HB 15-1275 Summary

• Expands concurrent enrollment programs to include coursework related to apprenticeship programs and internship programs, allowing high school students to earn college credit in these areas.

• Requires local education providers to notify students and parents annually about concurrent enrollment opportunities including career and technical education courses related to apprenticeships and internships.

• Directs the concurrent enrollment advisory board to collaborate with education, labor, and workforce development agencies to create standard recommendations for apprenticeship and internship course work by January 1, 2016.

• Establishes a tuition assistance program for students enrolled in career and technical education certificate programs who meet federal Pell Grant income requirements but don't qualify for the grant due to insufficient credit hour minimums.

• Appropriates $450,000 to the department of higher education for the 2015-16 fiscal year to support the tuition assistance program for career and technical education certificate programs.