- (1) High Quality Opportunities - CE courses shall provide high quality, college-level academic and career and technical education opportunities to qualified high school students.
- (2) Qualitative Safeguards - College instruction offered in the high school setting must maintain the rigor, quality, and outcomes of corresponding courses delivered on a USHE campus. The eligible institution granting the college credit for a given course is responsible to establish and monitor appropriate qualitative safeguards. To help ensure quality, consistent instruction, and student success, the eligible institutions should officially enroll students as CE students.
- (3) Participating Institutions - USHE institutions may participate in the contractual basis CE program in compliance with controlling law and consistent with USBE rules governing the use of public education funds.
- (4) Program Evaluation - The USBE and the Board shall work in close cooperation in developing, implementing, and evaluating the CE program, including monitoring participation and outcomes across both academic and career and technical education programs.
The CE program provides course options to a prepared high school student who earns high school and college credit. The CE program is intended to allow a student to complete a high school diploma while concurrently earning credits for first or second-year coursework at a USHE Institution, which can accelerate college completion and reduce college costs. To accomplish the purpose for the CE program, the Board and the USBE shall ensure that the following is done:
KEY: concurrent enrollment, concurrent enrollment program
Date of Last Change: May 5, 2026
Notice of Continuation: January 7, 2026
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 53E-10-302; 53E-10-301; 53G-10-103