Dual Enrollment

In an effort to meet student needs and interests, school districts have allowed students to attend courses at local colleges or universities in addition to course at high school. Effective April 1, 1996, Public Act 160 created the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act which directs school districts to assist students who meet all the necessary qualifications, in paying tuition and fees for courses at Michigan public or private colleges or universities.

 

The spirit of Postsecondary Options or Dual Enrollment‖ is that the dual enrollment course is an extension of the high school's curriculum, not a lateral supplement. Every effort will be made to fill a student’s schedule with appropriate courses from the Oxford Bridges High School curriculum before considering other postsecondary options.  See your Counselor if interested in Dual Enrollment opportunities.

 

To qualify, all the following conditions must be met:

 

1. Students must have qualifying scores on the following tests: SAT, PSAT, PLAN, ACT or other to be determined college placement assessment.   2. Students must be enrolled in both the school district and postsecondary institution during the local school district’s regular academic year and must be enrolled in at least one high school class.  3. The college courses must NOT be offered by the district.  An exception to this could occur if the Board of Education determines that a scheduling conflict exists which is beyond the student’s control. 4. The college courses cannot be hobby, craft, or recreation courses, nor can they be courses in physical education, theology, divinity, or religious education. 5. Proof of registration in college courses must be provided to the high school counselor before the first day of high school classes each semester.  Otherwise, the student will be enrolled in 7 courses at the high school, and the district will not pay any college tuition or fees for that semester. 

 

Please Note: 

 Students can earn both college and high school credit.  This must be declared at registration and college transcripts must be provided to OBHS * Request deadlines: June 1st (for the fall semester of the upcoming school year); November 1st, (for the spring semester). * Districts are required to pay the lesser of: (1) the actual tuition charge, mandatory course fees, materials fees and registration fees, or (b) the portion of the student’s foundation grant allowance, adjusted to the pro portion of the school year the post-secondary institution.  ď‚· Dual enrollment classes do not quality for GPA added value points.