High School Redesign DUAL CREDIT

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High School Redesign DUAL CREDIT
Rick Scott, Ed.D. Director, P-20 Division New
Mexico Higher Education Department Ally Hudson,
M.Ed. P-20 Policy Analyst New Mexico Higher
Education Department Melissa W. Lomax,
Ph.D. Career Technical Workforce Education
Bureau Chief New Mexico Public Education
Department Carolann Gutierrez Humanities Bureau
Chief New Mexico Public Education Department
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High School Redesign SB561 (2007) Dual Credit
SB943 (2007) SB31 (2008)

• Available By 2008-2009
• Dual Credit
• Distance Learning
• Cooperation between Districts
• Public Postsecondary Institutions
• District means public school districts, charter
  schools and state-supported institutions

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The Statewide Dual Credit Program

• Allows public high school students in
  Districts, Charter Schools, and State-Supported
  Schools to earn both HS and College credit for
  qualifying dual credit courses

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SB561 (2007) High School Redesign

• By 2009-2010 entering 9th graders
• shall earn at least one credit as
• Honors
• Advanced Placement
• Dual Credit, or
• Distance Learning course

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A Dual Credit Course

• Yields
• High School and College Credit
• for
• Academic or Career Technical Courses
• Apply toward a degree or certificate program
• Remedial and developmental courses may not be
  taken for dual credit

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Financial Framework for Dual Credit Program

• Shared Financial Responsibility
• Districts -- textbooks and course supplies
• Colleges/Universities - Tuition and general fees
  
• Students/Parents - course-specific fees
  transportation to site

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Eligible Semesters

• Year-Round
• Fall, Spring and Summer

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Dual Credit Master Agreementhttp//inst.hed.stat
e.nm.us/cms/kunde/rts/insthedstatenmus/docs/912357
472-06-04-2008-13-16-02.doc

• Equalizes opportunities for student participation
  in dual credit
• Jointly submitted to PED
• Jointly developed listing of eligible DC courses
• Districts may have multiple Agreements
  Postsecondary institutions

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Master Agreement (cont.)

• Specifies
• eligible courses required content of the form
• academic quality state reporting
• student eligibility liabilities of parties
• course approval student appeals
• course requirements STARS course code
• States the roles, responsibilities, and
  liabilities of the district, the postsecondary
  institution, student, and the students family

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Dual Credit Request Form

• Required for data collection purposes
• Available online http//inst.hed.state.nm.us/cms/k
  unde/rts/insthedstatenmus/docs/912357472-06-04-200
  8-13-18-17.xls
• Hard copy from your District and/or Postsecondary

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Dual Credit Rules

• Dual Credit Implementation Guidelines
• 6.30.7 New Mexico Administrative Code (for public
  education)
• http//www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06
  .030.0007.htm
• 5.55.4 New Mexico Administrative Code (for higher
  education)
• http//www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title05/05
  .055.0004.htm

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Dual Credit Council

• Members NMHED and PED Three each
• Duties
• Hear appeals on matters outside scope of Master
  Agreement
• Provide recommendations to Cabinet Secretaries
• NOTE Cabinet Secretaries Make Final Determination

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Dual Credit Transcript Ratio

• A 31 ratio applies to elective courses offered
  for dual credit
• E.g.
• A 3 credit hour college course counts as 1 high
  school unit

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Dual Credit Transcript Ratio

• High school and college faculty must jointly
  propose credit ratios for non-elective dual
  credit courses to present before Dual Credit
  Council

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Student Enrollment

• Fall 2008
• Over 10,000 courses taken
• 63 students taking multiple courses
• Over 6,500 students taking courses
• Spring 2009
• Over 11,500 courses taken
• 70 students taking multiple courses
• Over 7,000 students taking courses
• Only about 60 reported to PED

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Other Data

• Fall 2008 Spring
  2009
• 3 credit courses 69 67
• Grades of A 46 45
• Grades of B 29 29
  
• Grades of C 14 15
• Grades of D 4 5
• Grades of F 6 6
• Lottery GPA (2.5) 74 73
• 50 of course on college campuses

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Most Common Areas

• English . 1890 History .. 869
• Health profession . 1694 Bio science .. 819
• Math and Stats .. 1429 Precision prod . 801
• Computer IT 1411 Mechanics ... 744
• Physical science 1211 Construction trades 729
  
• Foreign Language . 1013 Engineering .. 646
• Social science 1005 Liberal arts/Hum . 538
• Business mgmt . 998 Education . 486
• Visual arts .. 957 Medical . 485
• Psychology . 877 Comm/Journalism . 407

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Proposed Rule Changes

• More precise purpose
• provide high school students with access
  opportunity to enroll in postsecondary academic
  or career-technical courses
• Excluding PE activity courses
• For high school core courses
• exigent circumstances
• 4th math course
• Taught at HS by HQ who is college Adjunct

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For More Information

• Visit Dual Credit Committee page
• http//inst.hed.state.nm.us/content.asp?CustComKey
  199036CategoryKey376350pnPageDomNameinst.he
  d.state.nm.us
• Where youll find
• Dual Credit Regulations
• Dual Credit Master Agreement
• Dual Credit Request Form Dual Credit Legislation

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NMHED and PED Contacts

• NMHED
• Ally Hudson,
• ally.hudson_at_state.nm.us
• PED
• Marcia Knight, marcia.knight_at_state.nm.us

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Thank You!