Common use of Curriculum Clause in Contracts

Curriculum. a. The School shall administer the TSIA college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to the College’s Testing Center, if the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the College. Students must attain TSIA scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan to ensure appropriate college level placement, assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School shall implement a plan for TSIA success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide academic interventions for Students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s). The School shall make any TEA required TSIA reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIA, including a breakdown of TSIA data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School will share the report with the College Testing Center or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA administered via School District - College Board approved test sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of records. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The College Academic Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal or designee, will be responsible for developing and refining a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment for Students participating in the Dual Credit program. e. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the School, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the School, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -

Curriculum. a. The School shall administer the TSIA college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to the College’s Testing Center, if the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the College. Students must attain TSIA scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan to ensure appropriate college level placement, assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School shall implement a plan for TSIA success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide academic interventions for Students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s). The School shall make any TEA required TSIA reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIA, including a breakdown of TSIA data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School will share the report with the College Testing Center or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA administered via School District - College Board approved test sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of records. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The College Academic Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal or designee, will be responsible for developing and refining a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment for Students participating in the Dual Credit program. e. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the School, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District College and School shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the School, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board-approved-test- sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College Academic curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9- 12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / ECHS Director or ECHS designee, will be responsible for developing working with ECHS faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The ECHS curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students.. (Please see the SACS-COC Dual Enrollment Policy Statement at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/pdf/081705/Dual%20Enrollment.pdf) g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the ECHS designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b-2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolECHS, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for ECHS Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School ECHS extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School ECHS shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School ECHS are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the ECHS will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A The College and District will complete Course Agreement will be completed by Agreements prior to the deadline designated in the yearly beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course AgreementCredit. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the SchoolECHS, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, as approved by the respective College Discipline Chair, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -

Curriculum. a. The School P-TECH shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School P-TECH shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School P-TECH shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School P-TECH will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board-approved-test- sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the P-TECH degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the P-TECH will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College Academic curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9- 12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / P-TECH Director or P-TECH designee, will be responsible for developing working with P-TECH faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The P-TECH curriculum for Students participating Dual Credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students.. (Please see the SACS-COC Dual Enrollment Policy Statement at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/pdf/081705/Dual%20Enrollment.pdf) g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the P-TECH designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b-2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolP-TECH, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for P-TECH Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School P-TECH extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHSP-TECH. College, School District and School P-TECH shall ensure that a dual credit Dual Credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School P-TECH are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit Dual Credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A The College and District will complete Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes Agreements prior to the current Instructional Materials. For beginning of each Fall semester for each course sections taught at the School, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -currently offered

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board-approved-test- sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts or Associate Science. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College Academic curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9- 12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / ECHS Director or ECHS designee, will be responsible for developing working with ECHS faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The ECHS curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. (Please see the SACS-COC Dual Enrollment Policy Statement at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/pdf/081705/Dual%20Enrollment.pdf . g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the ECHS designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b-2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolECHS, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for ECHS Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School ECHS extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School ECHS shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School ECHS are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the ECHS will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A The College and District will complete Course Agreement will be completed by Agreements prior to the deadline designated in the yearly beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course AgreementCredit. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the SchoolECHS, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, as approved by the respective College Discipline Chair, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -

Curriculum. a. The School shall administer the TSIA college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to the College’s Testing Center, if the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the College. Students must attain TSIA scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan to ensure appropriate college level placement, assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School shall implement a plan for TSIA success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide academic interventions for Students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s). The School shall make any TEA required TSIA reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIA, including a breakdown of TSIA data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School will share the report with the College Testing Center or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA administered via School District - College Board approved test sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of records. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The College Academic Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal or designee, will be responsible for developing and refining a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment for Students participating in the Dual Credit program. e. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the School, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the School, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -section

Curriculum. a. The School shall administer the TSIA college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to the College’s Testing Center, if the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the College. Students must attain TSIA scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan to ensure appropriate college level placement, assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School shall implement a plan for TSIA success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, School will provide academic interventions for Students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s). The School shall make any TEA required TSIA reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIA, including a breakdown of TSIA data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School will share the report with the College Testing Center or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA administered via School District - College Board approved test sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of records. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The College Academic Chairs or Faculty LiaisonChairs, along with the School Principal or designee, will be responsible for developing and refining a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment for Students participating in the Dual Credit program. e. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code Section. 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall to develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board THECB under Texas Education Code Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board;THECB. (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) SACSCOC approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b-2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the School, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials materials/AlamoBooks+ that will be required for Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHSCredit. College, School District and School shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements for each College course. The School District will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills TEKS or PEIMS Identification Number that align to aligns with each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which Education Code Section 28.009(b-2) (6) requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses when available are specified in the identified degree plansapplicable course agreement. See also Section 11 – Course Materials. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher or chair makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the School, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -11-

Curriculum. a. The School P-TECH shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School P-TECH shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School P-TECH shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School P-TECH will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the P-TECH degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Applied Science. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the P-TECH will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Academic Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / P-TECH Director or P-TECH designee, will be responsible for developing working with P-TECH faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The P-TECH curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. f. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the P-TECH designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolP-TECH, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for P-TECH Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School P-TECH extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHSP-TECH. College, School District and School P-TECH shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School P-TECH are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College to consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School P-TECH program uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. The College and District will complete Course Agreements prior to the beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three academic years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional MaterialsCourse Materials change. For course sections taught at the SchoolP-TECH, the College will maintain the same instructional materials Course Materials and textbook editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three academic years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement, Course Materials edition are no longer current, Course Materials are no longer available, or Course Materials no longer meet SLOs. The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. k. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. l. P-TECH Students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual circumstances occurring “once in a lifetime,” tragic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the P-TECH. A student may not initiate the course reduction. m. P-TECH Students who would like to enroll in an online course, whether taken during the regular term or summer terms, must obtain the P-TECH Principal / P-TECH Director’s approval, as otherwise specified well as the designated College staff approval. Upon agreement from both the P-TECH and the College, a current course agreement must be on file as part of the process to enroll the student into the requested course. n. Within the P-TECH framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in Section 13 the College transcript awarded by the College. o. The College is responsible for involving teaching faculty in the process of selecting and implementing College courses. This includes ensuring that course goals and standards are understood and that the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied where College courses are offered, to include departmental exams and student learning outcomes. P-TECH Students will participate in college-level work and will be subject to material deemed college level. The School District and P-TECH are aware that the content in college level courses may contain topics intended for mature audiences or adult age groups. The College Academic Discipline Chairs and associated Deans or Vice Presidents of Academic Success will monitor the quality of instruction in order to ensure compliance with the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and the standards established by Applicable Law, SACSCOC, the College, and the School District. p. If a student fails a course, any retake will be outside the regularly scheduled academic plan and all Early Admission requirements will apply. Tuition and any applicable fees will, where the School District agrees to pay on behalf of the P-TECH Student, be invoiced to the School District as fiscal agent. Otherwise, the P-TECH Student will be treated as a student with the Early Admissions status, thereby making the P-TECH Student responsible for all corresponding tuition and fees. q. The College will utilize various programs that are either system- or computer- based in both face-to-face and online learning environments. These resources are intended to support learning and meet the Student Learning Outcomes that comply with requirements from SACSCOC and state standards. The Parties will convene to discuss and determine all relevant system requirements for each course. The School District will ensure technology access and resources are available to the P-TECH Students so they can access the content of the required courses and resources. The School District will cooperate with the college to ensure necessary technology is available for the most robust and comparable delivery of college courses. r. The School District shall be responsible for ensuring that high school curriculum courses will meet the requirements of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and all other law applicable to Texas public school districts and that School District students are able to meet all high school graduation requirements, including all End of Course examinations, while earning college credit. School District will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of instruction for the exclusive high school credit courses offered by the P-TECH. The College will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are met and the quality of instruction for the college course(s) is rigorous. s. To enroll in any college-level course, P-TECH Students must meet all of the regular College-course prerequisites. The College and School District will assess each student for overall readiness to engage in any college-level course, and any out-of-pocket costs of same shall be borne by the School District. Based on such assessment, the College Coordinator of High School Programs and the Principal/P-TECH Director/Counselor will determine what forms of assistance and remediation may be needed by a student in order to meet enrollment requirements for any college-level course. t. P-TECH Students will be subject to the same academic policies and procedures as students enrolled in the College. This includes, but is not limited to, the Academic Probationary, Dismissal, Xxxxxxxxxx and Grievance policies and procedures of the Alamo Colleges District. Refer to the College’s catalog under the Academic Standards for specific information: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/content.php?catoid=173&navoid=10926. u. As part of the experiences within the course of study in the P-TECH, students will be provided with career mentors selected from the business partners or other industry applicable businesses. v. The P-TECH, College and selected business partners of the P-TECH will create a detailed plan for work-based learning experiences for students appropriate to each grade level, such as facility visits, guest speakers, presentations, career information, job shadowing, internships, externships, and apprenticeships. w. The selected degree plan for the P-TECH with the College are the Associate of Applied Science degree(s). See degree plan(s) in Exhibit B. Courses and their respective pre-requisites are accessible on the College’s eCatalog website. x. Courses taught to fulfill all credentials listed in this agreement must adhere to the number of required contact hours. Deviation from the traditional sixteen (16) week part of term must be reviewed and approved by the designated College staff to ensure that the required number of contact hours are met. y. The P-TECH, in partnership with the business partners of the P-TECH, will ensure that the participating students complete the required clock hours of on the job training in a single semester, as allocated per week by the College. z. The selected degree plans for the P-TECH with the College are stackable awards from the Associate of Applied Science degree(s). See Exhibit B for the related degrees that students may attain during their tenure at the P-TECH. aa. P-TECH Students are required to attend at least one (1) College campus event related to their degree plan.

