CHAPTER 5. DOUBLE UP PROGRAM
IC 21-43-5
Chapter 5. Double Up Program
IC 21-43-5-1
Applicability
Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to a program at a state
educational institution.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.
IC 21-43-5-2
Double up for college programs; collaboration
Sec. 2. The double up for college program is established for
secondary school students in grades 11 and 12. School corporations
and state educational institutions may collaborate to offer:
(1) early college;
(2) dual credit; or
(3) dual enrollment;
programs that meet the educational objectives of the school
corporation and are offered by the state educational institutions in
secondary school locations.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284. Amended by P.L.234-2007,
SEC.64.
IC 21-43-5-3
Enrollment on full-time or part-time basis allowed
Sec. 3. A student may enroll in a course offered by a state
educational institution under the program on a full-time or part-time
basis during grade 11 or grade 12, or both.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.
IC 21-43-5-4
State educational institutions and school corporations; powers
Sec. 4. (a) A state educational institution that participates in:
(1) an early college program;
(2) a dual credit program; or
(3) a dual enrollment program;
may, by agreement with a school corporation, take any action
described in subsection (b).
(b) The state educational institution may:
(1) ensure that the content and rigor of a course offered is
adequate to warrant providing credit to a student as if the
student took the course as a student at the state educational
institution;
(2) set the criteria for a faculty member, an instructor, or other
individual responsible for teaching a course with the:
(A) state educational institution responsible for hiring the
personnel to instruct dual credit courses taught by the state
educational institution; and
(B) school corporation responsible for hiring personnel to
instruct dual credit courses taught by the high school; and
(3) determine, with the school corporation, the terms and
conditions under which:
(A) a student may be admitted to the program while
attending high school;
(B) the state educational institution will award credit, if any,
for a specified course successfully completed by a student
through the school corporation; and
(C) the school corporation will award credit, if any, for a
specific course successfully completed through the state
educational institution.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.
IC 21-43-5-5
High school graduation credits
Sec. 5. A student is entitled to credit toward graduation
requirements for a course the student successfully completes at the
eligible institution.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.
IC 21-43-5-6
Limitation on eligible courses; listing in statewide core transfer
library or articulation agreement; transfer of credits
Sec. 6. (a) Courses offered under the program must be listed in
the:
(1) statewide core transfer library courses that are transferable
on all campuses of the state educational institutions in
accordance with the principles in IC 21-42-5-4; or
(2) articulation agreements that apply to any campus in the Ivy
Tech Community College of Indiana system and to Vincennes
University and draw from liberal arts and the technical,
professional, and occupational fields.
(b) If a student passes a course through the program that is part of
an articulation agreement between the state educational institution
offering the course and other state educational institutions, the course
shall transfer under the terms and standards of the articulation
agreement between the state educational institutions.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284. Amended by P.L.234-2007,
SEC.65.
IC 21-43-5-7
Methods by which courses may be offered
Sec. 7. Based on the demand for enrollment in the identified
courses and the resources available to the state educational
institutions, the identified courses may be offered through:
(1) onsite instruction;
(2) telecommunication; or
(3) a combination of methods described in subdivisions (1) and
(2);
at on-campus or off-campus sites.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.
IC 21-43-5-8
Counseling concerning courses
Sec. 8. A school corporation may, by agreement with a state
educational institution, offer counseling concerning an early college,
a dual credit, or a dual enrollment course that the school corporation
considers appropriate, including:
(1) notice of the course and schedule;
(2) available postsecondary credit;
(3) responsibilities of the student;
(4) tuition and other costs;
(5) consequences of the failure to complete a course; and
(6) other matters concerning the program and opportunities
presented by the program.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.
IC 21-43-5-9
Application for enrollment in state educational institution;
standard for acceptance or rejection
Sec. 9. A student may apply for enrollment to a state educational
institution. The state educational institution shall accept or reject the
student based on the standards ordinarily used to decide student
enrollments. However, a student in the program may not be refused
admission solely because the student has not graduated from a
secondary school.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.
IC 21-43-5-10
Power to grant financial assistance
Sec. 10. A state educational institution may grant financial
assistance, including a waiver of tuition not otherwise covered by
IC 21-14-8, to a student for courses taken under this program based
on:
(1) the student's financial need;
(2) the student's academic achievement; or
(3) any other criteria.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284. Amended by P.L.234-2007,
SEC.66.
IC 21-43-5-11
Tuition waiver
Sec. 11. A state educational institution shall waive tuition for a
student as provided in IC 21-14-8.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.
IC 21-43-5-12
Postsecondary credit
Sec. 12. A student is entitled to receive postsecondary credit
toward meeting the degree requirements at the state educational
institution at which the student successfully completed a dual credit
course. If the student enrolls in a state educational institution other
than the state educational institution at which a dual credit course
was completed, the other state educational institution:
(1) shall grant credit for courses that are:
(A) in the core transfer library; or
(B) subject to an articulation agreement; and
(2) may grant credit for other courses.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.
IC 21-43-5-13
Accreditation of institutions offering dual credit courses
Sec. 13. After June 30, 2010, a state educational institution or
campus of a state educational institution that offers dual credit
courses in liberal arts, professional, or career and technical
disciplines must be either:
(1) accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent
Enrollment Partnerships; or
(2) approved by the commission for higher education.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284. Amended by P.L.31-2010, SEC.7.
IC 21-43-5-14
Ivy Tech Community College; reimbursement of costs of dual
enrollment programs
Sec. 14. Ivy Tech Community College is entitled to
reimbursement for the costs incurred to deliver courses under this
chapter that are taken:
(1) at an Ivy Tech Community College site; and
(2) by a student for whom Ivy Tech Community College has
waived tuition under this chapter or IC 21-14-8.
The school corporation in which the student described in subdivision
(2) resides shall pay the individual's tuition to Ivy Tech Community
College for each year the student is included in the school
corporation's ADM.
As added by P.L.234-2007, SEC.67.