Highlights of Ohio's dual enrollment program.

Highlights of Ohio’s dual enrollment program.

 This tool is designed for Ohio’s educators. It is meant to explain selected elements and principles of the College
          Credit Plus program and to provide guidance. It is not meant to represent the law in its entirety.
Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3365 and corresponding Rules 3333-1-65.1 through 3333-1-65.10 govern this program.

Key for this tool
Text distinctions:
• Orange text reflects responses to common questions and
  regulations that pertain to program operation.

Abbreviations:
 College Credit Plus (CCP)
 Early College High School (ECHS) program
 Institution of Higher Education (IHE)
 Secondary Career Technical Alignment Initiative (SCTAI)

All Advanced Standing Opportunities are Not the Same
  Advanced Standing Program           Future potential to earn                Opportunity to earn college
        Credit earned                      college credit                      credit during high school
Advanced Placement (AP)            Requires a third-party assessment, a
Secondary credit only              score of 3 or above for guaranteed
                                   credit upon enrollment in a USO
                                   institution.

International Baccalaureate        Requires a third-party assessment.
                                   Score may be recognized by IHE for
(IB)                               credit. Has no credit award guarantee
Secondary credit only
                                   in Ohio.

Articulated Credit                 Requires timely enrollment in USO
(statewide (SCTAI) or bilateral)   institution. Credit for SCTAI
Secondary credit only              course/program guaranteed upon
                                   enrollment in a USO institution. Credit
                                   for other course/program may be
                                   conditionally awarded.

College Credit Plus (CCP)                                                    Requires college enrollment during
Secondary and college credit                                                 high school. College credit is
                                                                             transcripted upon student’s successful
                                                                             completion of the course.

Early College High School                                                    Requires District and IHE formal
                                                                             relationship. Courses for college credit
(ECHSP)                                                                      governed by College Credit Plus.
Secondary and college credit

College Credit Plus (CCP)
 CCP program operational 2015/16 school year.

 CCP replaces Ohio’s Post-Secondary
  Enrollment Options program (PSEO) and all
  alternative dual enrollment programs previously
  governed by Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3365.

 The sole “grandfathering” exception applies
  to ECHS programs

CCP Participation
• All public districts and public institutions of higher education
  (IHE) must allow college-ready students, grades 7-12, who
  qualify for college admission to participate.

• All nonpublic secondary schools must allow college-ready
  students, grades 7-12, who qualify for college admission
  and receive state funding to participate.

• All nonpublic postsecondary schools may participate.

• Each participating IHE must consistently apply its
  established admission standards. In conjunction with
  those standards and prior to making a final admission
  decision, the IHE shall evaluate the student against one
  of the standards identified in the "Uniform Statewide
  Standards for Remediation-Free Status.”

IHE Must…
• Provide 3-hours professional development to all
  high school teachers who instruct a CCP course
  as an adjunct.

• Conduct at least one observation of each CCP
  course taught by adjunct high school teacher
  during 2015-2016 school year, and then
  alternating academic years thereafter.

• Assign an advisor to each CCP student and
  schedule a meeting of CCP student and advisor
  prior to institution’s effective academic no-fault
  drop course date. Advisor meeting may be
  individual or group, in person or virtual.

Secondary Schools Must…
   Provide program information prior to March 1 to grades 6 to 11

   Provide counseling services to interested students grades 6 to 11

   Verify each CCP student is not taking more than 30 college
    credit hours per academic year and not more than 120 college
    credit hours in high school.

   Assure each student does not exceed full-time status.
    Calculate full-time status as follows:

        1)   Determine student’s number of high school ONLY units,
        2)   Multiply that number by 3, and
        3)   Subtract the result from the number 30.
        4)   That number is the total number of college credits that CCP
             student may earn that academic year.

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Secondary Schools Must…
 Convert college credit as follows:
     Per CCP course: If 3 or more college credits convert to 1
     Carnegie unit. If less than 3 college credits convert
     proportionally.

 Weight grades as follows:
     All advanced standing programs must be weighted the
     same within subject area. Honors classes may not be
     weighted higher than any advanced standing program.

 Develop a process to identify students who are economically
  disadvantaged.

 Provide (sample) Pathways

CCP Pathway Requirements
• Each public high school must develop two pathway
  opportunities through CCP.
   o One where a student can earn 15 transcripted credits
   o One where a student can earn 30 transcripted credits

• Pathways must be developed in coordination with at least one
  partnering IHE and published as part of school district’s
  official course offerings.

CCP Pathway Expectations
 All courses included in a Pathway must adhere to the
  CCP program requirements and do not have to be
  delivered at a high school.

