High School Students can Earn College Credit

Bill Graves
"Senate education committee approves bill to help high school students earn college credit"
The Oregonian
February 15, 2011
URL: http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2011/02/senate_education_committee_app.html

Topic: High School Students can Earn College Credit

Summary: This article stated that the Senate education committee approved a bill that would make it easier for high school students to earn college credit. The bill requires districts to provide high school students access to courses that give them college credits at the same time they earn credits to their diploma. The bill would help some high school students earn a year or more of college credit through dual credit courses, reducing the tuition cost of their college educations by thousands of dollars. The bill directs the state Department of Education to administer a program that would provide grants to train teachers and help students pay for dual credit courses.

Intended audience: Teachers, Parents

Key point: 1. Such dual credit courses can be offered on high school or community college and university campuses. 2. The bill establishes an Accelerated College Credit Account, though it does not say how much money will go into the account, to help pay for the dual credit grant program.

Relevance: If this bill is helping students to reduce their college tuition fee, and earn credits to their diplomas, their tuition fee in high school would be increased. I don't know how they will support economically to the program.