Section R765-165-4 - Purpose of Concurrent Enrollment ProgramThe concurrent enrollment program provides course options to a prepared high school student who earns high school and college credit. The concurrent enrollment program is intended to allow a student to complete a high school diploma while concurrently earning credits for first or second-year coursework at a USHE Institution, which can accelerate college completion and reduce college costs. To accomplish the purpose for the concurrent enrollment program, the UBHE and the USBE shall ensure that the following is done:
4.1. High Quality Opportunities - Concurrent enrollment courses shall provide high quality, college-level academic and career and technical education opportunities to qualified high school students.4.2. Qualitative Safeguards - College instruction offered in the high school setting must have qualitative safeguards to preserve the rigor and standards of college requirements. The USHE Institution granting the college credit for a given course is responsible to establish appropriate qualitative safeguards. To help ensure quality, consistent instruction, and student success, the sponsoring institutions should officially enroll students as concurrent enrollment students.4.3. Participating Institutions - USHE credit-granting institutions may participate in the contractual basis concurrent enrollment program in compliance with controlling law and consistent with USBE rules governing the use of public education funds.4.4. Program Evaluation - The USBE and UBHE shall work in close cooperation in developing, implementing, and evaluating the concurrent enrollment program.Utah Admin. Code R765-165-4
Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2021-04, effective 1/28/2021