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EARLY COLLEGE
Eligible Course
Course offered by an eligible postsecondary
institution for postsecondary credit.
Normally applies toward satisfaction of
[postsecondary] degree requirements.
Designed to offer students the opportunity to earn a
high school diploma and either an associate degree,
the Michigan Early Middle College Association
(MEMCA) technical certification, an industry-
recognized certificate, or 60 transferable college
credits at the same time.
EMCs are structured programs that use the flexibility
with the Dual Enrollment laws to provide a specific
and deliberately designed course of study that will
result in earning 60 transferable college credits.
An EMC student must take a math class during their
5th year of high school and have completed at least 3
years or more of math previously.
Course Limits
MDE does not impose a cap on the number of
courses/credits allowed for Early Middle Colleges.
Students must declare themselves as an EMC student
no later than the fall count date of 11th grade.
The diploma date must coincide with the EMC
students’ legal graduation date after he/she has
completed all the Michigan Merit Curriculum
requirements and local district graduation
requirements. Earning the 5th year FTE funding also
coincides with this completion.
Students must to remain for a 13th year to
earn college credits at little to no cost.
Eligible Charges
Tuition, mandatory course fees, materials fees
(including textbooks required for a course), and
registration fees required by the postsecondary
institution for enrollment in a course.
Any late fees charged by a postsecondary institution
as a result of the State or a school district not making
the required payment in time (according to this Act).
Transportation fees, parking costs, and activity fees
are not eligible charges.
For a district that receives funding through state aid,
the district is not required to provide more tuition
support under this act than what is received by the
district through state aid for the student for the
school year.
NOTE: Families may be required to reimburse the
school district if a student does not successfully
complete a college course.
Academic Credit
Postsecondary courses may be taken for high school
credit, postsecondary credit, or both.
School districts shall grant academic credit and count
that credit toward graduation and subject area
requirements of the school district when applicable
and when a student has designated a course was
taken for high school credit or both high school credit
and postsecondary credit. School districts may
determine how much high school credit shall be
awarded for a course, and how that credit will be
applied to a student’s transcript (letter grade, pass/
fail, etc.).
DUAL ENROLLMENT
Eligible Course
Course offered by an eligible postsecondary institution
for postsecondary credit.
Not offered by eligible student’s high school (or is not
available to the student due to an unavoidable
scheduling conflict).
Academic in nature
Normally applies toward satisfaction of [postsecondary]
degree requirements.
Not ordinarily taken as an activity course.
Not a hobby, craft, or recreational course.
In a subject area other than physical education,
theology, divinity, or religious education.
For subject areas assessed on a readiness assessment
or the Michigan Merit Examination, eligible courses are
limited to those subject areas for which the student has
achieved a qualifying score.
Not required for computer science or foreign language
courses.
A district may elect to support a student’s enrollment in
a subject area that the student has not yet achieved a
qualifying score if it has been determined to be in the
best educational interest of the student.
Courses Limits
Up to 10 courses overall can be covered under the
Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act. For a student
that first dual enrolls in:
• 9th grade – not more than two courses per year in
9th, 10th, and 11th grade, and not more than four
courses in grade 12
• 10th grade – not more than two courses in 10th
grade, and not more than four courses in 11th and 12th
grade
• 11th or 12th grade – not more than six courses per
year
These limits may be waived when a written agreement
exists between a school district and a postsecondary
institution as discussed in MCL 388.513.
Eligible Charges
Tuition, mandatory course fees, materials fees
(including textbooks required for a course), and
registration fees required by the postsecondary
institution for enrollment in a course.
Any late fees charged by a postsecondary institution
as a result of the State or a school district not making
the required payment in time (according to this Act).
Transportation fees, parking costs, and activity fees
are not eligible charges.
For a district that receives funding through state aid,
the district is not required to provide more tuition
support under this act than what is received by the
district through state aid for the student for the
school year.
NOTE: Families may be required to reimburse the
school district if a student does not successfully
complete a college course.
Academic Credit
Postsecondary courses may be taken for high school
credit, postsecondary credit, or both.
School districts shall grant academic credit and count
that credit toward graduation and subject area
requirements of the school district when applicable
and when a student has designated a dual enrollment
course was taken for high school credit or both high
school credit and postsecondary credit. School
districts may determine how much high school credit
shall be awarded for a course, and how that credit
will be applied to a student’s transcript (letter grade,
pass/fail, etc.).
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