1. (a)

   1. (1) In this section, “dually enrolled student” means a student who is dually enrolled in:

      1. (i) A secondary school in the State; and
      2. (ii) An institution of higher education in the State.
   2. (2) “Dually enrolled student” includes a student enrolled in a credit or noncredit certificate or license program, course, or sequence of courses that leads to certification or licensure at an institution of higher education in the State.
2. (b) A public institution of higher education may not charge tuition to a dually enrolled student.
3. (c) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, for each dually enrolled student who is enrolled in a public school in the county, the county board shall pay 75% of the cost of tuition for a public institution of higher education in the State.

4. (d)

   1. (1) If there is an agreement before July 1, 2020, between a public school and a public institution of higher education in which the public institution of higher education charges less than 75% of the cost of tuition to a dually enrolled student, the county board shall pay the cost of tuition under the existing agreement.
   2. (2) Every 2 years, a public school and a public institution of higher education may evaluate and modify an agreement made under paragraph (1) of this subsection.

Added as Education § 18-14A-04 by Acts 2013, c. 533, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013. Renumbered as Education § 15-127 and amended by Acts 2021, c. 36, §§ 2, 3, eff. March 14, 2021. Amended by Acts 2021, c. 55, § 1, eff. April 9, 2021.