New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 55 - PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 2 - TRIBAL COLLEGE DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM
Section 5.55.2.9 - ELIGIBLE COURSES
Universal Citation: 5 NM Admin Code 5.55.2.9
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Types of courses:
(1) College courses that
are academic or career-technical may simultaneously earn credit toward high
school graduation and a postsecondary degree or certificate and shall be
eligible for dual credit. Remedial, developmental and physical education
activity courses are not eligible for dual credit.
(2) Courses taken for audit are not eligible
for dual credit.
(3) Dual credit
courses may be taken as electives or core courses (except physical education
activity course) high school credits.
(4) Dual credit courses must meet the public
education department standards and benchmarks.
(5) College courses eligible for dual credit
shall meet the rigor for postsecondary institution credit and be congruent with
the postsecondary institution's academic standards.
(6) Dual credit courses offered in high
school settings shall conform to college academic standards.
(7) Course requirements for high school
students enrolled in dual credit courses shall be equal to those of regular
college students.
(8) Dual credit
courses that are part of the general education common core for postsecondary
institutions are eligible for transfer among New Mexico postsecondary
institutions pursuant to Subsection D of
21-1B-3
NMSA 1978.
B. Identifying courses:
(1) The LEA in
collaboration with the postsecondary institution shall determine a list of
academic and career technical courses eligible for dual credit.
(2) The department shall inform and assist
the tribal colleges in identifying the dual credit courses and the data needed
to adequately assist the LEAs, the tribal colleges and the department in
correctly assessing appropriate dual credit courses and credits.
C. Course delivery:
(1) Dual credit courses may be offered at
LEAs, postsecondary institutions, and off-campus centers as determined by the
LEA in collaboration with the postsecondary institution offering the
courses.
(2) Dual credit courses
may be delivered during or outside of regular LEA hours.
(3) Postsecondary institutions may offer dual
credit courses via distance learning (ITV, online, hybrid, correspondence) as
this option becomes available and cost-effective. All dual credit course rules
apply.
D. Semesters dual credit may be taken; caps for dual credit; nature of high school credit earned:
(1) Eligible students
may enroll in dual credit courses year-round.
(2) There is no state limit to the number of
credits a student may earn through dual credit in an academic term; however,
the student must meet eligibility requirements.
(3) Unless otherwise approved by the cabinet
secretaries of the higher education and public education departments,
successful completion of three credit hours of postsecondary instruction shall
result in the awarding of one high school unit for said completed postsecondary
course. If the LEA and postsecondary institution determine that a different
ratio is warranted for a particular dual credit course comparable to LEA core
courses in order to meet public education department standards and benchmarks,
they may appeal to the council, which may recommend a different ratio to the
cabinet secretaries of the public education and higher education departments.
The joint decision of the public education and higher education department
cabinet secretaries shall be final.
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