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Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, September 30, 2014
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve Interinstitutional Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreement with the University of South Florida (USF)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The programs covered under this agreement are dual enrollment and early admission.  This articulation agreement will provide students the opportunity to enhance their learning in courses that meet educational, career, and personal needs while enrolled in high school.  Dual enrollment programs allow qualifying students in grades 9-12 to be enrolled in both high school and college.  Dual enrollment course offerings provide students greater academic options and considerable financial savings.  This agreement will remain in effect for a 5-year period ending in the year 2019.

Early admission is a form of dual enrollment that permits eligible students to enroll at USF on a full-time basis in courses that are creditable toward a high school diploma and college credit.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Increase promotion rates at all grade levels and the percentage of high school graduates • Challenge and support all students with an appropriate curriculum
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  Yes)
Enrollments in these courses are FTE generating.  The district will pay USF the standard tuition rate per credit hour for instruction that takes place during the fall or spring semesters on the USF campus.  The school district will continue to provide textbooks for dual enrollment students.
EVALUATION
We will evaluate the program by the number of students participating at the end of each academic school year.
SUBMITTED BY:  Angelique Xenick, Supervisor, High School Guidance Services
Denny B. Oest   Wynne A. Tye
Instructional Leadership Director, Secondary
(813) 272-4451
  Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction
(813) 272-4221
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Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20140930_642 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 1.06