Network Team Training Opening Session
Course Choice/Supplemental Course Allocation Program
Course Choice Program Course Choice offers students opportunities to pursue high school and college coursework, Advanced Placement courses, and career training that prepare them for after high school. • Program created by legislation • Funds may only be spent on BESE approved Course Choice providers • LEA has discretion in deciding how to use the funds to best meet needs • Program created to fund instruction of students
Louisiana Believes
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Funding
• 15-16 approved at $26 per student in grades 7-12 in MFP with an additional $9 per 7-12 student in HB-1 • Payments made to LEA’s by state in a separate MFP line item at the rate of 1/12 per month • Current MFP as presented by BESE has been rejected by the legislature • 16-17 allocation amounts TBD • LEA reports Course Choice participation and LDOE monitors expenditures and reallocates funds not spent and/or allocated per program policy
Louisiana Believes
16-17 Providers
• Types of courses offered • Regular academic courses • AP/honors/advanced courses • Career focused courses • Dual enrollment • Remediation courses • Delivery options • Online • Face-to-face • Hybrid
Louisiana Believes
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K-12 Approved Providers
Accelerate @ RET Access Career Development ACT Up Cambridge Educational Services Career Campus Edmentum, Inc. Educational Bedrock Educational Solutions Corp. Power by K-12 eLearning K12 Curriculum LLC ePrep Florida Virtual School Grade Results J. Schneider & Associates, LTD K-12, Inc. Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts MasteryPREP My Virtual Academy Nelson Academy of Ag Sciences
NOVAC Operation Spark Pelican Chapter, ABC Pelican Virtual Pinnacle Learning Solutions, LLC Power Courses, The Prepworks Princeton Review Raymond Career College Skillbott SmartStart Virtual Academy Sparx Welding St. Agatha Career Center St. James Parish Schools Urban League of Greater New Orleans U. S. Heritage Powersports Youth Educational Services (YES!) Youth Empowerment Project (YEP)
*Other providers may be added to the roster if they are approved by BESE in June Louisiana Believes
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Higher Ed Providers Bard Early College Louisiana Tech LCTCS Campuses LSU LSUA LSUE LSUS McNeese Nicholls Northwestern South Arkansas Community College Southeastern Southern University BR Southern University Shreveport SUNO ULL ULM UNO
*Other providers may be added to the roster if they apply Louisiana Believes
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Reporting System
• NEW reporting system vs. past registration system • LDOE system • No cost to provider or LEA • LEA does the reporting, provider verifies, LDOE cross checks with enrollments, grades, withdrawals, and payments • LEA’s register directly with providers • No student identifiable information in the system • LEA’s have until set date to accurately report all Course Choice registrations in the online system
Louisiana Believes
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Payments to Providers • Policy o K-12 courses get ½ tuition once students begin and ½ upon successful completion o Dual enrollment courses get full tuition once students begin • Making payments o LEA must pay K-12 providers directly once enrollment is verified/approved by LDOE o May sign a CEA with LOFSA to pay higher ed providers • Accurate system data/reporting o LDOE reporting system or LOSFA system must match actual enrollments, payments, documented withdrawals, and reported grades o Good communication with providers is imperative o Good communication within your own organization is imperative o Will be used for auditing purposes o Verifications will be sent to providers and LEA’s from the LDOE, once approved they will be considered accurate and documented for BESE/legislative auditing
Becoming a Course Choice Provider • Submit Application (approved/rejected) • Approved to Interview (proceed/do not proceed) • Proceed to Independent Interview Panel • BESE approval • Requirements • Must be a high school level or college dual enrollment course • Must be for high school credit • Must be teacher led instruction and involve regular interaction with students • Interested contact [email protected] Louisiana Believes
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Questions
Stephanie Marcum [email protected] 225-342-1721
Louisiana Believes
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Course Choice Program Course Choice offers students opportunities to pursue high school and college coursework, Advanced Placement courses, and career training that prepare them for after high school. • Program created by legislation • Funds may only be spent on BESE approved Course Choice providers • LEA has discretion in deciding how to use the funds to best meet needs • Program created to fund instruction of students
Louisiana Believes
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Funding
• 15-16 approved at $26 per student in grades 7-12 in MFP with an additional $9 per 7-12 student in HB-1 • Payments made to LEA’s by state in a separate MFP line item at the rate of 1/12 per month • Current MFP as presented by BESE has been rejected by the legislature • 16-17 allocation amounts TBD • LEA reports Course Choice participation and LDOE monitors expenditures and reallocates funds not spent and/or allocated per program policy
Louisiana Believes
16-17 Providers
• Types of courses offered • Regular academic courses • AP/honors/advanced courses • Career focused courses • Dual enrollment • Remediation courses • Delivery options • Online • Face-to-face • Hybrid
Louisiana Believes
4
K-12 Approved Providers
Accelerate @ RET Access Career Development ACT Up Cambridge Educational Services Career Campus Edmentum, Inc. Educational Bedrock Educational Solutions Corp. Power by K-12 eLearning K12 Curriculum LLC ePrep Florida Virtual School Grade Results J. Schneider & Associates, LTD K-12, Inc. Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts MasteryPREP My Virtual Academy Nelson Academy of Ag Sciences
NOVAC Operation Spark Pelican Chapter, ABC Pelican Virtual Pinnacle Learning Solutions, LLC Power Courses, The Prepworks Princeton Review Raymond Career College Skillbott SmartStart Virtual Academy Sparx Welding St. Agatha Career Center St. James Parish Schools Urban League of Greater New Orleans U. S. Heritage Powersports Youth Educational Services (YES!) Youth Empowerment Project (YEP)
*Other providers may be added to the roster if they are approved by BESE in June Louisiana Believes
5
Higher Ed Providers Bard Early College Louisiana Tech LCTCS Campuses LSU LSUA LSUE LSUS McNeese Nicholls Northwestern South Arkansas Community College Southeastern Southern University BR Southern University Shreveport SUNO ULL ULM UNO
*Other providers may be added to the roster if they apply Louisiana Believes
6
Reporting System
• NEW reporting system vs. past registration system • LDOE system • No cost to provider or LEA • LEA does the reporting, provider verifies, LDOE cross checks with enrollments, grades, withdrawals, and payments • LEA’s register directly with providers • No student identifiable information in the system • LEA’s have until set date to accurately report all Course Choice registrations in the online system
Louisiana Believes
7
Payments to Providers • Policy o K-12 courses get ½ tuition once students begin and ½ upon successful completion o Dual enrollment courses get full tuition once students begin • Making payments o LEA must pay K-12 providers directly once enrollment is verified/approved by LDOE o May sign a CEA with LOFSA to pay higher ed providers • Accurate system data/reporting o LDOE reporting system or LOSFA system must match actual enrollments, payments, documented withdrawals, and reported grades o Good communication with providers is imperative o Good communication within your own organization is imperative o Will be used for auditing purposes o Verifications will be sent to providers and LEA’s from the LDOE, once approved they will be considered accurate and documented for BESE/legislative auditing
Becoming a Course Choice Provider • Submit Application (approved/rejected) • Approved to Interview (proceed/do not proceed) • Proceed to Independent Interview Panel • BESE approval • Requirements • Must be a high school level or college dual enrollment course • Must be for high school credit • Must be teacher led instruction and involve regular interaction with students • Interested contact [email protected] Louisiana Believes
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Questions
Stephanie Marcum [email protected] 225-342-1721
Louisiana Believes
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