Curriculum. a. The School P-TECH shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School P-TECH shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School P-TECH shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School P-TECH will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board-approved-test- sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the P-TECH degree plan is on the program requirements for the Applied Associates of Science. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the P-TECH will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College Academic curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9- 12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / P-TECH Director or P-TECH designee, will be responsible for developing working with P-TECH faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The P-TECH curriculum for Students participating Dual Credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students.. (Please see the SACS-COC Dual Enrollment Policy Statement at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/pdf/081705/Dual%20Enrollment.pdf) g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the P-TECH designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b-2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolP-TECH, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for P-TECH Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School P-TECH extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHSP-TECH. College, School District and School P-TECH shall ensure that a dual credit Dual Credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School P-TECH are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit Dual Credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A The College and District will complete Course Agreement will be completed by Agreements prior to the deadline designated in the yearly beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course AgreementCredit. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the SchoolP-TECH, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, as approved by the respective College Discipline Chair, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -otherwise

Curriculum. a. The School shall administer the TSIA college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to the College’s Testing Center, if the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the College. Students must attain TSIA scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan to ensure appropriate college level placement, assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School shall implement a plan for TSIA success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide academic interventions for Students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s). The School shall make any TEA required TSIA reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIA, including a breakdown of TSIA data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School will share the report with the College Testing Center or College Designee. c. The Charter School District will share the results from TSIA administered via Charter School District - College Board approved test sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of records. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The College Academic Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal or designee, will be responsible for developing and refining a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment for Students participating in the Dual Credit program. e. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b-2), the College and the Charter School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the School, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, Charter School District and School shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The Charter School District will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the Charter School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which Education Code §§ 28.009 (b-2) requires that the Charter School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the School, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board-approved-test- sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts and Associate of Science. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College Academic curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9- 12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / ECHS Director or ECHS designee, will be responsible for developing working with ECHS faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The ECHS curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students.. (Please see the SACS-COC Dual Enrollment Policy Statement at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/pdf/081705/Dual%20Enrollment.pdf) g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the ECHS designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b-2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolECHS, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for ECHS Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School ECHS extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School ECHS shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School ECHS are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the ECHS will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A The College and District will complete Course Agreement will be completed by Agreements prior to the deadline designated in the yearly beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course AgreementCredit. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the SchoolECHS, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, as approved by the respective College Discipline Chair, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -

Curriculum. a. The School P-TECH shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School P-TECH shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School P-TECH shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School P-TECH will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the P-TECH degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Applied Science. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the P-TECH will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Academic Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / P-TECH Director or P-TECH designee, will be responsible for developing working with P-TECH faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The P-TECH curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the P-TECH designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b- 2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolP-TECH, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for P-TECH Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School P-TECH extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHSP-TECH. College, School District and School P-TECH shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School P-TECH are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. i. The College and District will provide complete Course Agreements prior to the School District and School the minimum number beginning of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses each Fall semester for each course currently offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Dual Credit. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three academic years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional MaterialsCourse Materials change. For course sections taught at the SchoolP-TECH, the College will maintain the same instructional materials Course Materials and textbook editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three academic years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement, Course Materials edition are no longer current, Course Materials are no longer available, or Course Materials no longer meet SLOs. The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. j. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. k. P-TECH Students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual circumstances occurring “once in a lifetime,” tragic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the P-TECH. A student may not initiate the course reduction. l. PTECH Students may be enrolled in online college courses based on the availability. Conversations with College High School Programs Staff should occur prior to placement m. Within the P-TECH framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as otherwise specified prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in Section 13 the College transcript awarded by the College. n. The College is responsible for involving teaching faculty in the process of selecting and implementing College courses. This includes ensuring that course goals and standards are understood and that the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied where College courses are offered, to include departmental exams and student learning outcomes. P-TECH Students will participate in college-level work and will be subject to material deemed college level. The School District and P-TECH are aware that the content in college level courses may contain topics intended for mature audiences or adult age groups. The College Academic Discipline Chairs and associated Deans or Vice Presidents of Academic Success will monitor the quality of instruction in order to ensure compliance with the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and the standards established by Applicable Law, SACSCOC, the College, and the School District. o. If a student fails a course, any retakes can be taken the next Part of Term upon agreement from both the college and ISD staff. Early Admission requirements may apply. Tuition and any applicable fees will, where the School District agrees to pay on behalf of the P- TECH student, be invoiced to the School District as fiscal agent. Otherwise, the P-TECH student may be treated as a student with the Early Admissions status, thereby making the P-TECH student responsible for all corresponding tuition and fees. p. The College will utilize various programs that are either system- or computer- based in both face-to-face and online learning environments. These resources are intended to support learning and meet the Student Learning Outcomes that comply with requirements from SACSCOC and state standards. The Parties will convene to discuss and determine all relevant system requirements for each course. The School District will ensure technology access and resources are available to the P-TECH Students so they can access the content of the required courses and resources. The School District will cooperate with the college to ensure necessary technology is available for the most robust and comparable delivery of college courses. q. The School District shall be responsible for ensuring that high school curriculum courses will meet the requirements of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and all other law applicable to Texas public school districts and that School District students are able to meet all high school graduation requirements, including all End of Course examinations, while earning college credit. School District will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of instruction for the exclusive high school credit courses offered by the P-TECH. The College will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are met and the quality of instruction for the college course(s) is rigorous. r. To enroll in any college-level course, P-TECH Students must meet all of the regular College-course prerequisites. The College and School District will assess each student for overall readiness to engage in any college-level course, and any out-of-pocket costs of same shall be borne by the School District. Based on such assessment, the College Coordinator of High School Programs and the Principal/P-TECH Director/Counselor will determine what forms of assistance and remediation may be needed by a student in order to meet enrollment requirements for any college-level course. s. P-TECH Students will be subject to the same academic policies and procedures as students enrolled in the College. This includes, but is not limited to, the Academic Probationary, Dismissal, Withdrawal and Grievance policies and procedures of the Alamo Colleges District. Refer to the College’s catalog under the Academic Standards for specific information: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/content.php?catoid=173&navoid=10926. t. As part of the experiences within the course of study in the P-TECH, students should be provided with career mentors selected from the business partners or other industry applicable businesses. u. The P-TECH, College and selected business partners of the P-TECH will create a detailed plan for work-based learning experiences for students appropriate to each grade level, such as facility visits, guest speakers, presentations, career information, job shadowing, internships, externships, and apprenticeships. v. The selected degree plan for the P-TECH with the College are the Associate of Applied Science degree(s). See degree plan(s) in Exhibit B. Courses and their respective pre-requisites are accessible on the College’s eCatalog website. w. Courses taught to fulfill all credentials listed in this agreement must adhere to the number of required contact hours. Deviation from the traditional sixteen (16) week part of term must be reviewed and approved by the designated College staff to ensure that the required number of contact hours are met. x. The P-TECH, in partnership with the business partners of the P-TECH, will ensure that the participating students complete the required clock hours of on the job training in a single semester, as allocated per week by the College. y. The selected degree plans for the P-TECH with the College are stackable awards from the Associate of Applied Science degree(s). See Exhibit B for the related degrees that students may attain during their tenure at the P-TECH. z. P-TECH Students are required to attend at least one (1) College campus event related to their degree plan.

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA college placement exam exams to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. See section 7 herein. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified , which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIA, including a breakdown of TSIA data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of records. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. §1232g as implemented by 34 C.F.R. part 99 (“FERPA”). The College will use students’ TSIA assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, or Associate of Applied Science degrees. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during grades 11 and 12, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The plan will provide pathways to a certificate, associate, or baccalaureate degree and must follow the courses and fields of study listed in the THECB Lower Division Academic Course Guide Manual or courses in the Workforce Education Course Manual (“WECM”) required for a Level I or Level II certificate. The College Academic Chairs or Faculty Liaison, Liaison along with the School Principal / ECHS Director or designee, ECHS designee will be responsible for developing working with ECHS faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The ECHS curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit program. e. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame describedCollege’s curriculum. f. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December June 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students.. (Please see the SACS-COC Dual Enrollment Policy Statement at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/pdf/081705/Dual%20Enrollment.pdf) g. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the ECHS designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolECHS, regardless of instructional site. The Academic representatives from both the College and the School District will provide the agree on alignment of college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and the respective syllabi. The form will include the School District curriculum, including but not limited to, length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or and / or instructional materials that will be required for Students supplied to use in their respective coursesstudents by the School District. The course agreement Course Agreement requirement for the School ECHS extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit Credit, ECHS and ECHSthe Alamo Area Academies. College, School District and School shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School are equivalent. Academic In collaboration, the academic representatives from both the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from develop a Dual Credit syllabus satisfying requirements of both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than . College and School will develop a timeline for completing a Course Agreement prior to the start beginning of the first instructional day that each Fall semester for each course is deliveredcurrently offered as Dual Credit. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the School, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in the section hereof captioned “Instructional Materials.” The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. i. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. Refer to Section 13 10 - Instructional Materials where details related to the application of instructional materials and how these may be incurred by the School District as defined herein. j. ECHS students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual circumstances occurring “once in a lifetime,” tragic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the ECHS. A student may not initiate the course reduction. k. ECHS students who would like to enroll in an online course, whether taken during the regular term or summer terms, must obtain the ECHS Principal / ECHS Director’s approval, as well as the designated College staff approval. l. As part of the instructional delivery, the College will utilize various programs that are either system or computer based in both face-to-face and online learning environments. These resources are intended to support and promote the learning environment. m. Both parties must review age and maturity and agree to the appropriateness of students’ enrollment in all online courses for each semester. n. The School District will be responsible for any college preparatory courses required by ECHS students. To help support the ECHS students, the School District may request remedial or developmental courses. The College, at its discretion, may offer the requested remedial or developmental courses for ECHS students with costs covered by School District with billing as detailed in §25(h) herein. Students enrolled in college-preparatory courses will not earn college credit for those courses. The College will designate personnel to monitor the quality of instruction in order to ensure compliance with all Applicable Law. Courses may be offered outside the regular school schedule. o. Within the ECHS framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in the College transcript awarded by the College. p. The College is responsible for involving full-time teaching faculty in the process of selecting and implementing College courses. This includes ensuring that course goals and standards are understood and that the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied where College courses are offered, to include departmental exams and student learning outcomes. ECHS students will participate in college-level work and will be subject to material deemed college level. The School District and ECHS are aware that the content in college level courses may contain topics intended for mature audiences or adult age groups. The department chairs and associated Deans or Vice Presidents of Academic Success will monitor the quality of instruction in order to ensure compliance with the Course Agreement Form and the standards established by Applicable Law, SACSCOC, the College, and the School District. q. If a student fails a course, any retake will be outside the regularly scheduled academic plan and all Early Admission requirements will apply. Tuition and any applicable fees will, where the School District agrees to pay on behalf of the ECHS student, be invoiced to the School District as fiscal agent. Otherwise, the ECHS student will be treated as a student with the Early Admissions status, thereby making the ECHS student responsible for all corresponding tuition and fees. The School District and the College will ensure that technology requirements are met by Parties for both access to courses and management of student information. r. The School District shall be responsible for ensuring that high school curriculum courses will meet the requirements of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and all other law applicable to Texas public school districts and that School District students are able to meet all high school graduation requirements, including all End of Course examinations, while earning college credit. School District will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of instruction for the exclusive high school credit courses offered by the ECHS. The College will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are met. s. To enroll in any college-level course, ECHS students must meet all of the regular College- course prerequisites. The College and School District will assess each student for overall readiness to engage in any college-level course, and any out-of-pocket costs of same shall be borne by School District. Based on such assessment, the College Coordinator of High School Programs and the Principal / ECHS Director/Counselor will determine what forms of assistance and remediation may be needed by a student in order to meet enrollment requirements for any college-level course. t. ECHS students will be subject to the same academic policies and procedures as students enrolled in the College. This includes, but is not limited to the Academic, Probationary, Dismissal, Withdrawal and Grievance policies and procedures of the Alamo Colleges District.

