A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the state board of education to revise its policy on dual credit allowances to award high school course credit for workforce continuing education pathway college courses.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The State Board of Education shall revise its policy CCRE‑001, Course for Credit, to permit dual credit allowances for high school students who are earning college credit through a Workforce Continuing Education Pathway (WCEP) in the Career and College Promise Program to also receive high school course credit for those courses. WCEPs consist of courses that lead to a State‑ or industry‑recognized credential. The State Board shall not limit the allowance of high school course credit to curriculum programs only in its policy. The State Board shall enter into an articulation agreement with the State Board of Community Colleges to ensure acceptance of equivalency credit for high school courses with WCEP courses.
SECTION 2.  In addition to the changes required by Section 1 of this act to State Board policy, CCRE‑001, the State Board shall also allow college and university courses of one and two credit hours to receive high school dual credit.
SECTION 3.  Within 90 days of the date this act becomes law, the State Board shall revise its policy, as required by this act, to be effective beginning with the 2020‑2021 school year. By February 15, 2020, the State Board, in consultation with the State Board of Community Colleges, shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the revision of its policy and the articulation agreement entered into with the State Board of Community Colleges to ensure the support of high school students who are earning college credit while in high school through courses leading to a State‑ or industry‑recognized credential.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.