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	4	+	UKT9GDG-1
5	5		By Representative Ross
6	6		RFD: Education Policy
7	7		First Read: 04-Feb-25
8	8		PFD: 29-Jan-25
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	14	+	6 UKT9GDG-1 01/29/2025 KMS (L)KMS 2025-312
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	17	+	SYNOPSIS:
	18	+	Under existing law, dual enrollment programs
	19	+	offered by local community colleges are only available
	20	+	to eligible high school students who are enrolled in
	21	+	partnering K-12 local education agencies.
	22	+	This bill would require dual enrollment courses
	23	+	offered by local community colleges and approved for
	24	+	dual credit by the State Department of Education to be
	25	+	available to eligible high school students through all
	26	+	local education agencies.
	27	+	This bill would require each local education
	28	+	agency to award high school credit for completion of
	29	+	approved dual enrollment courses regardless of whether
	30	+	the local education agency incorporates dual enrollment
	31	+	courses into its standard curriculum.
	32	+	This bill would also further provide for the
	33	+	requirements for students to enroll in dual enrollment
	34	+	courses.
17	35		A BILL
18	36		TO BE ENTITLED
19	37		AN ACT
20	38		Relating to education; to extend the availability of
21		-	approved dual enrollment courses offered by local community
22		-	colleges and universities to high school students enrolled in
23		-	all local education agencies; to require each local education
24		-	agency to recognize and award high school credit for the
25		-	passing of approved dual enrollment courses; and to further
26		-	provide for the requirements for students to enroll in dual
27		-	enrollment courses.
28		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
29		-	Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this section, the
30		-	following terms have the following meanings:
31		-	(1) LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. A two-year community or
32		-	technical college under the purview of the Alabama Community
33		-	College System whose service area includes the area where the
34		-	local high school or local education agency is located, as
35		-	determined by the Alabama Community College System.
36		-	(2) LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY. A county or city school
37		-	system operating public K-12 schools.
38		-	(3) UNIVERSITY. A four-year public institution of
39		-	higher education.
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69		-	higher education.
	68	+	Relating to education; to extend the availability of
	69	+	approved dual enrollment courses offered by local community
	70	+	colleges to high school students enrolled in all local
	71	+	education agencies; to require each local education agency to
	72	+	recognize and award high school credit for completion of
	73	+	approved dual enrollment courses; and to further provide for
	74	+	the requirements for students to enroll in dual enrollment
	75	+	courses.
	76	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
	77	+	Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this section, the
	78	+	following terms have the following meanings:
	79	+	(1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE. A two-year community or
	80	+	technical college under the purview of the Alabama Community
	81	+	College System.
	82	+	(2) LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY. A county or city school
	83	+	system operating public K-12 schools.
	84	+	(3) SERVICE AREA. The area that a community college
	85	+	serves, as determined by the Alabama Community College System.
70	86		(b)(1) A local education agency, upon the request of a
71	87		parent or legal guardian, shall permit an enrolled high school
72	88		student to enroll in any dual enrollment course that is
73		-	offered by a local community college ~~or university and~~
74		-	~~approved for dual~~ credit by the State Department of Education.
	89	+	offered by a local community college and approved for dual
	90	+	credit by the State Department of Education.
75	91		(2) The granting of permission does not obligate a
76	92		local education agency to incorporate any dual enrollment
77	93		course into its standard curriculum. The local education
78		-	agency shall recognize and award high school credit to a
79		-	student who passes approved dual enrollment courses.
80		-	(c) To be eligible for enrollment in a dual enrollment
81		-	course, a student shall meet with a counselor, career coach,
82		-	or other appropriate employee designated by the local
83		-	education agency. The counselor, career coach, or employee
84		-	shall evaluate the dual enrollment courses selected by the
85		-	student and shall determine the appropriateness of those
86		-	courses based on the preferred college and career interests of
87		-	the student. The student shall also consult with dual
88		-	enrollment personnel employed by the applicable local
89		-	community college or university regarding his or her course
90		-	selections to ensure the relevancy of those courses.
91		-	(d) Both the local education agency and the local
92		-	community college or university shall agree, in writing, on
93		-	the course selections of a student. Upon agreement, the local
94		-	education agency shall request, and the local community
95		-	college or university shall register the student for the
96		-	selected and approved dual enrollment courses.
97		-	(e) A local education agency is not financially
	94	+	agency shall recognize and award high school credit for
	95	+	completion of all approved dual enrollment courses by a
	96	+	student.
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	126	+	student.
	127	+	(c) To be eligible for enrollment in a dual enrollment
	128	+	course, a student shall meet with a counselor, career coach,
	129	+	or other appropriate employee designated by the local
	130	+	education agency. The counselor, career coach, or employee
	131	+	shall evaluate the dual enrollment courses selected by the
	132	+	student and shall determine the appropriateness of those
	133	+	courses based on the preferred college and career interests of
	134	+	the student. The student shall also consult with dual
	135	+	enrollment personnel employed by the applicable local
	136	+	community college regarding his or her course selections to
	137	+	ensure the relevancy of those courses.
	138	+	(d) Both the local education agency and the local
	139	+	community college shall agree, in writing, on the course
	140	+	selections of a student. Upon agreement, the local education
	141	+	agency shall request, and the local community college shall
	142	+	register the student for the selected and approved dual
	143	+	enrollment courses.
127	144		(e) A local education agency is not financially
128	145		responsible for any costs associated with the participation of
129	146		a student in dual enrollment courses, unless otherwise
130		-	required by state or local law, policy, or agreement between
131		-	the local education agency and the local community college or
132		-	university.
133		-	(f) The State Department of Education, with input from
134		-	and in collaboration with the Alabama Community College System
135		-	and universities, shall prepare and distribute to local
136		-	education agencies guidelines for the implementation of this
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	147	+	required by state or local law or policy.
	148	+	(f) The State Department of Education and the Alabama
	149	+	Community College System shall jointly prepare and distribute
	150	+	to local education agencies guidelines for the implementation
	151	+	of this section.
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155		-	Read for the first time and referred
156		-	to the House of Representatives
157		-	committee on Education Policy
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159		-	Read for the second time and placed
160		-	on the calendar:
161		-	0 amendments
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163		-	Read for the third time and passed
164		-	as amended
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