1. (1) Choice of Courses - The courses offered through CE shall be introductory-level general education, career and technical education, and pre-major or pre-certificate college courses, or select upper division courses when approved by the Utah Board of Higher Education after consulting with the USBE. CE courses must assist students in earning post-secondary certificates or degrees. CE may only include college and career and technical education courses that correspond to high school courses typically offered in grades 11 or 12. Courses selected shall reflect the strengths and resources of the respective schools and USHE institutions. CE offerings shall be limited to courses in English, mathematics, fine arts, humanities, science, social science, world languages, and career and technical education.
2. (2) Career and Technical Education (CTE) Courses -- CTE CE courses are undergraduate courses that prepare students for employment with industry-specific skills and knowledge that meet the needs of Utah's employers for technically skilled workers. CTE CE courses shall correspond to a Board-approved aligned program or an approved supplemental course under Board Policy R404, Technical Education Program Alignment. CTE CE courses shall use the aligned program structure to ensure transferability and program consistency, including the use of common course numbers, names, descriptions, and objectives. An LEA shall ensure CTE CE courses taught at a high school site have the necessary equipment and facilities to deliver the curriculum at a college-level rigor.

3. (3) Accelerated Foreign Language Courses for the Utah Language Bridge Program -- Degree-granting USHE institutions may offer 3000 level foreign language courses to accelerated foreign language students, including dual language immersion students. Courses shall count toward a foreign language degree, minor, or certificate offered by a USHE institution.

   1. (a) A 3000-level accelerated foreign language course shall be taught or co-taught by a qualified instructor as outlined in Subsections R765-165-10(5)(b) and (c).
   2. (b) If a degree-granting USHE institution cannot provide a qualified instructor for a 3000-level accelerated foreign language course in the institution's service area, an LEA may initiate a partnership with another degree-granting USHE institution to provide a 3000-level accelerated foreign language course in alignment with the right of first refusal requirements in Subsection R765-165-9(3).
4. (4) Master List - The USBE and the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education (OCHE) shall jointly review the Concurrent Enrollment Master List (CEML) each year to ensure compliance with relevant Board policies. Only CE courses that are compliant with Board policy requirements will be included on the CEML. The OCHE and the USBE will jointly approve courses that are added to an institution-specific CEML. Only courses taken from the CEML for a given academic year shall be considered CE courses and reimbursed from state CE funds. Students enrolled in technical college courses that are not on the CEML are not participating in the contractual CE program and are not included in the CE funding formula described in Section R765-165-11, even if they receive high school credit for those courses.
5. (5) Changes to CE Master List - USHE institutions, after consultation with LEAs, shall provide the USBE with proposed new course offerings, including syllabi and curriculum materials by the date established by OCHE and USBE for the annual review of the Concurrent Enrollment Master List for the school year in which courses shall be offered.
6. (6) Number of Courses - In general, institutions should ensure they have sufficient capacity to maintain high quality instruction, coordinated professional development for participating faculty, and transferability of credit between USHE institutions when determining the number and types of CE courses they offer.

7. (7) Institution Responsibility - The offering USHE institution is responsible for course content, procedures, examinations, teaching materials, and monitoring of CE courses taught at a high school. The institution shall ensure the curriculum is consistent with Utah law and of comparable rigor and quality with courses offered on the institution campus. The institution shall ensure CE curriculum standards of instruction, practices for administering and grading assessments, and the course grade rubric are the same as when the course is taught on the institution's campus. When possible, department exams

   should be used in the CE course. For courses that transfer as equivalent credit among USHE institutions, the institution shall ensure articulated learning outcomes are met.

8. (8) Learning Materials -- Under Subsection 53G-4-402(27), CE learning materials are not subject to selection by the local school board.
9. (9) Sensitive Material -- Under Subsection 53G-10-103(1)(h)(ii) does not include an instructional material for a CE course that contains sensitive material and for which a parent receives notice from the course provider of the material before enrollment of the parent's child and gives the parent's consent by enrolling the parent's child. A USHE institution shall provide parental notice for any courses that contain sensitive material before the student's enrollment in the CE course.

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