Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) For the
purposes of this rule, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Dual Credit" means secondary and
postsecondary credit awarded for a course offered in a high school, which
course is sufficiently similar to the college or university course as to enable
the enrolled students to be described as taking the course from an Oregon
community college or public university as set forth in ORS
340.310.
The course must be taught by a high school teacher who has been approved by the
college or university and who meets the qualifications to teach the course for
the college or university. Dual Credit may include Career and Technical
Education courses.
(b) "Sponsored
Dual Credit" means secondary and postsecondary credit awarded for a course
offered in a high school, which course is sufficiently similar to the college
or university course as to enable the enrolled students to be described as
taking the course from an Oregon community college or public university as set
forth in ORS
340.310.
The course must be taught by a high school teacher who, in partnership with a
sponsoring college or university faculty member, meets the qualifications to
teach the course for the college or university. Sponsored Dual Credit may
include Career and Technical Education courses.
(c) "Assessment Based Learning Credit" means
secondary and postsecondary credit awarded for enhanced high school courses or
other activities offered at the high school, that focuses on student attainment
of specific, college or university defined student learning outcomes, and the
opportunity for students to demonstrate, through college or university
assessments, that they have obtained those student learning outcomes and
thereby are eligible to earn credit for a course from the partnering college or
university. The course must be taught by a high school teacher in a
secondary-postsecondary partnership that focuses on the above assessment
criteria. Assessment based learning credit shall be identified on student
transcripts. Assessment Based Learning Credit may include Career and Technical
Education courses.
(d) "High
School Based College Credit Partnerships" are defined as Dual Credit, Sponsored
Dual Credit, and Assessment Based Learning Credit partnerships.
(2) When developing High School
Based College Credit Partnerships with high schools, each college or university
shall adhere to the Oregon Standards for Dual Credit, Sponsored Dual Credit, or
Assessment Based Learning Credit. In order to comply with these standards,
partners must follow the guidelines set forth by the Higher Education
Coordinating Commission in the Self-Study and Peer Review Guide available on
the Higher Education Coordinating Commission agency website.
(3) On or before October 1 of each year,
Oregon community colleges and public universities shall submit an annual report
to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission of the previous school year's
High School Based College Credit Partnership(s) information, including but not
limited to, descriptions of:
(a) Partnership
programs offered;
(b) Course
sections offered, including type of partnership(s), either Dual Credit,
Sponsored Dual Credit, or Assessment-Based Learning Credit; and the related
Master Course Reference Numbers (CRN);
(c) Student enrollment in the partnership
programs;
(d) Instructors and
instructor qualifications;
(e)
Costs to students;
(f) High
School(s) in partnership(s); and
(g) Any major partnership changes, such as
addition or discontinuation of a partnership.
(4) The Higher Education Coordinating
Commission shall, in accordance with OAR 715-013-0025 or OAR 589-002-0120 as
appropriate, fund partnerships solely based on credits earned at Oregon
community college or public university as set forth in ORS
340.310 that are either approved or conditionally approved following a review conducted
pursuant to this rule. Should, at any time, a community college or public
university receive notice that it no longer has approved or conditionally
approved status from the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, any credits
earned by students through that community college or public university after
such notification shall not be included in any relevant funding calculations.
Funding shall continue for any credits earned prior to such notification in a
manner consistent with the above referenced rules. Should such community
college or public university subsequently receive a new approval, or
conditional approval, and be reinstated, any credits earned on or after such
date of reinstatement notification shall be included in the relevant funding
calculations, but no credits earned during the period where such institution
lacked such status shall be included. The process to gain or regain a status of
approved or conditionally approved can be found in the Higher Education
Coordinating Commission Self Study and Peer Review Guide referenced is section
2 of this rule.
(a) If determination that a
public university is neither approved nor conditionally approved takes place
after the true-up process set out in OAR 715-013-0025(7), it shall not impact
the funding level for that university due to high school based college credits
for the current fiscal year.
(b) If
determination that a community college is neither approved nor conditionally
approved takes place after the deadlines set out in OAR 589-002-0120, it shall
not impact the funding level for that community college for the current funding
period.
(c) This section shall only
apply to institutions that have been reviewed under this rule. All student
credit hours at institutions that have not yet been reviewed shall be
considered approved for funding purposes until such review takes place
according to the calendar set forth by the Higher Education Coordinating
Commission.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
340.310 & ORS
350.075
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
340.310,
ORS
350.075 & ORS
341.484