 Students shall have no obligation to take courses
  identified on a Pathway.

A Pathway may:
    o Be organized by a major or career path
    o Include various core courses required for a degree or
      professional certification by the college

CCP Courses Must…
• Be the same as those offered on campus (included in IHE
  course catalogue)

• Be nonsectarian and non-remedial

• Apply toward a degree or professional certificate

• Be taught by instructors who meet BOR’s academic credential
  requirements.

IHEs, Districts and Non-Public High
            Schools Must…
• Promote CCP opportunities on websites and in all
  communication sent to students and parents related to
  academics.

• Each high school must annually coordinate with each public and
  participating private IHE within a 30 mile radius to present a
  dedicated CCP event to students and parents prior to March 30.

• A CCP event may include multiple high schools within a
  district and multiple districts AS LONG AS, students & parents
  have opportunity to ask specific questions and get information
  from their high school and from representatives from all
  colleges within 30 mile radius.

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IHEs, Districts and Non-Public High Schools
                     Must…

 Assure CCP classrooms at the high school
  adhere to all requirements.

CCP Courses delivered on-line or not on
      a college campus may…
Include students who are not enrolled in the college under the following
conditions:

    ALL students in the class follow the same course syllabus, use the same text
     book and materials, aspire to achieve the same learning outcomes and are
     assessed using the same methods as the college course delivered on the
     college campus; and

    All CCP students (enrolled therefore receiving college and high school credit)
     must be assessed with the same standard of achievement and held to the
     same grading standards, regardless of where the course is delivered.

    A student (not enrolled) shall, along with the student’s parents, be notified
     the student is not earning college credit and would likely be required to
     retake the course upon college enrollment if college credit is desired.

CCP Funding
START HERE…
• Funding formulas based on per college credit hour basis

• Ceiling and Floor based on 83% of K-12 per-pupil foundation
  funding amount. At no time will District be required to pay a per
  credit hour rate more than the Ceiling.
         FY15 Example:
         Per-pupil foundation amount = $5,800
         Ceiling = $160 ($5,800 X .83 / 30)
         Floor = $40 ($160 X 25%)

    Note: “30” is the number of credits earned by a full-time college student.

•   IHE and District are encouraged to negotiate a local agreement
    (Alternative Funding Structure agreement) within Floor and
    Ceiling. When no alternative agreement is negotiated, the Default
    funding structure applies.

CCP Funding
Alternative Funding Structure Agreements must…

• be applied as a uniform rate for each course delivery option
  identified under the agreement, for all students enrolled subject
  to the agreement.

• be approved by the Chancellor if the agreed per credit hour rate falls
  below the floor. The Chancellor shall approve the below the floor
  rate if program’s quality assurances are affirmed and submitted
  as required.

• February 1 deadline for below the floor submission to the
  Chancellor; 30 days beyond the confirmation of the rules for
  the 2015-16 academic year.

CCP Funding
Submission of below the floor approval requires:
A letter signed by the IHE president (for 2015-2016)
approving the negotiated rate and signed by the IHE’s board
of trustees’ or equivalent governing authority thereafter.

Specific to private IHE:
Any amount negotiated by the parties resulting in an
amount charged to students must include all costs
associated with the program, including but not limited to,
textbooks and associated course fees and must not exceed
student cost caps pursuant to division (B) of section
3365.07 of the Revised Code.

CCP Data
• CCP participation requires the collection
  and reporting of program data by July 15
  of each year.

• BOR and ODE will post data reporting
  guidelines and other pertinent
  information on their websites.

CCP and Early College High
    School Programs (ECHS)
• ECHS beginning operation after 2014-15
  school year are subject to CCP requirements
• ECHSs existing during 2014-15 school year
  are grandfathered until 2015-16, or until
  satisfaction of current ECHS agreement,
  whichever is later
• CCP governs only portions of ECHS
  agreement that relate to conference of
  college credit

CCP Going Forward
• Rules are under the jurisdiction of Joint
  Committee on Agency Rule Review
  (JCARR).

• Rules are anticipated to be in place mid-
  February 2015.

CCP Going Forward
The Chancellor and State Superintendent
will jointly establish a CCP Advisory
Committee to…

• Assist in developing performance metrics
• Monitor the progress of the CCP program

Contact
Board of Regents:
Stephanie Davidson: sdavidson@regents.state.oh.us
Lauren McGarity: lmcgarity@regents.state.oh.us
Charles See: csee@regents.state.oh.us
Rebecca Watts: rwatts@regents.state.oh.us

Department of Education:
Steve Gratz: Steve.Gratz@education.ohio.gov
Stephanie Siddens: Stephanie.Siddens@education.ohio.gov