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board-approved-test- sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts, Associate of Science and Associate of Arts in Teaching. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College Academic curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9- 12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / ECHS Director or ECHS designee, will be responsible for developing working with ECHS faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The ECHS curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students.. (Please see the SACS-COC Dual Enrollment Policy Statement at: xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/pdf/081705/Dual%20Enrollment.pdf) g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the ECHS designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b-2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolECHS, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for ECHS Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School ECHS extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School ECHS shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School ECHS are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the ECHS will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A The College and District will complete Course Agreement will be completed by Agreements prior to the deadline designated in the yearly beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course AgreementCredit. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the SchoolECHS, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, as approved by the respective College Discipline Chair, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual individua l instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts and Associate of Science. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-leve l classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Academic Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / ECHS Director or ECHS designee, will be responsible for developing working with ECHS faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The ECHS curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is include d in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. f. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the ECHS designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolECHS, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for ECHS Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School ECHS extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School ECHS shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School ECHS are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the ECHS will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College to consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School ECHS program uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. The College and District will complete Course Agreements prior to the beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three academic years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional MaterialsCourse Materials change. For course sections taught at the SchoolECHS, the College will maintain the same instructional materials Course Materials and textbook editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three academic years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement, Course Materials edition are no longer current, Course Materials are no longer available, or Course Materials no longer meet SLOs. The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. k. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. l. ECHS Students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual circumstances occurring “once in a lifetime,” tragic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the ECHS. A student may not initiate the course reduction. m. ECHS Students who would like to enroll in an online course, whether taken during the regular term or summer terms, must obtain the ECHS Principal / ECHS Director’s approval, as otherwise specified well as the designated College staff approval. Upon agreement from both the ECHS and the College , a current course agreement must be on file as part of the process to enroll the student into the requested course. n. Within the ECHS framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in Section 13 the College transcript awarded by the College. o. The College is responsible for involving teaching faculty in the process of selecting and implementing College courses. This includes ensuring that course goals and standards are understood and that the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied where College courses are offered, to include departmental exams and student learning outcomes. ECHS Students will participate in college-level work and will be subject to material deemed college level. The School District and ECHS are aware that the content in college level courses may contain topics intended for mature audiences or adult age groups. The College Academic Discipline Chairs and associated Deans or Vice Presidents of Academic Success will monitor the quality of instruction in order to ensure compliance with the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and the standards established by Applicable Law, SACSCOC, the College, and the School District. p. If a student fails a course, any retake will be outside the regularly scheduled academic plan and all Early Admission requirements will apply. Tuition and any applicable fees will, where the School District agrees to pay on behalf of the ECHS Student, be invoiced to the School District as fiscal agent. Otherwise, the ECHS Student will be treated as a student with the Early Admissions status, thereby making the ECHS Student responsible for all corresponding tuition and fees. q. The College will utilize various programs that are either system- or computer- based in both face-to-face and online learning environments. These resources are intended to support learning and meet the Student Learning Outcomes that comply with requirements from SACSCOC and state standards. The Parties will convene to discuss and determine all relevant system requirements for each course. The School District will ensure technology access and resources are available to the ECHS Students so they can access the content of the required courses and resources. The School District will cooperate with the college to ensure necessary technology is available for the most robust and comparable delivery of college courses. r. The School District shall be responsible for ensuring that high school curriculum courses will meet the requirements of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and all other law applicable to Texas public school districts and that School District students are able to meet all high school graduation requirements, including all End of Course examinations, while earning college credit. School District will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of instruction for the exclusive high school credit courses offered by the ECHS. The College will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are met and the quality of instruction for the college course(s) is rigorous. s. To enroll in any college-level course, ECHS Students must meet all of the regular College- course prerequisites. The College and School District will assess each student for overall readiness to engage in any college-level course, and any out-of-pocket costs of same shall be borne by the School District. Based on such assessment, the College Coordinator of High School Programs and the Principal/ECHS Director/Counselor will determine what forms of assistance and remediation may be needed by a student in order to meet enrollment requirements for any college-level course. t. ECHS Students will be subject to the same academic policies and procedures as students enrolled in the College. This includes, but is not limited to, the Academic Probationary, Dismissal, Withdrawal and Grievance policies and procedures of the Alamo Colleges District. Refer to the College’s catalog under the Academic Standards for specific information: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/content.php?catoid=173&navoid=10926.

Curriculum. a. The School P-TECH shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School P-TECH shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School P-TECH shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School P-TECH will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board-approved-test- sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the P-TECH degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the P-TECH will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College Academic curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9- 12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / P-TECH Director or P-TECH designee, will be responsible for developing working with P-TECH faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The P-TECH curriculum for Students participating Dual Credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students.. (Please see the SACS-COC Dual Enrollment Policy Statement at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/pdf/081705/Dual%20Enrollment.pdf) g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the P-TECH designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b-2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolP-TECH, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for P-TECH Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School P-TECH extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHSP-TECH. College, School District and School P-TECH shall ensure that a dual credit Dual Credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School P-TECH are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit Dual Credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the School, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -District will

Curriculum. a. The School P-TECH shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School P-TECH shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School P-TECH shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School P-TECH will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the P-TECH degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Applied Science. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the P-TECH will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Academic Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / P-TECH Director or P-TECH designee, will be responsible for developing working with P-TECH faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The P-TECH curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the P-TECH designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b- 2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolP-TECH, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for P-TECH Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School P-TECH extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHSP-TECH. College, School District and School P-TECH shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School P-TECH are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. i. The College and District will provide complete Course Agreements prior to the School District and School the minimum number beginning of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses each Fall semester for each course currently offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Dual Credit. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three academic years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional MaterialsCourse Materials change. For course sections taught at the SchoolP-TECH, the College will maintain the same instructional materials Course Materials and textbook editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three academic years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement, Course Materials edition are no longer current, Course Materials are no longer available, or Course Materials no longer meet SLOs. The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. j. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. k. P-TECH Students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual circumstances occurring “once in a lifetime,” tragic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the P-TECH. A student may not initiate the course reduction. l. P-TECH Students may be enrolled in online college courses based on the availability. Conversations with College High School Programs Staff should occur prior to placement P-TECH Students who would like to enroll in an online course, whether taken during the regular term or summer terms, must obtain the P-TECH Principal / P-TECH Director’s approval, as otherwise specified well as the designated College staff approval. Upon agreement from both the P-TECH and the College, a current course agreement must be on file as part of the process to enroll the student into the requested course. m. Within the P-TECH framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in Section 13 the College transcript awarded by the College. n. The College is responsible for involving teaching faculty in the process of selecting and implementing College courses. This includes ensuring that course goals and standards are understood and that the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied where College courses are offered, to include departmental exams and student learning outcomes. P-TECH Students will participate in college-level work and will be subject to material deemed college level. The School District and P-TECH are aware that the content in college level courses may contain topics intended for mature audiences or adult age groups. The College Academic Discipline Chairs and associated Deans or Vice Presidents of Academic Success will monitor the quality of instruction in order to ensure compliance with the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and the standards established by Applicable Law, SACSCOC, the College, and the School District. o. If a student fails a course, any retakes can be taken the next Part of Term upon agreement from both the college and ISD staff. Early Admission requirements may apply. Tuition and any applicable fees will, where the School District agrees to pay on behalf of the P- TECH student, be invoiced to the School District as fiscal agent. Otherwise, the P-TECH student may be treated as a student with the Early Admissions status, thereby making the P-TECH student responsible for all corresponding tuition and fees. p. The College will utilize various programs that are either system- or computer- based in both face-to-face and online learning environments. These resources are intended to support learning and meet the Student Learning Outcomes that comply with requirements from SACSCOC and state standards. The Parties will convene to discuss and determine all relevant system requirements for each course. The School District will ensure technology access and resources are available to the P-TECH Students so they can access the content of the required courses and resources. The School District will cooperate with the college to ensure necessary technology is available for the most robust and comparable delivery of college courses. q. The School District shall be responsible for ensuring that high school curriculum courses will meet the requirements of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and all other law applicable to Texas public school districts and that School District students are able to meet all high school graduation requirements, including all End of Course examinations, while earning college credit. School District will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of instruction for the exclusive high school credit courses offered by the P-TECH. The College will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are met and the quality of instruction for the college course(s) is rigorous. r. To enroll in any college-level course, P-TECH Students must meet all of the regular College-course prerequisites. The College and School District will assess each student for overall readiness to engage in any college-level course, and any out-of-pocket costs of same shall be borne by the School District. Based on such assessment, the College Coordinator of High School Programs and the Principal/P-TECH Director/Counselor will determine what forms of assistance and remediation may be needed by a student in order to meet enrollment requirements for any college-level course. s. P-TECH Students will be subject to the same academic policies and procedures as students enrolled in the College. This includes, but is not limited to, the Academic Probationary, Dismissal, Withdrawal and Grievance policies and procedures of the Alamo Colleges District. Refer to the College’s catalog under the Academic Standards for specific information: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/content.php?catoid=173&navoid=10926. t. As part of the experiences within the course of study in the P-TECH, students should be provided with career mentors selected from the business partners or other industry applicable businesses. u. The P-TECH, College and selected business partners of the P-TECH will create a detailed plan for work-based learning experiences for students appropriate to each grade level, such as facility visits, guest speakers, presentations, career information, job shadowing, internships, externships, and apprenticeships. v. The selected degree plan for the P-TECH with the College are the Associate of Applied Science degree(s). See degree plan(s) in Exhibit B. Courses and their respective pre-requisites are accessible on the College’s eCatalog website. w. Courses taught to fulfill all credentials listed in this agreement must adhere to the number of required contact hours. Deviation from the traditional sixteen (16) week part of term must be reviewed and approved by the designated College staff to ensure that the required number of contact hours are met. x. The P-TECH, in partnership with the business partners of the P-TECH, will ensure that the participating students complete the required clock hours of on the job training in a single semester, as allocated per week by the College. y. The selected degree plans for the P-TECH with the College are stackable awards from the Associate of Applied Science degree(s). See Exhibit B for the related degrees that students may attain during their tenure at the P-TECH. z. P-TECH Students are required to attend at least one (1) College campus event related to their degree plan.

