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§ 16-1615-B. Credit for concurrent courses

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: December 30, 2019

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 24 P.S. Education
Chapter 1. Public School Code of 1949 (Refs & Annos)
Article XVI-B. Opportunities for Educational Excellence
Subarticle (b). Concurrent Enrollment
Effective: December 30, 2019
24 P.S. § 16-1615-B
§ 16-1615-B. Credit for concurrent courses
Currentness
(a) Award.--A school district, charter school, area career and technical school, nonpublic school, private school or home education program shall award secondary credit for a successfully completed concurrent course, with success being determined by the eligible postsecondary institution and set forth in the concurrent enrollment agreement under section 1613-B(b)(4).1
(b) Transcript.--A concurrent student's official secondary school transcript shall reflect that credits for a concurrent course were earned through an eligible postsecondary institution.
(c) Transfer.--
(1) In the event that a concurrent student who has earned credits for a concurrent course transfers to a school entity, the school entity that receives the concurrent student shall recognize the credits as applying toward its graduation requirements.
(2) In the event that a concurrent student who has earned credits for a concurrent course transfers to a charter school, a nonpublic school, a private school or a home education program, the charter school, nonpublic school, private school or home education program that receives the concurrent student may recognize the credits as applying toward its graduation requirements.
(d) Postsecondary award.--
(1) If, after graduation from a secondary school, the concurrent student enrolls in the postsecondary institution at which the concurrent student took a concurrent course, that institution shall award postsecondary credit for any concurrent courses successfully completed by the concurrent student at the institution.
(2) If the concurrent student enrolls in a postsecondary institution other than the one at which the concurrent student earned the credits, that institution may grant credit for courses successfully completed by the concurrent student.
(3) Community colleges, member institutions of the State System of Higher Education and State-related institutions may not refuse to recognize and award credit for a concurrent course based upon the fact that the credit was earned through a concurrent enrollment program.
(e) Credit limit.--A concurrent student's concurrent course enrollment may not exceed 24 postsecondary credits in any school year.

Credits

1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XVI-B, § 1615-B, added 2005, July 13, P.L. 226, No. 46, § 11, imd. effective. Amended 2019, Oct. 30, P.L. 460, No. 76, § 37, effective in 60 days [Dec. 30, 2019].

Footnotes

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24 P.S. § 16-1613-B.
24 P.S. § 16-1615-B, PA ST 24 P.S. § 16-1615-B
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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