SB 677

This bill excludes certain college-level courses offered to high school pupils

enrolled in a public school from the Early College Credit Program.

Under the ECCP, a high school pupil, including a high school pupil attending

a private school, may enroll in an institution of higher education for the purpose of

taking one or more nonsectarian courses. Also under the ECCP, “institution of higher

education” is defined to mean an institution within the University of Wisconsin

System, a tribally controlled college, and a private, nonprofit institution of higher

education located in this state. Under the ECCP, a pupil may take the course to earn

high school credit or postsecondary credit or both. The cost of tuition for each course

is divided among the Department of Workforce Development, the school board of the

pupil's school or the governing body of the private school the pupil attends, and the

pupil. The share that each responsible party pays is dependent on whether the

course is taken for high school credit or postsecondary credit and whether a course

similar to the course taken at the institution of higher education is comparable to a

course offered by the school board or private school.

This bill provides that a course that satisfies all of the following requirements

is not a course under the ECCP:

1. The course is offered to pupils under an agreement made between a school

board and the chancellor of one of the four-year institutions of the University of

Wisconsin System before, on, or after the effective date of the bill.

2. Instruction in the course takes place in a school building in the school district

or a school district facility.

3. The teacher who provides instruction in the course is employed by the school

district and has been certified or approved to teach the course by the participating

University of Wisconsin System institution.