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board-approved-test- sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College Academic curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9- 12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / ECHS Director or ECHS designee, will be responsible for developing working with ECHS faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The ECHS curriculum for Students participating Dual Credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students.. (Please see the SACS-COC Dual Enrollment Policy Statement at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/pdf/081705/Dual%20Enrollment.pdf) g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the ECHS designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b-2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolECHS, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for ECHS Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School ECHS extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School ECHS shall ensure that a dual credit Dual Credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School ECHS are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the ECHS will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit Dual Credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A The College and District will complete Course Agreement will be completed by Agreements prior to the deadline designated in the yearly beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course AgreementCredit. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the SchoolECHS, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, as approved by the respective College Discipline Chair, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified , which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIA, including a breakdown of TSIA data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of records. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. §1232g as implemented by 34 C.F.R. part 99 (“FERPA”). The College will use students’ TSIA assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, or Associate of Applied Science degrees. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during grades 11 and 12, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The plan will provide pathways to a certificate, associate, or baccalaureate degree and must follow the courses and fields of study listed in the THECB Lower Division Academic Course Guide Manual or courses in the Workforce Education Course Manual (“WECM”) required for a Level I or Level II certificate. The College Academic Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / ECHS Director or ECHS designee, will be responsible for developing working with ECHS faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The ECHS curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. f. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students.. (Please see the SACS-COC Dual Enrollment Policy Statement at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/pdf/081705/Dual%20Enrollment.pdf) g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the ECHS designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolECHS, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for Students ECHS students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School ECHS extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School ECHS shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School ECHS are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College to consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School ECHS program uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than . College and District will develop a timeline for completing a Course Agreement prior to the start beginning of the first instructional day that each Fall semester for each course is deliveredcurrently offered as Dual Credit. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the SchoolECHS, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -

Curriculum. a. The School shall administer the TSIA college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to the College’s Testing Center, if the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the College. Students must attain TSIA scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan to ensure appropriate college level placement, assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School shall implement a plan for TSIA success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide academic interventions for Students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s). The School shall make any TEA required TSIA reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIA, including a breakdown of TSIA data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School will share the report with the College Testing Center or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA administered via School District - College Board approved test sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of records. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The College Academic Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal or designee, will be responsible for developing and refining a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment for Students participating in the Dual Credit program. e. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the School, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and Early College High School (herein referred to as “ECHS”). College, School District College and School shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the School, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -

Curriculum. a. The School P-TECH shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School P-TECH shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School P-TECH shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School P-TECH will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the P-TECH degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Applied Science. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the P-TECH will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Academic Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / P-TECH Director or P-TECH designee, will be responsible for developing working with P-TECH faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The P-TECH curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the P-TECH designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b- 2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolP-TECH, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for P-TECH Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School P-TECH extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHSP-TECH. College, School District and School P-TECH shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School P-TECH are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. i. The College and District will provide complete Course Agreements prior to the School District and School the minimum number beginning of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses each Fall semester for each course currently offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Dual Credit. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three academic years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional MaterialsCourse Materials change. For course sections taught at the SchoolP-TECH, the College will maintain the same instructional materials Course Materials and textbook editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three academic years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement, Course Materials edition are no longer current, Course Materials are no longer available, or Course Materials no longer meet SLOs. The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. j. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. k. P-TECH Students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual circumstances occurring “once in a lifetime,” tragic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the P-TECH. A student may not initiate the course reduction. l. P-TECH Students may be enrolled in online college courses based on the availability. Conversations with College High School Programs Staff should occur prior to placement P-TECH Students who would like to enroll in an online course, whether taken during the regular term or summer terms, must obtain the P-TECH Principal / P-TECH Director’s approval, as otherwise specified well as the designated College staff approval. Upon agreement from both the P-TECH and the College, a current course agreement must be on file as part of the process to enroll the student into the requested course. m. Within the P-TECH framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in Section 13 the College transcript awarded by the College. n. The College is responsible for involving teaching faculty in the process of selecting and implementing College courses. This includes ensuring that course goals and standards are understood and that the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied where College courses are offered, to include departmental exams and student learning outcomes. P-TECH Students will participate in college-level work and will be subject to material deemed college level. The School District and P-TECH are aware that the content in college level courses may contain topics intended for mature audiences or adult age groups. The College Academic Discipline Chairs and associated Deans or Vice Presidents of Academic Success will monitor the quality of instruction in order to ensure compliance with the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and the standards established by Applicable Law, SACSCOC, the College, and the School District. o. If a student fails a course, any retakes can be taken the next Part of Term upon agreement from both the college and ISD staff. Early Admission requirements may apply. Tuition and any applicable fees will, where the School District agrees to pay on behalf of the P- TECH student, be invoiced to the School District as fiscal agent. Otherwise, the P-TECH student may be treated as a student with the Early Admissions status, thereby making the P-TECH student responsible for all corresponding tuition and fees. p. The College will utilize various programs that are either system- or computer- based in both face-to-face and online learning environments. These resources are intended to support learning and meet the Student Learning Outcomes that comply with requirements from SACSCOC and state standards. The Parties will convene to discuss and determine all relevant system requirements for each course. The School District will ensure technology access and resources are available to the P-TECH Students so they can access the content of the required courses and resources. The School District will cooperate with the college to ensure necessary technology is available for the most robust and comparable delivery of college courses. q. The School District shall be responsible for ensuring that high school curriculum courses will meet the requirements of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and all other law applicable to Texas public school districts and that School District students are able to meet all high school graduation requirements, including all End of Course examinations, while earning college credit. School District will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of instruction for the exclusive high school credit courses offered by the P-TECH. The College will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are met and the quality of instruction for the college course(s) is rigorous. r. To enroll in any college-level course, P-TECH Students must meet all of the regular College-course prerequisites. The College and School District will assess each student for overall readiness to engage in any college-level course, and any out-of-pocket costs of same shall be borne by the School District. Based on such assessment, the College Coordinator of High School Programs and the Principal/P-TECH Director/Counselor will determine what forms of assistance and remediation may be needed by a student in order to meet enrollment requirements for any college-level course. s. P-TECH Students will be subject to the same academic policies and procedures as students enrolled in the College. This includes, but is not limited to, the Academic Probationary, Dismissal, Withdrawal and Grievance policies and procedures of the Alamo Colleges District. Refer to the College’s catalog under the Academic Standards for specific information: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/content.php?catoid=173&navoid=10926. t. As part of the experiences within the course of study in the P-TECH, students should be provided with career mentors selected from the business partners or other industry applicable businesses. u. The P-TECH, College and selected business partners of the P-TECH will create a detailed plan for work-based learning experiences for students appropriate to each grade level, such as facility visits, guest speakers, presentations, career information, job shadowing, internships, externships, and apprenticeships. v. The selected degree plan for the P-TECH with the College are the Associate of Applied Science degree(s). See degree plan(s) in Exhibit B. Courses and their respective pre- requisites are accessible on the College’s eCatalog website. w. Courses taught to fulfill all credentials listed in this agreement must adhere to the number of required contact hours. Deviation from the traditional sixteen (16) week part of term must be reviewed and approved by the designated College staff to ensure that the required number of contact hours are met. x. The P-TECH, in partnership with the business partners of the P-TECH, will ensure that the participating students complete the required clock hours of on the job training in a single semester, as allocated per week by the College. y. The selected degree plans for the P-TECH with the College are stackable awards from the Associate of Applied Science degree(s). See Exhibit B for the related degrees that students may attain during their tenure at the P-TECH. z. P-TECH Students are required to attend at least one (1) College campus event related to their degree plan.

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board-approved-test- sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College Academic curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9- 12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / ECHS Director or ECHS designee, will be responsible for developing working with ECHS faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The ECHS curriculum for Students participating Dual Credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students.. (Please see the SACS-COC Dual Enrollment Policy Statement at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/pdf/081705/Dual%20Enrollment.pdf) g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the ECHS designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b-2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolECHS, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for ECHS Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School ECHS extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School ECHS shall ensure that a dual credit Dual Credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School ECHS are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the ECHS will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit Dual Credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A The College and District will complete Course Agreement will be completed by Agreements prior to the deadline designated in the yearly beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course AgreementCredit. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the SchoolECHS, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, as approved by the respective College Discipline Chair, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -otherwise

Curriculum. a. The School P-TECH shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School P-TECH shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School P-TECH shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School P-TECH will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the P-TECH degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the P-TECH will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Academic Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / P-TECH Director or P-TECH designee, will be responsible for developing working with P-TECH faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The P-TECH curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. f. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the P-TECH designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolP-TECH, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for P-TECH Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School P-TECH extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHSP-TECH. College, School District and School P-TECH shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School P-TECH are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College to consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School P-TECH program uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. The College and District will complete Course Agreements prior to the beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three academic years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional MaterialsCourse Materials change. For course sections taught at the SchoolP-TECH, the College will maintain the same instructional materials Course Materials and textbook editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three academic years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement, Course Materials edition are no longer current, Course Materials are no longer available, or Course Materials no longer meet SLOs. The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. k. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. l. P-TECH Students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual circumstances occurring “once in a lifetime,” tragic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the P-TECH. A student may not initiate the course reduction. m. P-TECH Students who would like to enroll in an online course, whether taken during the regular term or summer terms, must obtain the P-TECH Principal / P-TECH Director’s approval, as otherwise specified well as the designated College staff approval. Upon agreement from both the P-TECH and the College, a current course agreement must be on file as part of the process to enroll the student into the requested course. n. Within the P-TECH framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in Section 13 the College transcript awarded by the College. o. The College is responsible for involving teaching faculty in the process of selecting and implementing College courses. This includes ensuring that course goals and standards are understood and that the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied where College courses are offered, to include departmental exams and student learning outcomes. P-TECH Students will participate in college-level work and will be subject to material deemed college level. The School District and P-TECH are aware that the content in college level courses may contain topics intended for mature audiences or adult age groups. The College Academic Discipline Chairs and associated Deans or Vice Presidents of Academic Success will monitor the quality of instruction in order to ensure compliance with the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and the standards established by Applicable Law, SACSCOC, the College, and the School District. p. If a student fails a course, any retake will be outside the regularly scheduled academic plan and all Early Admission requirements will apply. Tuition and any applicable fees will, where the School District agrees to pay on behalf of the P-TECH Student, be invoiced to the School District as fiscal agent. Otherwise, the P-TECH Student will be treated as a student with the Early Admissions status, thereby making the P-TECH Student responsible for all corresponding tuition and fees. q. The College will utilize various programs that are either system- or computer- based in both face-to-face and online learning environments. These resources are intended to support learning and meet the Student Learning Outcomes that comply with requirements from SACSCOC and state standards. The Parties will convene to discuss and determine all relevant system requirements for each course. The School District will ensure technology access and resources are available to the P-TECH Students so they can access the content of the required courses and resources. The School District will cooperate with the college to ensure necessary technology is available for the most robust and comparable delivery of college courses. r. The School District shall be responsible for ensuring that high school curriculum courses will meet the requirements of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and all other law applicable to Texas public school districts and that School District students are able to meet all high school graduation requirements, including all End of Course examinations, while earning college credit. School District will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of instruction for the exclusive high school credit courses offered by the P-TECH. The College will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are met and the quality of instruction for the college course(s) is rigorous. s. To enroll in any college-level course, P-TECH Students must meet all of the regular College-course prerequisites. The College and School District will assess each student for overall readiness to engage in any college-level course, and any out-of-pocket costs of same shall be borne by the School District. Based on such assessment, the College Coordinator of High School Programs and the Principal/P-TECH Director/Counselor will determine what forms of assistance and remediation may be needed by a student in order to meet enrollment requirements for any college-level course. t. P-TECH Students will be subject to the same academic policies and procedures as students enrolled in the College. This includes, but is not limited to, the Academic Probationary, Dismissal, Withdrawal and Grievance policies and procedures of the Alamo Colleges District. Refer to the College’s catalog under the Academic Standards for specific information: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/content.php?catoid=173&navoid=10926. u. As part of the experiences within the course of study in the P-TECH, students will be provided with career mentors selected from the business partners or other industry applicable businesses. v. The P-TECH, College and selected business partners of the P-TECH will create a detailed plan for work-based learning experiences for students appropriate to each grade level, such as facility visits, guest speakers, presentations, career information, job shadowing, internships, externships, and apprenticeships. w. The selected degree plan for the P-TECH with the College is the Associate of Arts degree(s). See degree plan(s) in Exhibit B. Courses and their respective pre-requisites are accessible on the College’s eCatalog website. x. Courses taught to fulfill all credentials listed in this agreement must adhere to the number of required contact hours. Deviation from the traditional sixteen (16) week part of term must be reviewed and approved by the designated College staff to ensure that the required number of contact hours are met. y. The P-TECH, in partnership with the business partners of the P-TECH, will ensure that the participating students complete the required clock hours of on the job training in a single semester, as allocated per week by the College. z. The selected degree plans for the P-TECH with the College are stackable awards from the Associate of Applied Science degree(s). See Exhibit B for the related degrees that students may attain during their tenure at the P-TECH. aa. P-TECH Students are required to attend at least one (1) College campus event related to their degree plan.

