January 27, 2015, Introduced by Senators HANSEN, BOOHER, COLBECK, MARLEAU, JONES, MACGREGOR, MEEKHOF and HILDENBRAND and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to authorize state universities to offer academic
credit for concurrent enrollment courses provided by public high
schools in this state; and to authorize lower tuition rates for
those courses.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "state
university concurrent enrollment act".
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Concurrent enrollment course" means a concurrent
enrollment course described in part 20c of the revised school code,
1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1485 to 380.1487.
(b) "Eligible public high school" means either of the
following:
(i) A public high school that is operated by a school district
or public school academy in this state, if the board of the school
district or board of directors of the public school academy and the
board of a state university have agreed that the public high school
may provide concurrent enrollment courses for which the state
university shall provide college credit or award the appropriate
course certificate or other course credential.
(ii) An intermediate school district, as defined in section 4
of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.4, that provides 1
or more concurrent enrollment courses on behalf of 1 or more public
high schools described in subparagraph (i).
(c) "Public high school" means a public school, as defined in
section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5, that
includes grades 9 to 12 or 10 to 12 and that awards high school
diplomas.
(d) "Public school academy" means that term as defined in
section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5.
(e) "School district" means that term as defined in section 6
of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.6.
(f) "State university" means a university described in section
4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963.
Sec. 3. (1) The board of a state university may authorize the
university to participate in a concurrent enrollment program
described in this act with the governing board of an eligible
public high school. A state university that participates in a
concurrent enrollment program shall develop a concurrent enrollment
partnership agreement with the governing board of the eligible
public high school as described in section 1486(6) of the revised
school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1486.
(2) A state university that participates in a concurrent
enrollment program under this act shall provide each student who
successfully completed 1 or more concurrent enrollment courses,
while he or she was a pupil at an eligible public high school,
college credit or an award of the appropriate course certificate or
other course credential for the courses at the state university
that correspond to those concurrent enrollment courses.
(3) For purposes of implementing subsection (2), a state
university that participates in a concurrent enrollment program
under this act shall provide the eligible public high school with
the assessments for the state university courses included in the
program and other course materials as provided in the agreement
described in subsection (1).
(4) If a state university participates in a concurrent
enrollment program under this act, the board of the state
university may establish a reduced tuition rate for any course at
the state university for which the university gives college credit
or awards the appropriate course certificate or other course
credential for successful completion of a concurrent enrollment
course. It is the intent of the legislature that a tuition rate
established under this subsection will reflect the cost the state
university incurs to administer and oversee the program.
Enacting section 1. This act does not take effect unless all
of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are enacted into
law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 36.
(b) Senate Bill No. 37.