When he opened the 2018 Legislative Session, Governor Dennis Daugaard said he would offer legislation to clarify who pays what for the university and vo-tech classes out high schoolers take for dual credit. The Governor’s proposal is now fleshed out in House Bill 1099.
HB 1099 sets the dual-credit tuition rate at 43% of the undergraduate off-campus tuition rate. (Currently at SDSU, that would be $144.05 per credit hour.) HB 1099 specifies that the state will pay two-thirds of that tuition. The remaining third is the student’s responsibility; however, school districts retain the option to pay as much of that student share as they wish.
Dual-credit classes are open to students in grades nine through twelve. HB 1099 establishes the state subsidy for students in grades eleven and twelve. I would suggest that if a ninth- or tenth-grader can pass a university’s admission requirements for a dual-credit class, that younger student deserves the same state investment as an older high school counterpart.
As Governor Daugaard said in his State of the State Address, dual credit is good for everyone involved. HB 1099 clarifies the cost and firms up the state’s commitment in the program.
Word I am getting is students that are enrolling in dual credit are failing miserably. . . I would suggest asking for results instead of hyperbole.
Anyone want to make any bets?
Where are you getting that word, OS?
DOE says dual-credit students have a 92% pass rate and a 72% A/B rate. The Governor said in his State of the State Address that students saved $5.3 million last year on tuition. Where is the “miserable failure” in those figures? Are there other metrics we’re missing?
I have yet to have a student fail a dual credit class. Students have to meet certain eligibility requirements to in order to enroll in a dual credit class.