Or. Admin. R. 581-022-1360

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 6, June 1, 2024

Section 581-022-1360 - Expanded Options Annual Notice

(1) Prior to February 1 of each year, beginning with the 2005-06 school year, each school district must notify all high school students and the students' parents or guardians of the Expanded Options Program. The notification process must:

(a) Ensure that all at-risk students and their parents are notified about the Expanded Options Program; and

(b) Identify high school students who have dropped out of school and provide those students with information about the Expanded Options Program by sending information about the program to the last known address of the family of the student.

(2) The notice must include, but is not limited to the following:

(a) Definitions of "eligible student," "eligible post-secondary institution," and "eligible post-secondary course;"

(b) Purposes of the Expanded Options Program;

(c) Financial arrangements for tuition, textbooks, equipment and materials;

(d) Available transportation services;

(e) Effects of enrolling in the Expanded Options Program on the eligible student's ability to complete the required high school graduation requirements;

(f) Consequences of not maintaining satisfactory academic progress as defined by the eligible post-secondary institution, such as by failing or not completing an eligible post-secondary course;

(g) Participation in the Expanded Options Program is contingent on acceptance by an eligible post-secondary institution;

(h) Eligible students may not enroll in eligible post-secondary courses for more than the equivalent of two academic years, and eligible students who first enroll in grade 12 may not enroll in eligible post-secondary courses for more than the equivalent of one academic year;

(i) A student who has graduated from high school may not participate in Expanded Options Program;

(j) An eligible student who has completed course requirements for graduation but has not received a diploma may participate;

(k) Notice(s) of any other program(s), agreements(s) or plan(s) in effect that provides access for public high school students to post-secondary courses;

(l) The district's responsibility for providing any required special education and related services to the student;

(m) The number of quarter credit hours that may be awarded each school year to eligible students by the resident high school;

(n) The district board's process for selecting eligible students to participate in the Expanded Options Program if the school district has not chosen to exceed the credit hour cap and has more eligible students who wish to participate than are allowed by the cap;

(o) Information about program participation priority for at-risk students;

(p) Exclusion of duplicate courses as determined by the resident school district;

(q) The process for a student to appeal the district's duplicate course determination to the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Superintendent's designee;

(r) Exclusion of post-secondary courses in which a student is enrolled if the student is also enrolled full time in the resident secondary school; and

(s) Exclusion of foreign exchange students enrolled in a school under a cultural exchange program.

Or. Admin. R. 581-022-1360

ODE 11-2005(Temp), & cert. ef. 12-15-05 thru 5-15-06

Stat. Auth.: Ch. 674 OL 2005

Stats. Implemented: Ch. 674 OL 2005