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(1) The state board and the Utah Board of Higher Education shall establish and maintain a concurrent enrollment program that:
(a) provides an eligible student the opportunity to enroll in a course that allows the eligible student to earn credit concurrently:
(i) toward high school graduation; and
(ii) at an institution of higher education;
(b) includes only a course that:
(i) leads to a degree or certificate offered by an institution of higher education; and
(ii) is one of the following:
(A) a general education course;
(B) a career and technical education course;
(C) a pre-major college level course;
(D) a foreign language concurrent enrollment course described in Section 53E-10-307; or
(E) an upper divisions course that the Utah Board of Higher Education approves under Subsection (3);
(c) requires that the instructor of a concurrent enrollment course is an eligible instructor; and
(d) is designed and implemented to take full advantage of the most current available education technology.
(2) The state board and the Utah Board of Higher Education shall coordinate to:
(a) establish a concurrent enrollment course approval process that ensures:
(i) credit awarded for concurrent enrollment is consistent and transferable to all institutions of higher education; and
(ii) learning outcomes for a concurrent enrollment course align with:
(A) core standards for Utah public schools adopted by the state board; and
(B) except for a foreign language concurrent enrollment course described in Section 53E-10-307 or an upper division course that the Utah Board of Higher Education approves under Subsection (3), an institution of higher education lower division course numbered at or above the 1000 level; and
(b) provide advising to an eligible student, including information on:
(i) general education requirements at institutions of higher education; and
(ii) how to choose concurrent enrollment courses to avoid duplication or excess credit hours.
(3) The Utah Board of Higher Education, after consulting with the state board, shall annually approve a prioritized list of upper division courses for which an institution of higher education may use concurrent enrollment money.
(4) After consultation with institution of higher education concurrent enrollment directors, the Utah Board of Higher Education shall:
(a) provide guidelines to an institution of higher education for establishing qualifying academic criteria for an eligible student to enroll in a concurrent enrollment course; and
(b) on or before July 1, 2019, establish a policy that:
(i) determines which concurrent enrollment courses are career and technical education courses; and
(ii) creates a process for:
(A) an LEA to appeal an institution of higher education's decision under Subsection (7) if the institution of higher education does not approve an LEA employee as an eligible instructor; and
(B) an LEA or institution of higher education to determine whether an eligible instructor who previously taught a concurrent enrollment course is no longer qualified to teach the concurrent enrollment course.
(5) To qualify for funds under Section 53F-2-409, an LEA and an institution of higher education shall:
(a) enter into a contract, in accordance with Section 53E-10-303, to provide one or more concurrent enrollment courses that are approved under the course approval process described in Subsection (2);
(b) ensure that an instructor who teaches a concurrent enrollment course is an eligible instructor;
(c) establish qualifying academic criteria for an eligible student to enroll in a concurrent enrollment course, in accordance with the guidelines described in Subsection (4)(a);
(d) ensure that a student who enrolls in a concurrent enrollment course is an eligible student; and
(e) coordinate advising to eligible students.
(6)
(a) An institution of higher education faculty member is an eligible instructor.
(b) An LEA employee is an eligible instructor if the LEA employee:
(i) is licensed under Chapter 6, Education Professional Licensure;
(ii) is supervised by an institution of higher education; and
(iii)
(A) as described in Subsection (7), is approved as an eligible instructor by the institution of higher education that provides the concurrent enrollment course taught by the LEA employee;
(B) has an upper level mathematics credential issued by the state board;
(C) is approved as adjunct faculty by the institution of higher education that provides the concurrent enrollment course taught by the LEA employee; or
(D) teaches a concurrent enrollment course that the LEA employee taught during the 2018-19 or 2019-20 school year.
(7) An institution of higher education shall approve an LEA employee as an eligible instructor:
(a) for a career and technical education concurrent enrollment course, if the LEA employee has:
(i) a degree, certificate, or industry certification in the concurrent enrollment course's academic field; or
(ii) qualifying experience, as determined by the institution of higher education; or
(b) for a concurrent enrollment course other than a career and technical education course, if the LEA employee has:
(i) a master's degree or higher in the concurrent enrollment course's academic field;
(ii)
(A) a master's degree or higher in any academic field; and
(B) at least 18 completed credit hours of graduate course work in an academic field that is relevant to the concurrent enrollment course; or
(iii) qualifying experience, as determined by the institution of higher education.
(8) An institution of higher education shall accept credits earned by a student who completes a concurrent enrollment course on the same basis as credits earned by a full-time or part-time student enrolled at the institution of higher education.