2016 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 15 - Education
§ 15-901.07 Concurrent enrollment; calculation of average daily membership; definition

15-901.07. Concurrent enrollment; calculation of average daily membership; definition

A. A school district or a charter school may include students enrolled in a concurrent enrollment course for the purposes of calculating average daily membership if the school district has received approval from the state board of education or the charter school has received approval from its sponsor to offer concurrent enrollment courses. A concurrent enrollment course shall be considered a subject for the purposes of calculating average daily membership if the concurrent enrollment course meets all of the following:

1. Meets for at least forty hours per semester.

2. A student is awarded academic credit for the concurrent enrollment course pursuant to section 15-701.01.

3. The concurrent enrollment course is at a higher level than the course taught at the school district or charter school in grades nine through twelve.

4. The student enrolled in a concurrent enrollment course also attends at least one course offered at the school district or charter school.

5. The concurrent enrollment course shall be applicable to an established community college academic degree or certificate program that is transferable to a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents. A concurrent enrollment course that is applicable to a community college occupational degree or certificate program may be transferable to a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents.

B. For the purposes of this section, " concurrent enrollment course" means a community college or university level course at a community college or university, if the course is at a higher level than the course taught in the high school attended by the pupil or, if the course is not taught in the high school, the level of the course is equal to or higher than the level of a high school course.