Curriculum. a. The School P-TECH shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School P-TECH shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School P-TECH shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School P-TECH will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the P-TECH degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Applied Science. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the P-TECH will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Academic Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / P-TECH Director or P-TECH designee, will be responsible for developing working with P-TECH faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The P-TECH curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. f. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the P-TECH designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolP-TECH, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for P-TECH Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School P-TECH extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHSP-TECH. College, School District and School P-TECH shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School P-TECH are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College to consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School P-TECH program uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. The College and District will complete Course Agreements prior to the beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three academic years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional MaterialsCourse Materials change. For course sections taught at the SchoolP-TECH, the College will maintain the same instructional materials Course Materials and textbook editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three academic years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement, Course Materials edition are no longer current, Course Materials are no longer available, or Course Materials no longer meet SLOs. The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. k. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. l. P-TECH Students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual circumstances occurring “once in a lifetime,” tragic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the P-TECH. A student may not initiate the course reduction. m. P-TECH Students who would like to enroll in an online course, whether taken during the regular term or summer terms, must obtain the P-TECH Principal / P-TECH Director’s approval, as otherwise specified well as the designated College staff approval. Upon agreement from both the P-TECH and the College, a current course agreement must be on file as part of the process to enroll the student into the requested course. n. Within the P-TECH framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in Section 13 the College transcript awarded by the College. o. The College is responsible for involving teaching faculty in the process of selecting and implementing College courses. This includes ensuring that course goals and standards are understood and that the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied where College courses are offered, to include departmental exams and student learning outcomes. P-TECH Students will participate in college-level work and will be subject to material deemed college level. The School District and P-TECH are aware that the content in college level courses may contain topics intended for mature audiences or adult age groups. The College Academic Discipline Chairs and associated Deans or Vice Presidents of Academic Success will monitor the quality of instruction in order to ensure compliance with the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and the standards established by Applicable Law, SACSCOC, the College, and the School District. p. If a student fails a course, any retake will be outside the regularly scheduled academic plan and all Early Admission requirements will apply. Tuition and any applicable fees will, where the School District agrees to pay on behalf of the P-TECH Student, be invoiced to the School District as fiscal agent. Otherwise, the P-TECH Student will be treated as a student with the Early Admissions status, thereby making the P-TECH Student responsible for all corresponding tuition and fees. q. The College will utilize various programs that are either system- or computer- based in both face-to-face and online learning environments. These resources are intended to support learning and meet the Student Learning Outcomes that comply with requirements from SACSCOC and state standards. The Parties will convene to discuss and determine all relevant system requirements for each course. The School District will ensure technology access and resources are available to the P-TECH Students so they can access the content of the required courses and resources. The School District will cooperate with the college to ensure necessary technology is available for the most robust and comparable delivery of college courses. r. The School District shall be responsible for ensuring that high school curriculum courses will meet the requirements of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and all other law applicable to Texas public school districts and that School District students are able to meet all high school graduation requirements, including all End of Course examinations, while earning college credit. School District will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of instruction for the exclusive high school credit courses offered by the P-TECH. The College will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are met and the quality of instruction for the college course(s) is rigorous. s. To enroll in any college-level course, P-TECH Students must meet all of the regular College-course prerequisites. The College and School District will assess each student for overall readiness to engage in any college-level course, and any out-of-pocket costs of same shall be borne by the School District. Based on such assessment, the College Coordinator of High School Programs and the Principal/P-TECH Director/Counselor will determine what forms of assistance and remediation may be needed by a student in order to meet enrollment requirements for any college-level course. t. P-TECH Students will be subject to the same academic policies and procedures as students enrolled in the College. This includes, but is not limited to, the Academic Probationary, Dismissal, Withdrawal and Grievance policies and procedures of the Alamo Colleges District. Refer to the College’s catalog under the Academic Standards for specific information: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/content.php?catoid=173&navoid=10926. u. As part of the experiences within the course of study in the P-TECH, students will be provided with career mentors selected from the business partners or other industry applicable businesses. v. The P-TECH, College and selected business partners of the P-TECH will create a detailed plan for work-based learning experiences for students appropriate to each grade level, such as facility visits, guest speakers, presentations, career information, job shadowing, internships, externships, and apprenticeships. w. The selected degree plan for the P-TECH with the College is the Associate of Applied Science degree(s). See degree plan(s) in Exhibit B. Courses and their respective pre-requisites are accessible on the College’s eCatalog website. x. Courses taught to fulfill all credentials listed in this agreement must adhere to the number of required contact hours. Deviation from the traditional sixteen (16) week part of term must be reviewed and approved by the designated College staff to ensure that the required number of contact hours are met. y. The P-TECH, in partnership with the business partners of the P-TECH, will ensure that the participating students complete the required clock hours of on the job training in a single semester, as allocated per week by the College. z. The selected degree plans for the P-TECH with the College are stackable awards from the Associate of Applied Science degree(s). See Exhibit B for the related degrees that students may attain during their tenure at the P-TECH. aa. P-TECH Students are required to attend at least one (1) College campus event related to their degree plan.

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts or a Level 1 Certificate. By December 1st, the ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-leve l classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Academic Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / ECHS Director or ECHS designee, will be responsible for developing working with ECHS faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The ECHS curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is include d in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. f. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the ECHS designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolECHS, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for ECHS Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School ECHS extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School ECHS shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School ECHS are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the ECHS will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College to consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School ECHS program uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. The College and District will complete Course Agreements prior to the beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three academic years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional MaterialsCourse Materials change. For course sections taught at the SchoolECHS, the College will maintain the same instructional materials Course Materials and textbook editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three academic years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement, Course Materials edition are no longer current, Course Materials are no longer available, or Course Materials no longer meet SLOs. The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. k. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. l. ECHS Students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual circumstances occurring “once in a lifetime,” tragic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the ECHS. A student may not initiate the course reduction. m. ECHS Students who would like to enroll in an online course, whether taken during the regular term or summer terms, must obtain the ECHS Principal / ECHS Director’s approval, as otherwise specified well as the designated College staff approval. Upon agreement from both the ECHS and the College , a current course agreement must be on file as part of the process to enroll the student into the requested course. n. Within the ECHS framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in Section 13 the College transcript awarded by the College. o. The College is responsible for involving teaching faculty in the process of selecting and implementing College courses. This includes ensuring that course goals and standards are understood and that the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied where College courses are offered, to include departmental exams and student learning outcomes. ECHS Students will participate in college-level work and will be subject to material deemed college level. The School District and ECHS are aware that the content in college level courses may contain topics intended for mature audiences or adult age groups. The College Academic Discipline Chairs and associated Deans or Vice Presidents of Academic Success will monitor the quality of instruction in order to ensure compliance with the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and the standards established by Applicable Law, SACSCOC, the College, and the School District. p. If a student fails a course, any retake will be outside the regularly scheduled academic plan and all Early Admission requirements will apply. Tuition and any applicable fees will, where the School District agrees to pay on behalf of the ECHS Student, be invoiced to the School District as fiscal agent. Otherwise, the ECHS Student will be treated as a student with the Early Admissions status, thereby making the ECHS Student responsible for all corresponding tuition and fees. q. The College will utilize various programs that are either system- or computer- based in both face-to-face and online learning environments. These resources are intended to support learning and meet the Student Learning Outcomes that comply with requirements from SACSCOC and state standards. The Parties will convene to discuss and determine all relevant system requirements for each course. The School District will ensure technology access and resources are available to the ECHS Students so they can access the content of the required courses and resources. The School District will cooperate with the college to ensure necessary technology is available for the most robust and comparable delivery of college courses. r. The School District shall be responsible for ensuring that high school curriculum courses will meet the requirements of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and all other law applicable to Texas public school districts and that School District students are able to meet all high school graduation requirements, including all End of Course examinations, while earning college credit. School District will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of instruction for the exclusive high school credit courses offered by the ECHS. The College will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are met and the quality of instruction for the college course(s) is rigorous. s. To enroll in any college-level course, ECHS Students must meet all of the regular College- course prerequisites. The College and School District will assess each student for overall readiness to engage in any college-level course, and any out-of-pocket costs of same shall be borne by the School District. Based on such assessment, the College Coordinator of High School Programs and the Principal/ECHS Director/Counselor will determine what forms of assistance and remediation may be needed by a student in order to meet enrollment requirements for any college-level course. t. ECHS Students will be subject to the same academic policies and procedures as students enrolled in the College. This includes, but is not limited to, the Academic Probationary, Dismissal, Withdrawal and Grievance policies and procedures of the Alamo Colleges District. Refer to the College’s catalog under the Academic Standards for specific information: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/content.php?catoid=173&navoid=10926.

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual individua l instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District Public Charter will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts, Associate of Science or Associate of Applied Science. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The Public Charter and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Academic Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal Principa l / ECHS Director or ECHS designee, will be responsible for developing working with ECHS faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The ECHS curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. f. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the ECHS designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District Public Charter will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolECHS, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for ECHS Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School ECHS extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District Public Charter and School ECHS shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School ECHS are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District Public Charter and the ECHS will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District Public Charter and the College to consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School ECHS program uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. The College and District will complete Course Agreements prior to the beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three academic years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional MaterialsCourse Materials change. For course sections taught at the SchoolECHS, the College will maintain the same instructional materials Course Materials and textbook editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three academic years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement, Course Materials edition are no longer current, Course Materials are no longer available, or Course Materials no longer meet SLOs. The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. k. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. l. ECHS Students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual circumstances occurring “once in a lifetime,” tragic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the ECHS. A student may not initiate the course reduction. m. ECHS Students who would like to enroll in an online course, whether taken during the regular term or summer terms, must obtain the ECHS Principal / ECHS Director’s approval, as otherwise specified well as the designated College staff approval. Upon agreement from both the ECHS and the College , a current course agreement must be on file as part of the process to enroll the student into the requested course. n. Within the ECHS framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in Section 13 the College transcript awarded by the College. o. The College is responsible for involving teaching faculty in the process of selecting and implementing College courses. This includes ensuring that course goals and standards are understood and that the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied where College courses are offered, to include departmental exams and student learning outcomes. ECHS Students will participate in college-level work and will be subject to material deemed college level. The Public Charter and ECHS are aware that the content in college level courses may contain topics intended for mature audiences or adult age groups. The College Academic Discipline Chairs and associated Deans or Vice Presidents of Academic Success will monitor the quality of instruction in order to ensure compliance with the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and the standards established by Applicable Law, SACSCOC, the College, and the Public Charter. p. If a student fails a course, any retake will be outside the regularly scheduled academic plan and all Early Admission requirements will apply. Tuition and any applicable fees will, where the Public Charter agrees to pay on behalf of the ECHS Student, be invoiced to the Public Charter as fiscal agent. Otherwise, the ECHS Student will be treated as a student with the Early Admissions status, thereby making the ECHS Student responsible for all corresponding tuition and fees. q. The College will utilize various programs that are either system- or computer- based in both face-to-face and online learning environments. These resources are intended to support learning and meet the Student Learning Outcomes that comply with requirements from SACSCOC and state standards. The Parties will convene to discuss and determine all relevant system requirements for each course. The Public Charter will ensure technology access and resources are available to the ECHS Students so they can access the content of the required courses and resources. The Public Charter will cooperate with the college to ensure necessary technology is available for the most robust and comparable delivery of college courses. r. The Public Charter shall be responsible for ensuring that high school curriculum courses will meet the requirements of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and all other law applicable to Texas Public Charters and that Public Charter students are able to meet all high school graduation requirements, including all End of Course examinations, while earning college credit. Public Charter will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of instruction for the exclusive high school credit courses offered by the ECHS. The College will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are met and the quality of instruction for the college course(s) is rigorous. s. To enroll in any college-level course, ECHS Students must meet all of the regular College- course prerequisites. The College and Public Charter will assess each student for overall readiness to engage in any college-level course, and any out-of-pocket costs of same shall be borne by the Public Charter. Based on such assessment, the College Coordinator of High School Programs and the Principal/ECHS Director/Counselor will determine what forms of assistance and remediation may be needed by a student in order to meet enrollment requirements for any college-level course. t. ECHS Students will be subject to the same academic policies and procedures as students enrolled in the College. This includes, but is not limited to, the Academic Probationary, Dismissal, Withdrawal and Grievance policies and procedures of the Alamo Colleges District. Refer to the College’s catalog under the Academic Standards for specific information: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/content.php?catoid=173&navoid=10926.

