Bill Text: MN HF2942 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Dual credit provisions established and modified.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-25 - Author added Johnson, S. [HF2942 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2942-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to education; establishing and modifying certain dual credit provisions;
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.09, subdivision 9; proposing
1.4coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [120B.129] GRADE POINT AVERAGE WEIGHTING.
1.7(a) For purposes of this section, "dual credit course" means a course taken during
1.8high school that may result in both high school and college credit being awarded,
1.9including advanced placement, international baccalaureate, project lead the way, college
1.10in the schools, postsecondary enrollment options, and concurrent enrollment.
1.11(b) If a school district or charter school weights any dual credit course in calculating
1.12a student's overall grade point average, the district or charter school must give equal
1.13weight to all dual credit courses in calculating a student's grade point average.
1.14 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.15 Subd. 9. Enrollment priority. A postsecondary institution shall give priority to its
1.16postsecondary students when enrolling 10th, 11th, and 12th grade pupils in its courses.
1.17A postsecondary institution may provide information about its programs to a secondary
1.18school or to a pupil or parentand it may advertise or otherwise recruit or solicit a
1.19secondary pupil to enroll in its programs on educational and programmatic grounds only.
1.20An institution must not enroll secondary pupils, for postsecondary enrollment options
1.21purposes, in remedial, developmental, or other courses that are not college level. Once a
1.22pupil has been enrolled in a postsecondary course under this section, the pupil shall not
1.23be displaced by another student.
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.09, subdivision 9; proposing
1.4coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [120B.129] GRADE POINT AVERAGE WEIGHTING.
1.7(a) For purposes of this section, "dual credit course" means a course taken during
1.8high school that may result in both high school and college credit being awarded,
1.9including advanced placement, international baccalaureate, project lead the way, college
1.10in the schools, postsecondary enrollment options, and concurrent enrollment.
1.11(b) If a school district or charter school weights any dual credit course in calculating
1.12a student's overall grade point average, the district or charter school must give equal
1.13weight to all dual credit courses in calculating a student's grade point average.
1.14 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.15 Subd. 9. Enrollment priority. A postsecondary institution shall give priority to its
1.16postsecondary students when enrolling 10th, 11th, and 12th grade pupils in its courses.
1.17A postsecondary institution may provide information about its programs to a secondary
1.18school or to a pupil or parent
1.19
1.20An institution must not enroll secondary pupils, for postsecondary enrollment options
1.21purposes, in remedial, developmental, or other courses that are not college level. Once a
1.22pupil has been enrolled in a postsecondary course under this section, the pupil shall not
1.23be displaced by another student.
