(a)

1. (1) Any student who is enrolled in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) in an Arkansas public school shall be eligible to enroll in a publicly supported community college, technical college, four-year college or university, or private institution of higher education in accordance with the rules adopted by the college or university.

2. (2)

   1. (A) If an Arkansas public college or university or private institution of higher education requires a college course placement score greater than a score of nineteen (19) on the ACT, a comparable score on the SAT, or an equivalent measure, the public school student must meet that institution’s concurrent admissions and course placement requirements.
   2. (B) Districts should consider the ACT benchmark readiness scores in addition to the minimum requirement for proper identification and placement of students in college coursework.

3. (3) A student in grade twelve (12) who possesses at least an ACT subscore of seventeen (17), or a comparable score on the SAT, in English, reading, or mathematics (or an equivalent measure) may enroll in remedial/developmental education courses in English, reading, and mathematics at a:

   1. (A) Publicly supported community college, technical college, four-year college or university; or
   2. (B) Private institution of higher education.

4. (4)

   1. (A) Any institution of higher education offering a remedial/developmental education course or courses must inform the public school student, verbally and in writing, that successful completion of remedial/developmental education courses in English, reading, and mathematics at one (1) college or university does not guarantee college course placement at another Arkansas college or university, unless there is a written/signed college course placement agreement with the other Arkansas college or university. (B) A list of the institutions of higher education with a signed college course placement agreement must be:

(i) Included in the signed memorandum of agreement between the school district and college/university;

1. (ii) Published in the current college/university catalog; and

   1. (iii) Posted on the college/university website;

(b)

1. (1) Any public school student in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) who enrolls in and successfully completes a course or courses offered by a publicly supported community college, technical college, four-year college or university, or private institution of higher education shall be entitled to receive both high school and college grades and credit (credit earned by College Level Examination Program examination may not be counted as high school credit) toward graduation, as outlined in this part.

2. (2) Participation in the concurrent high school and college credit program must be documented by a written agreement between:

   1. (A) The public school student and his or her parent or parents or guardian or guardians if the public school student is under the age of eighteen (18);
   2. (B) The public school or public school district where the student is enrolled; and

   3. (C) The publicly supported:

      1. (i) Community college;
      2. (ii) Technical college;
      3. (iii) Four-year college or university; or
      4. (iv) Private institution of higher education.
      5. (c)
3. (1) Students must comply with applicable enrollment or graduation requirements of the public high school the student attends while the student participates in the concurrent credit program.

4. (2) Public school students who previously earned high school credit through the concurrent credit program shall maintain the earned credit through graduation, regardless of whether the student subsequently transfers to a public school or school district that opts not to participate in the concurrent credit program.

   1. (d)
5. (1) Three (3) semester hours of college credit taken by a student in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) at a publicly supported community college, technical college, four-year college or university, or private institution of higher education shall be the equivalent of one (1) unit of high school credit in the same subject area.
6. (2) A three-semester hour remedial/developmental education course shall be the equivalent of one-half (1/2) unit of credit for a high school career focus elective.
7. (3) A remedial/developmental education course cannot be used to meet the core subject area/unit requirements.

(h) Any public school district and publicly supported or private institution of higher education that chooses to participate in a concurrent credit program shall implement and carry out the concurrent credit program in accordance with the:

1. (1) Rules of the State Board of Education; and
2. (2) Policies of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.