Curriculum. a. The School P-TECH shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School P-TECH shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School P-TECH shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School P-TECH will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the P-TECH degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Applied Science. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the P-TECH will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Academic Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / P-TECH Director or P-TECH designee, will be responsible for developing working with P-TECH faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The P-TECH curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. f. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the P-TECH designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolP-TECH, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for P-TECH Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School P-TECH extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHSP-TECH. College, School District and School P-TECH shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School P-TECH are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. i. The College and District will provide complete Course Agreements prior to the School District and School the minimum number beginning of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses each Fall semester for each course currently offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Dual Credit. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three academic years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional MaterialsCourse Materials change. For course sections taught at the SchoolP-TECH, the College will maintain the same instructional materials Course Materials and textbook editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three academic years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement, Course Materials edition are no longer current, Course Materials are no longer available, or Course Materials no longer meet SLOs. The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. j. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. k. P-TECH Students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual circumstances occurring “once in a lifetime,” tragic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the P-TECH. A student may not initiate the course reduction. l. P-TECH Students may be enrolled in online college courses based on the availability. Conversations with College High School Programs Staff should occur prior to placement. Upon agreement from both the P-TECH and the College, a current course agreement must be on file as otherwise specified part of the process to enroll the student into the requested course. m. Within the P-TECH framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in Section 13 the College transcript awarded by the College. n. The College is responsible for involving teaching faculty in the process of selecting and implementing College courses. This includes ensuring that course goals and standards are understood and that the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied where College courses are offered, to include departmental exams and student learning outcomes. P-TECH Students will participate in college-level work and will be subject to material deemed college level. The School District and P-TECH are aware that the content in college level courses may contain topics intended for mature audiences or adult age groups. The College Academic Discipline Chairs and associated Deans or Vice Presidents of Academic Success will monitor the quality of instruction in order to ensure compliance with the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and the standards established by Applicable Law, SACSCOC, the College, and the School District. o. If a student fails a course as part of a CCRSM program, any retakes can be taken the next Part of Term upon agreement from both the college and ISD staff. Early Admission requirements may apply. Tuition and any applicable fees will, where the School District agrees to pay on behalf of the P-TECH Student, be invoiced to the School District as fiscal agent. Otherwise, the P-TECH Student may be treated as a student with the Early Admissions status, thereby making the P-TECH Student responsible for all corresponding tuition and fees. p. The College will utilize various programs that are either system- or computer- based in both face-to-face and online learning environments. These resources are intended to support learning and meet the Student Learning Outcomes that comply with requirements from SACSCOC and state standards. The Parties will convene to discuss and determine all relevant system requirements for each course. The School District will ensure technology access and resources are available to the P-TECH Students so they can access the content of the required courses and resources. The School District will cooperate with the college to ensure necessary technology is available for the most robust and comparable delivery of college courses. q. The School District shall be responsible for ensuring that high school curriculum courses will meet the requirements of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and all other law applicable to Texas public school districts and that School District students are able to meet all high school graduation requirements, including all End of Course examinations, while earning college credit. School District will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of instruction for the exclusive high school credit courses offered by the P-TECH. The College will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are met and the quality of instruction for the college course(s) is rigorous. r. To enroll in any college-level course, P-TECH Students must meet all of the regular College-course prerequisites. The College and School District will assess each student for overall readiness to engage in any college-level course, and any out-of-pocket costs of same shall be borne by the School District. Based on such assessment, the College Coordinator of High School Programs and the Principal/P-TECH Director/Counselor will determine what forms of assistance and remediation may be needed by a student in order to meet enrollment requirements for any college-level course. s. P-TECH Students will be subject to the same academic policies and procedures as students enrolled in the College. This includes, but is not limited to, the Academic Probationary, Dismissal, Withdrawal and Grievance policies and procedures of the Alamo Colleges District. Refer to the College’s catalog under the Academic Standards for specific information: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/content.php?catoid=173&navoid=10926. t. As part of the experiences within the course of study in the P-TECH, students should be provided with career mentors selected from the business partners or other industry applicable businesses. u. The P-TECH, College and selected business partners of the P-TECH will create a detailed plan for work-based learning experiences for students appropriate to each grade level, such as facility visits, guest speakers, presentations, career information, job shadowing, internships, externships, and apprenticeships. v. The selected degree plan for the P-TECH with the College are the Associate of Applied Science degree(s). See degree plan(s) in Exhibit B. Courses and their respective pre-requisites are accessible on the College’s eCatalog website. w. Courses taught to fulfill all credentials listed in this agreement must adhere to the number of required contact hours. Deviation from the traditional sixteen (16) week part of term must be reviewed and approved by the designated College staff to ensure that the required number of contact hours are met. x. The P-TECH, in partnership with the business partners of the P-TECH, will ensure that the participating students complete the required clock hours of on the job training in a single semester, as allocated per week by the College. y. The selected degree plans for the P-TECH with the College are stackable awards from the Associate of Applied Science degree(s). See Exhibit B for the related degrees that students may attain during their tenure at the P-TECH. z. P-TECH Students are required to attend at least one (1) College campus event related to their degree plan.

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual individua l instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-leve l classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Academic Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / ECHS Director or ECHS designee, will be responsible for developing working with ECHS faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The ECHS curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is include d in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. f. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the ECHS designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolECHS, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for ECHS Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School ECHS extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School ECHS shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School ECHS are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the ECHS will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College to consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School ECHS program uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. The College and District will complete Course Agreements prior to the beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three academic years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional MaterialsCourse Materials change. For course sections taught at the SchoolECHS, the College will maintain the same instructional materials Course Materials and textbook editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three academic years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement, Course Materials edition are no longer current, Course Materials are no longer available, or Course Materials no longer meet SLOs. The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. k. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. l. ECHS Students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual circumstances occurring “once in a lifetime,” tragic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the ECHS. A student may not initiate the course reduction. m. ECHS Students who would like to enroll in an online course, whether taken during the regular term or summer terms, must obtain the ECHS Principal / ECHS Director’s approval, as otherwise specified well as the designated College staff approval. Upon agreement from both the ECHS and the College , a current course agreement must be on file as part of the process to enroll the student into the requested course. n. Within the ECHS framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in Section 13 the College transcript awarded by the College. o. The College is responsible for involving teaching faculty in the process of selecting and implementing College courses. This includes ensuring that course goals and standards are understood and that the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied where College courses are offered, to include departmental exams and student learning outcomes. ECHS Students will participate in college-level work and will be subject to material deemed college level. The School District and ECHS are aware that the content in college level courses may contain topics intended for mature audiences or adult age groups. The College Academic Discipline Chairs and associated Deans or Vice Presidents of Academic Success will monitor the quality of instruction in order to ensure compliance with the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and the standards established by Applicable Law, SACSCOC, the College, and the School District. p. If a student fails a course, any retake will be outside the regularly scheduled academic plan and all Early Admission requirements will apply. Tuition and any applicable fees will, where the School District agrees to pay on behalf of the ECHS Student, be invoiced to the School District as fiscal agent. Otherwise, the ECHS Student will be treated as a student with the Early Admissions status, thereby making the ECHS Student responsible for all corresponding tuition and fees. q. The College will utilize various programs that are either system- or computer- based in both face-to-face and online learning environments. These resources are intended to support learning and meet the Student Learning Outcomes that comply with requirements from SACSCOC and state standards. The Parties will convene to discuss and determine all relevant system requirements for each course. The School District will ensure technology access and resources are available to the ECHS Students so they can access the content of the required courses and resources. The School District will cooperate with the college to ensure necessary technology is available for the most robust and comparable delivery of college courses. r. The School District shall be responsible for ensuring that high school curriculum courses will meet the requirements of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and all other law applicable to Texas public school districts and that School District students are able to meet all high school graduation requirements, including all End of Course examinations, while earning college credit. School District will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of instruction for the exclusive high school credit courses offered by the ECHS. The College will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are met and the quality of instruction for the college course(s) is rigorous. s. To enroll in any college-level course, ECHS Students must meet all of the regular College- course prerequisites. The College and School District will assess each student for overall readiness to engage in any college-level course, and any out-of-pocket costs of same shall be borne by the School District. Based on such assessment, the College Coordinator of High School Programs and the Principal/ECHS Director/Counselor will determine what forms of assistance and remediation may be needed by a student in order to meet enrollment requirements for any college-level course. t. ECHS Students will be subject to the same academic policies and procedures as students enrolled in the College. This includes, but is not limited to, the Academic Probationary, Dismissal, Withdrawal and Grievance policies and procedures of the Alamo Colleges District. Refer to the College’s catalog under the Academic Standards for specific information: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/content.php?catoid=173&navoid=10926.

