http://alt-tag.com/blog/archives/2006/03/hb-151-and-concurrent-enrollment/ Thoughts on everything from education and politics to internet usability, and programming. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://alt-tag.com/blog/archives/2006/03/hb-151-and-concurrent-enrollment/comment-page-1/#comment-760 alt-tag.com » Blog Archive » Day on the Hill — Live Blog Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:02:54 +0000 http://tag-strategia.com/blog/?p=33#comment-760 [...] HB 79, Concurrent enrollment (CE) amendments. Formalizes the compromise between public and higher ed. Moves CE “above the line” in the budget process. Ties CE to the same rate of growth as found int he WPU. Standardizes the amount schools/higher ed receives. (I’ve mentioned in the past that it differed widely across districts.) Mentioned that the house ed committee went over this bill with quite a bit of controversy, although it eventually passed out of committee. Supt Patti Harrington mentioned that there have been rumblings of a floor amendment of a $30/credit hour fallback if the appropriation is not made annually. [I support the bill, but not the as yet unmade amendment.] Some mentioned that higher ed is lobbying for a 53/47 split instead of 60/40 as the bill proposes. 40% is more than what they’re getting now. The position of USOE is that public schools are doing most of the work, so 40% is generous, and if changes are made, they should be in the other direction. Comments made suggesting that charging students (possible if this bill doesn’t pass) will be detrimental to the CE program. Support. [...] [...] HB 79, Concurrent enrollment (CE) amendments. Formalizes the compromise between public and higher ed. Moves CE “above the line” in the budget process. Ties CE to the same rate of growth as found int he WPU. Standardizes the amount schools/higher ed receives. (I’ve mentioned in the past that it differed widely across districts.) Mentioned that the house ed committee went over this bill with quite a bit of controversy, although it eventually passed out of committee. Supt Patti Harrington mentioned that there have been rumblings of a floor amendment of a $30/credit hour fallback if the appropriation is not made annually. [I support the bill, but not the as yet unmade amendment.] Some mentioned that higher ed is lobbying for a 53/47 split instead of 60/40 as the bill proposes. 40% is more than what they’re getting now. The position of USOE is that public schools are doing most of the work, so 40% is generous, and if changes are made, they should be in the other direction. Comments made suggesting that charging students (possible if this bill doesn’t pass) will be detrimental to the CE program. Support. [...]

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