The School Board recognizes the value to students and to the District for students to participate in programs offered by accredited colleges and universities. The Superintendent will annually develop/revise articulation agreements jointly with postsecondary institutions to provide a comprehensive articulated acceleration program including, but not limited to, dual enrollment and early admission programs.

The Board will approve participation by students in grades 10, 11, and 12 who meet the State Board of Education's criteria, to enroll in approved postsecondary programs while in attendance in the District. Secondary students may also participate in career dual enrollment that will enable them to earn industry certification. Students will be eligible to receive secondary credit for completing courses contained in any of these programs. Such credit will count toward graduation requirements.

No student may participate without the written consent of parents and the high school principal.

Annually, all secondary school students and their parents shall be informed of the options available to the students for dual enrollment as an educational option and mechanism for acceleration.

The postsecondary education institution will assign a letter grade for the student's work in the course, and the District will be responsible for posting dual enrollment course grades as assigned by the postsecondary institution to the high school transcript. The Superintendent shall also establish procedures for the proper entry on a student's transcript and other records of his/her participation in a postsecondary program. Under no circumstances will high school personnel edit collegiate transcripts once posted unless authorized to do so in writing by the respective post-secondary institution.

The District shall deny high school credit for any portion of postsecondary courses which are taken during the period of a student's expulsion. Any District student who is expelled is not eligible for enrollment or continuation in postsecondary courses during the period of expulsion except as determined by mutual agreement between the District and the college or university.

The Board, in conjunction with Florida College System institutions, shall establish one (1) or more collegiate high school programs. When creating a collegiate high school program, the Board shall execute a contract with a local Florida College System institution that contains all the requirements set forth in F.S. 1007.273. The program shall be established at a mutually agreeable location(s). Each contract must be executed by January 1st of each school year for implementation during the next school year.

The Board may execute a contract to establish a collegiate high school program with a State university or an institution that is eligible to participate in the William L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program, that is a nonprofit independent college or university located and chartered in this State, and that is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to grant baccalaureate degrees. Such university or institution must meet the requirements specified under F.S. 1007.273.

Collegiate high school programs in the District shall provide an option for participating public school students in grades 11 or 12 for at least one (1) full year to earn Career and Professional Education (CAPE) industry certifications pursuant to F.S. 1008.44 and to successfully complete thirty (30) credit hours through the dual enrollment program under F.S. 1007.271 toward the first year of college for an associate degree or baccalaureate degree while enrolled in the program.

F.S. 1007.27, 1007.271, 1007.273, 1008.44