SECTION EE.2

INSTRUCTION
INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS - DUAL CREDIT

Procedure

DUAL CREDIT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS

Navarro College shall enter into dual credit partnership agreements with school districts or individual private/charter schools as appropriate to allow secondary students to take college-level courses for both high school and college credit. Dual credit courses are courses for which students receive college credit as well as high school credit while still enrolled in high school. The curriculum content and rigor of dual credit courses are equivalent to the college course standards and requirements. (Texas Administrative Code: RULE: 4.84 - Institutional Agreements)

Partnership agreements must address the following elements:

1. Eligible Courses;

2. Student Eligibility;

3. Location of Class;

4. Student Composition of Class

5. Faculty Selection, Supervision, and Evaluation;

6. Course Curriculum, Instruction, and Grading;

7. Academic Policies and Student Support Services;

8. Transcripting of Credit;

9. Funding; and

10. Defined sequences of courses, where applicable.

As codified in the Texas Education Code, Section 28.009 (b-1) and (b-2) and Texas Administrative Code: Rule 4.84, for any dual credit partnership between a secondary school and a public college, an agreement must be approved by the governing boards or designated authorities (e.g. principal and chief academic officer) of both the public school district or private secondary school and the public college prior to the offering of such courses. The elements of dual credit partnership agreements must address the following elements:

1. Include specific program goals aligned with the statewide goals developed under TEC 28.009, Subsection ((b-1);

2. Establish common advising strategies and terminology related to dual credit and college readiness;

3. Provide for the alignment of endorsements described by Section 28.025 (c-1) offered by the district, and dual credit courses offered under the agreement that apply towards those endorsements, with postsecondary pathways and credentials at the institution and industry certifications;

4. Identify tools, including tools developed by the Texas Education Agency, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, or the Texas Workforce Commission, to assist counselors, students, and families in selecting endorsements offered by the district and dual credit course offered under the agreement;

5. Establish or provide a procedure for establishing, the course credits that may be earned under the agreement, including developing a course equivalency crosswalk or other method of equating high school courses with college courses and identifying the number of credits that may be earned for each course completed through the program;

6. Describe the academic supports and, if applicable, guidance that will be provided to students participating in the program;

7. Establish the institution of higher education's and the school district's respective roles and responsibilities in providing the program and ensuring the quality and instructional rigor of the program;

8. State the sources of funding for courses offered under the program, including, at a minimum, the sources of funding for tuition, transpiration, and any required fees or textbooks for students participating in the program;

9. Require the district and the institution to consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered under the program; and

10. Designate at least one employee of the district or institution as responsible for providing academic advising to a student who enrolls in a dual credit course under the program before the student begins the course; and

11. Be posted each year on the institution of higher education's and the school district's respective Internet websites.

DUAL CREDIT COURSE FEES

Navarro College will establish the cost of all tuition and fees for dual credit courses with partnering ISD’s. See NC catalog for current tuition and fee information.

Navarro College participates in the FAST (Financial Aid for Swift Transfer) Program. FAST is an optional program available to public institutions of higher education in Texas (as defined under Texas Education Code, Section 61.003(8). The program provides funding to institutions so they can offer dual credit courses to educationally disadvantaged students at no cost.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) will adopt a maximum tuition rate for dual credit courses each fiscal year that is a condition of an institution’s participation in the FAST program. Institutions that opt-in to participate in the FAST program will receive an allotment of funding equal to the FAST tuition rate for each semester credit hour of dual credit coursework taken by an eligible student. Note that the FAST tuition rate is the maximum tuition rate that a participating institution may charge for all dual credit students attending high school in a Texas school district or charter school who enroll in any eligible dual credit course offered through an institutional agreement, as outlined in Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Section 4.84.

Approved: 2015
Updated: 2020, 2024
Reviewed: 2022

TOOLS & RESOURCES

SECTION E | INSTRUCTION

SECTION EE.2

DUAL CREDIT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS

Partnership agreements must address the following elements:

1. Eligible Courses;

2. Student Eligibility;

3. Location of Class;

4. Student Composition of Class

5. Faculty Selection, Supervision, and Evaluation;

6. Course Curriculum, Instruction, and Grading;

7. Academic Policies and Student Support Services;

8. Transcripting of Credit;

9. Funding; and

10. Defined sequences of courses, where applicable.

1. Include specific program goals aligned with the statewide goals developed under TEC 28.009, Subsection ((b-1);

2. Establish common advising strategies and terminology related to dual credit and college readiness;

3. Provide for the alignment of endorsements described by Section 28.025 (c-1) offered by the district, and dual credit courses offered under the agreement that apply towards those endorsements, with postsecondary pathways and credentials at the institution and industry certifications;

4. Identify tools, including tools developed by the Texas Education Agency, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, or the Texas Workforce Commission, to assist counselors, students, and families in selecting endorsements offered by the district and dual credit course offered under the agreement;

6. Describe the academic supports and, if applicable, guidance that will be provided to students participating in the program;

7. Establish the institution of higher education's and the school district's respective roles and responsibilities in providing the program and ensuring the quality and instructional rigor of the program;

8. State the sources of funding for courses offered under the program, including, at a minimum, the sources of funding for tuition, transpiration, and any required fees or textbooks for students participating in the program;

9. Require the district and the institution to consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered under the program; and

10. Designate at least one employee of the district or institution as responsible for providing academic advising to a student who enrolls in a dual credit course under the program before the student begins the course; and

11. Be posted each year on the institution of higher education's and the school district's respective Internet websites.

DUAL CREDIT COURSE FEES

Navarro College will establish the cost of all tuition and fees for dual credit courses with partnering ISD’s. See NC catalog for current tuition and fee information.