The Board of Education recognizes the value to students and to the District for students to participate in programs offered by accredited colleges and universities in Ohio.

The Board will allow students who meet the criteria, to enroll in approved postsecondary programs during the ninth, tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade year while in attendance in the District. Students will be eligible to receive secondary credit for completing any of these programs.

No student may participate without the written consent of parents, if under the age of eighteen (18), or without attending the counseling services offered in relation to this educational option.

The Board shall deny high school credit for postsecondary courses any portion of which are taken during the period of a student’s expulsion. If the student has elected to receive credit for course(s) toward fulfilling graduation requirements as well as postsecondary credit, that election is automatically revoked for all college courses in which the student enrolled during the college term in which the expulsion is imposed.

When a student is expelled, the Board directs the Superintendent to send written notice of the expulsion to any college in which the expelled student is enrolled under R.C. 3365.03 (Postsecondary Enrollment Options) at the time the expulsion is imposed. This notice shall indicate the date the expulsion is scheduled to expire and that the Board has adopted a policy under R.C. 3313.613 to deny high school credit for postsecondary courses taken during an expulsion. If the expulsion period is later extended, the Superintendent shall notify the college of the extension.

R.C. 3313.613, 3365.01 through 3365.09

November, 1995
Revised 12/21/00