§ 17:2922.1 — Dual Enrollment Framework Task Force; creation; purpose; membership;

Louisiana § 17:2922.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 17: Credit Union Law

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§2922.1. Dual Enrollment Framework Task Force; creation; purpose; membership;
definitions; reporting; termination
A. The Dual Enrollment Framework Task Force is hereby created under the
jurisdiction of the Board of Regents for the purpose of making recommendations for the
establishment and implementation of a statewide dual enrollment framework designed to
provide universal access to dual enrollment courses to all qualified public high school juniors
and seniors.
B.(1) The task force shall be composed of fifteen members as follows:
(a) The governor or his designee.
(b) The commissioner of higher education or his designee.
(c) The state superintendent of education or his designee.
(d) The president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education or his
designee.
(e) The executive director of the Louisiana School Boards Association or his
designee.
(f) The executive director of the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents
or his designee.
(g) The executive director of the Louisiana Association of Principals or his designee.
(h) The president of the Louisiana School Counselor Association or his designee.
(i) The chairman of the College and Career Readiness Commission or his designee.
(j) The chief executive officer of Leaders for a Better Louisiana or his designee.
(k) The chief executive officer of the Pelican Institute for Public Policy or his
designee.
(l) The executive director of the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools or
his designee.
(m) A secondary school teacher who teaches a dual enrollment course, to be
nominated by the state's teacher unions.
(n) The president of the Louisiana Association for Career and Technical Education
or his designee.
(o) The chief executive officer of Ellevate Louisiana or her designee.
(2) Members shall serve without compensation, except for per diem or expenses to
which they may be entitled as members of the constituent organizations.
(3) A majority of the total membership shall constitute a quorum of the task force,
and any official action taken by the task force shall require an affirmative vote of the majority
of the quorum present and voting.
(4) The commissioner of higher education shall call an organizational meeting of the
task force by August 1, 2019. The task force shall elect a chairman, and any other officers
deemed necessary, from among the membership.
(5) The Board of Regents shall provide staff support to the task force.
C. Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 204, §3, eff. June 11, 2020.
D. In developing recommendations for the framework, the task force shall:
(1) Review existing laws, policies, and efforts in Louisiana and other states on dual
enrollment, course choice, student remediation, articulation and transfer, career pathways,
technical high schools, and transition courses.
(2) Consider any dual enrollment recommendations from the College and Career
Readiness Commission.
(3) Seek to coordinate all dual enrollment efforts of the Board of Regents, the State
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the state Department of Education, public
postsecondary education management boards and institutions, and the governing authority
of each public high school.
E. In making recommendations, the task force may identify:
(1) Strategic funding needs.
(2) Funding sources.
(3) Course content requirements.
(4) Instructor and student qualifications.
(5) A process to:
(a) Guarantee that dual enrollment courses articulate to the appropriate public
postsecondary education institution including advancing a student's progress toward
postsecondary technical certificates, diplomas, and degrees and related industry-based
certifications.
(b) Require that dual enrollment courses and course grades are recorded on a
student's permanent high school and postsecondary academic transcripts.
(c) Routinely evaluate the effectiveness of the statewide dual enrollment framework
and dual enrollment courses.
(d) Explore the expansion of virtual instruction programs to increase the participation
of dual enrollment course offerings in school districts across the state.
(e) Recognize and reward schools, through the state's school and district
accountability system, that graduate students who have earned significant credit toward a
postsecondary credential or degree in both academic and technical fields.
(f) Recognize and reward each postsecondary education institution, within the
postsecondary education funding formula, that shows significant use of dual enrollment in
academic or technical fields to further its institutional mission.
(g) Identify opportunities for expanding career-relevant college credit and
industry-based credentials through dual enrollment, including by establishing regional
technical high schools operated by partnerships of one or more school districts and one or
more public colleges or universities.
(h)(i) Establish a uniform pricing structure which may include a maximum tuition
for dual enrollment courses offered by each public postsecondary education institution and
which may differentiate between courses taught on a postsecondary campus, online, or at a
high school and may differentiate by the qualifications of the instructor.
(ii) Notwithstanding Item (i) of this Subparagraph, the recommended pricing
structure shall not prevent a public postsecondary education institution and a public high
school governing authority from entering into a memorandum of understanding or other
agreement to provide dual enrollment courses free of charge or an amount less than that
established by the pricing structure.
F. The Board of Regents shall submit an annual written report of task force findings
and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education and the House Committee on
Education sixty days prior to the regular legislative session.
G. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 147, §2.

Legislative History

Acts 2019, No. 128, §1, eff. June 6, 2019; Acts 2020, No. 204, §3, eff. June 11, 2020; Acts 2021, No. 147, §§1, 2; Acts 2024, No. 154, §1; Acts 2024, No. 335, §1; Acts 2025, No. 51, §1.