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Academic Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal or designee, will be responsible for developing and refining a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment for Students participating in the Dual Credit program.along e. f. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the ECHS designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolECHS, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for ECHS Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School ECHS extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School ECHS shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School ECHS are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the ECHS will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College to consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School ECHS program uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. The College and District will complete Course Agreements prior to the beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three academic years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional MaterialsCourse Materials change. For course sections taught at the SchoolECHS, the College will maintain the same instructional materials Course Materials and textbook editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three academic years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement, Course Materials edition are no longer current, Course Materials are no longer available, or Course Materials no longer meet SLOs. The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. k. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. l. ECHS Students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual circumstances occurring “once in a lifetime,” tragic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the ECHS. A student may not initiate the course reduction. m. ECHS Students who would like to enroll in an online course, whether taken during the regular term or summer terms, must obtain the ECHS Principal / ECHS Director’s approval, as otherwise specified well as the designated College staff approval. Upon agreement from both the ECHS and the College, a current course agreement must be on file as part of the process to enroll the student into the requested course. n. Within the ECHS framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in Section 13 the College transcript awarded by the College. o. The College is responsible for involving teaching faculty in the process of selecting and implementing College courses. This includes ensuring that course goals and standards are understood and that the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied where College courses are offered, to include departmental exams and student learning outcomes. ECHS Students will participate in college-level work and will be subject to material deemed college level. The School District and ECHS are aware that the content in college level courses p. If a student fails a course, any retake will be outside the regularly scheduled academic plan and all Early Admission requirements will apply. Tuition and any applicable fees will, where the School District agrees to pay on behalf of the ECHS Student, be invoiced to the School District as fiscal agent. Otherwise, the ECHS Student will be treated as a student with the Early Admissions status, thereby making the ECHS Student responsible for all corresponding tuition and fees. q. The College will utilize various programs that are either system- or computer- based in both face- to-face and online learning environments. These resources are intended to support learning and meet the Student Learning Outcomes that comply with requirements from SACSCOC and state standards. The Parties will convene to discuss and determine all relevant system requirements for each course. The School District will ensure technology access and resources are available to the ECHS Students so they can access the content of the required courses and resources. The School District will cooperate with the college to ensure necessary technology is available for the most robust and comparable delivery of college courses. r. The School District shall be responsible for ensuring that high school curriculum courses will meet the requirements of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and all other law applicable to Texas public school districts and that School District students are able to meet all high school graduation requirements, including all End of Course examinations, while earning college credit. School District will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of instruction for the exclusive high school credit courses offered by the ECHS. The College will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are met and the quality of instruction for the college course(s) is rigorous. s. To enroll in any college-level course, ECHS Students must meet all of the regular College course prerequisites. The College and School District will assess each student for overall readiness to engage in any college-level course, and any out-of-pocket costs of same shall be borne by the School District. Based on such assessment, the College Coordinator of High School Programs and the Principal/ECHS Director/Counselor will determine what forms of assistance and remediation may be needed by a student in order to meet enrollment requirements for any college-level course. t. ECHS Students will be subject to the same academic policies and procedures as students enrolled in the College. This includes, but is not limited to, the Academic Probationary, Dismissal, Withdrawal and Grievance policies and procedures of the Alamo Colleges District. Refer to the College’s catalog under the Academic Standards for specific information: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/content.php?catoid=173&navoid=10926.

Curriculum. a. The School P-TECH shall administer the TSIA college placement exam exams to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School P-TECH shall implement a plan for TSIA success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified , which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School P-TECH shall make any TEA required TSIA reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIA, including a breakdown of TSIA data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School P-TECH will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of records. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. §1232g as implemented by 34 C.F.R. part 99 (“FERPA”). The College will use students’ TSIA assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the P-TECH degree plan is on the program requirements for Associate of Science degree. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during grades 11 and 12, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The plan will provide pathways to an associate or baccalaureate degree and must follow the courses and fields of study listed in the THECB Lower Division Academic Course Guide Manual. The College Academic Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / P-TECH Coordinator or P-TECH designee, will be responsible for developing working with P-TECH faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment for Students participating alignment. The high school P-TECH curriculum will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. f. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which 25 that states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December June 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students.. Refer to the SACS-COC Dual Enrollment Policy Statement at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/pdf/081705/Dual%20Enrollment.pdf g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the P-TECH designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolP-TECH, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabisyllabus. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for Students P-TECH students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School P-TECH extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit Credit, ECHS, and ECHSP-TECH. College, School District and School P-TECH shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School P-TECH are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which that requires that the School District and the College to consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School P-TECH program uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than . College and District will develop a timeline for completing a Course Agreement prior to the start beginning of the first instructional day that each Fall semester for each course is deliveredcurrently offered as Dual Credit. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the SchoolECHS, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the officia l College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-leve l classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Academic Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / ECHS Director or ECHS designee, will be responsible for developing working with ECHS faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The ECHS curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. f. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the ECHS designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolECHS, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for ECHS Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School ECHS extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School ECHS shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School ECHS are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the ECHS will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College to consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School ECHS program uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. The College and District will complete Course Agreements prior to the beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three academic years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional MaterialsCourse Materials change. For course sections taught at the SchoolECHS, the College will maintain the same instructional materials Course Materials and textbook editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three academic years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement, Course Materials edition are no longer current, Course Materials are no longer available, or Course Materials no longer meet SLOs. The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. k. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. l. ECHS Students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual circumstances occurring “once in a lifetime,” tragic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the ECHS. A student may not initiate the course reduction. m. ECHS Students who would like to enroll in an online course, whether taken during the regular term or summer terms, must obtain the ECHS Principal / ECHS Director’s approval, as otherwise specified well as the designated College staff approval. Upon agreement from both the ECHS and the College, a current course agreement must be on file as part of the process to enroll the student into the requested course. n. Within the ECHS framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in Section 13 the College transcript awarded by the College. o. The College is responsible for involving teaching faculty in the process of selecting and implementing College courses. This includes ensuring that course goals and standards are understood and that the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied where College courses are offered, to include departmental exams and student learning outcomes. ECHS Students will participate in college-level work and will be subject to material deemed college level. The School District and ECHS are aware that the content in college level courses may contain topics intended for mature audiences or adult age groups. The College Academic Discipline Chairs and associated Deans or Vice Presidents of Academic Success will monitor the quality of instruction in order to ensure compliance with the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and the standards established by Applicable Law, SACSCOC, the College, and the School District. p. If a student fails a course, any retake will be outside the regularly scheduled academic plan and all Early Admission requirements will apply. Tuition and any applicable fees will, where the School District agrees to pay on behalf of the ECHS Student, be invoiced to the School District as fiscal agent. Otherwise, the ECHS Student will be treated as a student with the Early Admissions status, thereby making the ECHS Student responsible for all corresponding tuition and fees. q. The College will utilize various programs that are either system- or computer- based in both face-to-face and online learning environments. These resources are intended to support learning and meet the Student Learning Outcomes that comply with requirements from SACSCOC and state standards. The Parties will convene to discuss and determine all relevant system requirements for each course. The School District will ensure technology access and resources are available to the ECHS Students so they can access the content of the required courses and resources. The School District will cooperate with the college to ensure necessary technology is available for the most robust and comparable delivery of college courses. r. The School District shall be responsible for ensuring that high school curriculum courses will meet the requirements of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and all other law applicable to Texas public school districts and that School District students are able to meet all high school graduation requirements, including all End of Course examinations, while earning college credit. School District will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of instruction for the exclusive high school credit courses offered by the ECHS. The College will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are met and the quality of instruction for the college course(s) is rigorous. s. To enroll in any college-level course, ECHS Students must meet all of the regular College- course prerequisites. The College and School District will assess each student for overall readiness to engage in any college-level course, and any out-of-pocket costs of same shall be borne by the School District. Based on such assessment, the College Coordinator of High School Programs and the Principal/ECHS Director/Counselor will determine what forms of assistance and remediation may be needed by a student in order to meet enrollment requirements for any college-level course. t. ECHS Students will be subject to the same academic policies and procedures as students enrolled in the College. This includes, but is not limited to, the Academic Probationary, Dismissal, Withdrawal and Grievance policies and procedures of the Alamo Colleges District. Refer to the College’s catalog under the Academic Standards for specific information: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/content.php?catoid=173&navoid=10926.

Curriculum. a. The School P-TECH shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School P-TECH shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School P-TECH shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School P-TECH will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board-approved-test- sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the P-TECH degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the P-TECH will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College Academic curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9- 12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / P-TECH Director or P-TECH designee, will be responsible for developing working with P-TECH faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The P-TECH curriculum for Students participating Dual Credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students.. (Please see the SACS-COC Dual Enrollment Policy Statement at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/pdf/081705/Dual%20Enrollment.pdf) g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the P-TECH designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b-2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolP-TECH, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for P-TECH Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School P-TECH extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHSP-TECH. College, School District and School P-TECH shall ensure that a dual credit Dual Credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School P-TECH are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit Dual Credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A The College and District will complete Course Agreement will be completed by Agreements prior to the deadline designated in the yearly beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course AgreementCredit. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the SchoolP-TECH, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, as approved by the respective College Discipline Chair, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -otherwise

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. See section 7 herein. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified , which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIA, including a breakdown of TSIA data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of records. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. §1232g as implemented by 34 C.F.R. part 99 (“FERPA”). The College will use students’ TSIA assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The College Academic Chairs primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, or Faculty LiaisonAssociate of Applied Science degrees. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, along with the School Principal or designee, ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be responsible for developing evaluated and refining a clear approved through the official College curriculum approval process and coherent academic program across shall be taught at the two institutions for curriculum alignment for Students participating in the Dual Credit programCollege level. e. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the School, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the a course syllabus to satisfy of study for (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements each College courseof Applicable Law. The School District This course of study will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge provide a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing allow students to attain dual credit transition from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number a majority of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the School, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for classes in grade 9 to a minimum of three years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 gradual integration to college-level classes through grade

Curriculum. a. The School P-TECH shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School P-TECH shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School P-TECH shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School P-TECH will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the P-TECH degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Applied Science. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the P-TECH will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Academic Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / P-TECH Director or P-TECH designee, will be responsible for developing working with P-TECH faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The P-TECH curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the P-TECH designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b- 2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolP-TECH, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for P-TECH Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School P-TECH extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHSP-TECH. College, School District and School P-TECH shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School P-TECH are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. i. The College and District will provide complete Course Agreements prior to the School District and School the minimum number beginning of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses each Fall semester for each course currently offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Dual Credit. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three academic years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional MaterialsCourse Materials change. For course sections taught at the SchoolP-TECH, the College will maintain the same instructional materials Course Materials and textbook editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three academic years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement, Course Materials edition are no longer current, Course Materials are no longer available, or Course Materials no longer meet SLOs. The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. j. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. k. P-TECH Students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual circumstances occurring “once in a lifetime,” tragic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the P-TECH. A student may not initiate the course reduction. l. PTECH Students may be enrolled in online college courses based on the availability. Conversations with College High School Programs Staff should occur prior to placement m. Within the P-TECH framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as otherwise specified prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in Section 13 -the College transcript awarded by the College.

