CHAPTER 5. DOUBLE UP PROGRAM

IC 21-43-5
     Chapter 5. Double Up Program

IC 21-43-5-1
Applicability
    
Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to a program at a state educational institution.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.

IC 21-43-5-2
Double up for college programs; collaboration
    
Sec. 2. The double up for college program is established for secondary school students in grades 11 and 12. School corporations and state educational institutions may collaborate to offer:
        (1) early college;
        (2) dual credit; or
        (3) dual enrollment;
programs that meet the educational objectives of the school corporation and are offered by the state educational institutions in secondary school locations.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.64.

IC 21-43-5-3
Enrollment on full-time or part-time basis allowed
    
Sec. 3. A student may enroll in a course offered by a state educational institution under the program on a full-time or part-time basis during grade 11 or grade 12, or both.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.

IC 21-43-5-4
State educational institutions and school corporations; powers
    
Sec. 4. (a) A state educational institution that participates in:
        (1) an early college program;
        (2) a dual credit program; or
        (3) a dual enrollment program;
may, by agreement with a school corporation, take any action described in subsection (b).
    (b) The state educational institution may:
        (1) ensure that the content and rigor of a course offered is adequate to warrant providing credit to a student as if the student took the course as a student at the state educational institution;
        (2) set the criteria for a faculty member, an instructor, or other individual responsible for teaching a course with the:
            (A) state educational institution responsible for hiring the personnel to instruct dual credit courses taught by the state educational institution; and
            (B) school corporation responsible for hiring personnel to instruct dual credit courses taught by the high school; and         (3) determine, with the school corporation, the terms and conditions under which:
            (A) a student may be admitted to the program while attending high school;
            (B) the state educational institution will award credit, if any, for a specified course successfully completed by a student through the school corporation; and
            (C) the school corporation will award credit, if any, for a specific course successfully completed through the state educational institution.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.

IC 21-43-5-5
High school graduation credits
    
Sec. 5. A student is entitled to credit toward graduation requirements for a course the student successfully completes at the eligible institution.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.

IC 21-43-5-6
Limitation on eligible courses; listing in statewide core transfer library or articulation agreement; transfer of credits
    
Sec. 6. (a) Courses offered under the program must be listed in the:
        (1) statewide core transfer library courses that are transferable on all campuses of the state educational institutions in accordance with the principles in IC 21-42-5-4; or
        (2) articulation agreements that apply to any campus in the Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana system and to Vincennes University and draw from liberal arts and the technical, professional, and occupational fields.
    (b) If a student passes a course through the program that is part of an articulation agreement between the state educational institution offering the course and other state educational institutions, the course shall transfer under the terms and standards of the articulation agreement between the state educational institutions.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.65.

IC 21-43-5-7

Methods by which courses may be offered
    
Sec. 7. Based on the demand for enrollment in the identified courses and the resources available to the state educational institutions, the identified courses may be offered through:
        (1) onsite instruction;
        (2) telecommunication; or
        (3) a combination of methods described in subdivisions (1) and (2);
at on-campus or off-campus sites.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.
IC 21-43-5-8
Counseling concerning courses
    
Sec. 8. A school corporation may, by agreement with a state educational institution, offer counseling concerning an early college, a dual credit, or a dual enrollment course that the school corporation considers appropriate, including:
        (1) notice of the course and schedule;
        (2) available postsecondary credit;
        (3) responsibilities of the student;
        (4) tuition and other costs;
        (5) consequences of the failure to complete a course; and
        (6) other matters concerning the program and opportunities presented by the program.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.

IC 21-43-5-9
Application for enrollment in state educational institution; standard for acceptance or rejection
    
Sec. 9. A student may apply for enrollment to a state educational institution. The state educational institution shall accept or reject the student based on the standards ordinarily used to decide student enrollments. However, a student in the program may not be refused admission solely because the student has not graduated from a secondary school.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.

IC 21-43-5-10
Power to grant financial assistance
    
Sec. 10. A state educational institution may grant financial assistance, including a waiver of tuition not otherwise covered by IC 21-14-8, to a student for courses taken under this program based on:
        (1) the student's financial need;
        (2) the student's academic achievement; or
        (3) any other criteria.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.66.

IC 21-43-5-11
Tuition waiver
    
Sec. 11. A state educational institution shall waive tuition for a student as provided in IC 21-14-8.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.

IC 21-43-5-12
Postsecondary credit
    
Sec. 12. A student is entitled to receive postsecondary credit toward meeting the degree requirements at the state educational institution at which the student successfully completed a dual credit course. If the student enrolls in a state educational institution other

than the state educational institution at which a dual credit course was completed, the other state educational institution:
        (1) shall grant credit for courses that are:
            (A) in the core transfer library; or
            (B) subject to an articulation agreement; and
        (2) may grant credit for other courses.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.

IC 21-43-5-13
Accreditation of institutions offering dual credit courses
    
Sec. 13. After June 30, 2010, a state educational institution or campus of a state educational institution that offers dual credit courses in liberal arts, professional, or career and technical disciplines must be either:
        (1) accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships; or
        (2) approved by the commission for higher education.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284. Amended by P.L.31-2010, SEC.7.

IC 21-43-5-14
Ivy Tech Community College; reimbursement of costs of dual enrollment programs
    
Sec. 14. Ivy Tech Community College is entitled to reimbursement for the costs incurred to deliver courses under this chapter that are taken:
        (1) at an Ivy Tech Community College site; and
        (2) by a student for whom Ivy Tech Community College has waived tuition under this chapter or IC 21-14-8.
The school corporation in which the student described in subdivision (2) resides shall pay the individual's tuition to Ivy Tech Community College for each year the student is included in the school corporation's ADM.
As added by P.L.234-2007, SEC.67.