INSTRUCTION AT A POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
The following factors shall be considered in the board’s determination of whether a student will receive academic or vocational-technical credit toward the graduation requirements set out by the board for a course at a post-secondary educational institution:
* The course is taken from a public or accredited private post-secondary educational institution:
* a comparable course is not offered in the school district. A comparable course is one in which the subject matter or the purposes and objectives of the course are similar, in the judgment of the board, to a course offered in the school district;
* the course is in the discipline areas of mathematics, science, social sciences, humanities, vocational-technical education, or a course offered in the community college career options programs;
* the course is a credit-bearing course that leads to a degree;
* the course is not religious or sectarian; and
* the course meets any other requirements set out by the board.
Students in grades eleven and twelve who take courses, other than courses taken under an agreement between the school district and the postsecondary educational institution, shall be responsible for transportation without reimbursement to and from the location where the course is being offered.
Ninth and tenth grade talented and gifted students and all students in grades eleven and twelve, will be reimbursed for tuition and other costs directly related to the course up to $250. Students who take courses during the summer months when school is not in session shall be responsible for the costs of attendance for the courses.
The superintendent shall be responsible to annually notify students and parents of the opportunity to take courses at post-secondary educational institutions in accordance with this policy. The superintendent shall also be responsible for developing the appropriate forms and procedures for implementing this policy.
LEGAL REFS.: Iowa Code §§ 256.11, .11A; 261C; 278.8; 280.3, .14 (1991)
Iowa Code Ch. 261C (Iowa Acts 1991, 1992).
281 I.A.C. 12, 22.
Adopted: Oct. 19, 1992
Reviewed: March 11, 1996
March 20, 2000
November 21, 2005
May 16, 2011
June 13, 2016