Curriculum. a. The School P-TECH shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School P-TECH shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School P-TECH shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School P-TECH will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of records. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA Colle TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the P-TECH degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Applied Science. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the P-TECH will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Academic Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / P-TECH Director or P-TECH designee, will be responsible for developing working with P-TECH faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The P-TECH curriculum for Students participating in dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the Dual Credit program.same curriculum and at the e. f. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the P-TECH designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638, the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolP-TECH, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for P-TECH Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School P-TECH extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHSP-TECH. College, School District and School P-TECH shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School P-TECH are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College to consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School P-TECH program uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. The College and District will complete Course Agreements prior to the beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A Course Agreement will be completed by the deadline designated in the yearly Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course Agreement. The Course Agreement will be effective for three academic years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional MaterialsCourse Materials change. For course sections taught at the SchoolP-TECH, the College will maintain the same instructional materials Course Materials and textbook editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three academic years, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement, Course Materials edition are no longer current, Course Materials are no longer available, or Course Materials no longer meet SLOs. The adoption of any course materials, print or electronic, after a Course Agreement is signed will require an agreed and signed addendum. k. Course Agreements will identify those College programs requiring more frequent textbook cycles than the otherwise applicable three-year cycle. l. P-TECH Students may have their course load reduced should they encounter unusual agic in nature, or damaging the welfare of the student or family, which would prevent them from performing at their normal standard. A course reduction must be initiated and approved by the administrations of the College and the P-TECH. A student may not initiate the course reduction. m. P-TECH Students who would like to enroll in an online course, whether taken during the approval, as otherwise specified well as the designated College staff approval. Upon agreement from both the P-TECH and the College, a current course agreement must be on file as part of the process to enroll the student into the requested course. n. Within the P-TECH framework, students may earn the Distinguished Level of Achievement diploma with Performance Acknowledgement within a four-year timeframe and 60 credit hours or equivalent, as prescribed by the selected plan of study, towards an Associate degree and/or Baccalaureate degree. If applicable, students may also be certified as Core Complete as denoted in Section 13 the College transcript awarded by the College. o. The College is responsible for involving teaching faculty in the process of selecting and implementing College courses. This includes ensuring that course goals and standards are understood and that the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied where College courses are offered, to include departmental exams and student learning outcomes. P-TECH Students will participate in college-level work and will be subject to material deemed college level. The School District and P-TECH are aware that the content in college level courses may contain topics intended for mature audiences or adult age groups. The College Academic Discipline Chairs and associated Deans or Vice Presidents of Academic Success will monitor the quality of instruction in order to ensure compliance with the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and the standards established by Applicable Law, SACSCOC, the College, and the School District. p. If a student fails a course, any retake will be outside the regularly scheduled academic plan and all Early Admission requirements will apply. Tuition and any applicable fees will, where the School District agrees to pay on behalf of the P-TECH Student, be invoiced to the School District as fiscal agent. Otherwise, the P-TECH Student will be treated as a student with the Early Admissions status, thereby making the P-TECH Student responsible for all corresponding tuition and fees. q. The College will utilize various programs that are either system- or computer- based in both face-to-face and online learning environments. These resources are intended to support learning and meet the Student Learning Outcomes that comply with requirements from SACSCOC and state standards. The Parties will convene to discuss and determine all relevant system requirements for each course. The School District will ensure technology access and resources are available to the P-TECH Students so they can access the content of the required courses and resources. The School District will cooperate with the college to ensure necessary technology is available for the most robust and comparable delivery of college courses. r. The School District shall be responsible for ensuring that high school curriculum courses will meet the requirements of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and all other law applicable to Texas public school districts and that School District students are able to meet all high school graduation requirements, including all End of Course examinations, while earning college credit. School District will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of instruction for the exclusive high school credit courses offered by the P-TECH. The College will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are met and the quality of instruction for the college course(s) is rigorous. s. To enroll in any college-level course, P-TECH Students must meet all of the regular College-course prerequisites. The College and School District will assess each student for overall readiness to engage in any college-level course, and any out-of-pocket costs of same shall be borne by the School District. Based on such assessment, the College Coordinator of High School Programs and the Principal/P-TECH Director/Counselor will determine what forms of assistance and remediation may be needed by a student in order to meet enrollment requirements for any college-level course. t. P-TECH Students will be subject to the same academic policies and procedures as students enrolled in the College. This includes, but is not limited to, the Academic Probationary, Dismissal, Xxxxxxxxxx and Grievance policies and procedures of the Alamo Colleges under the Academic Standards for specific information: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/content.php?catoid=173&navoid=10926. u. As part of the experiences within the course of study in the P-TECH, students will be provided with career mentors selected from the business partners or other industry applicable businesses. v. The P-TECH, College and selected business partners of the P-TECH will create a detailed plan for work-based learning experiences for students appropriate to each grade level, such as facility visits, guest speakers, presentations, career information, job shadowing, internships, externships, and apprenticeships. w. The selected degree plan for the P-TECH with the College are the Associate of Applied Science degree(s). See degree plan(s) in Exhibit B. Courses and their respective x. Courses taught to fulfill all credentials listed in this agreement must adhere to the number of required contact hours. Deviation from the traditional sixteen (16) week part of term must be reviewed and approved by the designated College staff to ensure that the required number of contact hours are met. y. The P-TECH, in partnership with the business partners of the P-TECH, will ensure that the participating students complete the required clock hours of on the job training in a single semester, as allocated per week by the College. z. The selected degree plans for the P-TECH with the College are stackable awards from the Associate of Applied Science degree(s). See Exhibit B for the related degrees that students may attain during their tenure at the P-TECH. aa. P-TECH Students are required to attend at least one (1) College campus event related to their degree plan.

Curriculum. a. The School P-TECH shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School P-TECH shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School P-TECH shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School P-TECH will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board-approved-test- sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the P-TECH degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the P-TECH will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College Academic curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9- 12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Discipline Chairs or Faculty Liaison, along with the School Principal / P-TECH Director or P-TECH designee, will be responsible for developing working with P-TECH faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The P-TECH curriculum for Students participating Dual Credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students.. (Please see the SACS-COC Dual Enrollment Policy Statement at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/pdf/081705/Dual%20Enrollment.pdf) g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the P-TECH designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b-2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolP-TECH, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for P-TECH Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School P-TECH extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHSP-TECH. College, School District and School P-TECH shall ensure that a dual credit Dual Credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School P-TECH are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the P-TECH will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit Dual Credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A The College and District will complete Course Agreement will be completed by Agreements prior to the deadline designated in the yearly beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course AgreementCredit. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the SchoolP-TECH, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, as approved by the respective College Discipline Chair, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -

Curriculum. a. The School ECHS shall administer the TSIA TSIA2 college placement exam to all prospective Students or refer Students interested in taking Dual Credit courses to students no later than the College’s Testing Center, if fall of the School is not a College Board testing site, prior to submitting their name to the College Office of High School Programs for enrollment into courses requiring specific TSIA scores9th grade year, abiding by the rules set forth by the College Board and the CollegeBoard. Students must attain TSIA TSIA2 scores aligned with the courses in their selected degree plan program of study to ensure appropriate college level placement, no later than the spring of the 10th grade year, to assess college readiness, design individual instructional plans, and enable students to begin college courses based on their performance. b. The School ECHS shall implement a plan for TSIA TSIA2 success, including academic preparation classes for Students. The School, in partnership with the College, will provide accepted students and academic interventions for Students students who do not pass TSIA. Such Students will be administered the identified TSIA2, which interventions prior to retesting any portion of the TSIA that was not mastered with required score(s)shall occur before retesting. The School ECHS shall make any TEA required TSIA TSIA2 reports regarding the number of students who have currently passed each section of the TSIATSIA2, including a breakdown of TSIA TSIA2 data for subpopulations of targeted students. The School ECHS will share the report with the College Testing Center Coordinator of High School Programs or College Designee. c. The School District will share the results from TSIA TSIA2 administered via School District - ISD/College Board approved test Board- approved-test-sites and electronically submit to the College in the required technical format that facilitates official delivery/receipt. The TSIA TSIA2 scores will be electronically uploaded into the College’s official system of recordsrecord. The College agrees to adhere to the confidentiality requirements of set forth by FERPA. The College will use students’ TSIA TSIA2 assessment score data exclusively for official College business. d. The primary emphasis on the ECHS degree plan is on the program requirements for the Associate of Arts. Some Colleges may offer students the option to earn college-level credit toward Certificates that are aligned with an AAS degree. By December 1st, the ECHS will select a defined plan of study for its freshmen cohort that students must follow in the prescribed sequence. The courses will be evaluated and approved through the official College Academic curriculum approval process and shall be taught at the College level. e. The School District and College will develop either a two-year or four-year course of study plan (grades 9-12) that meets the requirements of Applicable Law, provides a seamless transition for students from grade level to grade level, allows students to transition from a majority of high school classes in grades 9 and 10 to a gradual integration to college-level classes during latter years in their high school tenure, and represents high levels of rigor, acceleration, and support. The College Discipline Chairs or Faculty LiaisonXxxxxxx, along with the School Principal / ECHS Director or ECHS designee, will be responsible for developing working with ECHS faculty to develop and refining refine a clear and coherent academic program across the two institutions for curriculum alignment alignment. The ECHS curriculum for Students participating dual credit courses will include principles of leadership with the same curriculum and at the same level it is included in the Dual Credit programCollege’s curriculum. e. The 86th f. Texas Legislative Session passed SB 25, which states Education Code § 51.96852 requires each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must: (1) Identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program; (2) Include for each course, if applicable: (A) The course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and (B) The course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; (3) Be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within: (A) For a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or (B) For a 120-hour degree program, four years; and (4) Include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described. f. g. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) approved a policy statement in December 2018 that directed its institutions to ensure that course content and rigor of dual enrollment courses be comparable to that of the same courses taught to the institution’s other students. g. h. To adhere to the requirements set forth in the ECHS designation Blueprint, as well as those listed in the goals outlined in HB1638Texas Education Code, Sections 28.009 (b-1) and (b-2), the College and the School District will maintain course agreements for each course taught at the SchoolECHS, regardless of instructional site. The College will provide the college course outcomes in the Course Agreement Form and through the respective syllabi. The form will include the length of the course, number of credits awarded, and approved textbook(s) and/or instructional materials that will be required for ECHS Students to use in their respective courses. The course agreement requirement for the School ECHS extends to designation of academic and workforce courses for Traditional Dual Credit and ECHS. College, School District and School ECHS shall ensure that a dual credit course and the corresponding college course offered at the School ECHS are equivalent. Academic representatives from the College will develop and publish the student learning outcomes in the course syllabus to satisfy the requirements each College course. The School District and the ECHS will identify the corresponding Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills that align to each College course, thereby allowing students to attain dual credit from both institutions. h. The College will provide the School District and School the minimum number of instructional minutes required to meet the contact hour requirement, per course, taught on the School site. i. The 86th Texas Legislative Session passed HB 3650 which requires that the School District and the College consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in courses offered as dual credit, for which the School uses as part of its course offering to satisfy the prescribed courses in the identified degree plans. j. Course Agreements will include any additional instructional requirements, any required faculty development/training, and the requirements for evaluation of teaching. A The College and District will complete Course Agreement will be completed by Agreements prior to the deadline designated in the yearly beginning of each Fall semester for each course currently offered as Dual Credit Timeline for any course, but not later than the start of the first instructional day that course is delivered. All courses offered for Dual Credit must have an approved Course AgreementCredit. The Course Agreement will be effective for three years unless either party requests a modification or if the publisher makes changes to the current Instructional Materials. For course sections taught at the SchoolECHS, the College will maintain the same instructional materials and editions for Dual Credit courses taught at the high school campus for a minimum of three years, as approved by the respective College Discipline Chair, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Course Agreement or as otherwise specified in Section 13 -