondary institution for which
				payment was made pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
												20-2-161.3 on or before June 30,
				2020.
(i)
Eligible Postsecondary Institution
- any eligible postsecondary
				institution as defined in O.C.G.A. §
										20-3-519(7).
(j)
Georgia Department of
				Education
- the state agency charged with the fiscal and administrative
				management of certain aspects of K-12 public education, including the
				implementation of federal and state mandates. Such management is subject to
				supervision and oversight by the State Board of Education.
(k)
Programs
- the arrangement
				authorized by O.C.G.A. §§
										20-2-161.3 and
				20-2-149.2, also referred
				throughout this rule as Dual Enrollment Requirements for the Traditional High
				School Diploma and Dual Enrollment Requirements for the Accelerated Career
				Diploma respectively, whereby an eligible high school student takes one or more
				dual credit courses, including self-pay dual credit courses, with the goal of
				completing postsecondary credit and high school diploma requirements.
(l)
Self-Pay Dual Credit Course
- a postsecondary course, including a virtual course, taken by an eligible high
				school student pursuant to an arrangement at or through an eligible
				postsecondary institution for which, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year,
				the student receives secondary credit from his or her eligible high school and
				which is not funded using state funds.
(m)
Secondary Credit
- a high
				school credit for dual credit courses taken at or through an eligible
				postsecondary institution under the Programs.