SIGN YOUR STUDENTS UP FOR 
1.  PSEO Classes (at WITCC or on-line)
2.  COLLEGE NOW (Contract) COURSES

Application forms are on this website--print and complete. You may fax the forms to 712-274-6453, or mail to 4647 Stone Avenue, Sioux City, IA  51102, Attention College Now.

Which type of course is right for your student? Below is the Comparison Chart from the Iowa Department of Education. The chart describes which courses can be taken PSEO, and which are Contract classes. The link to the Department of Ed is www.iowa.gov/educate/content/view/488/989/. You will find the full PSEO handbook at this address.

Comparison Chart of PSEO Classes and Contract Agreement Classes

 

PSEO

Contract with Community College

Supplementary Weighting

Never eligible

May be eligible if all seven criteria listed in Iowa Code 257.11(3) are met

Enrollment

Student applies to a postsecondary institution to enroll; course must not be offered by the resident/serving district or be provided through a contract agreement with any postsecondary institution

Student enrolls at school district to take community college offered coursework

Age Level

All students in grades 11-12 and identified G/T students in grades 9-10

Specified in agreement

Payment

District if student passes and completes the course; otherwise parent; paid no later than June 30 of each year

District regardless if the student passes or fails; paid on the time schedule negotiated

Cost

Actual costs up to $250 per course

Whatever cost negotiated by community college and district boards

Tuition Charge to Students

None, unless the student fails or does not complete course

None

College Credit

Required

Only required if eligible for supplementary weighting

High School Credit

Required

Required

28E or other written agreement required?

No

Yes; should be established prior to any student enrollment

Who employs the instructor?

Postsecondary institution

Community college

Notifications

Postsecondary institution notifies pupil, appropriate public school district, and DE; notification must include the course, clock hours, and credit hours

None required

Summer session

Up to 7 credit hours are allowed if the student has not completed high school graduation requirements but has completed eleventh grade; HOWEVER, the district does not pay for summer session courses

Allowed; district pays. Summer session courses are not eligible for supplementary weighting

Full-time college enrollment

Not allowed

As addressed in agreement

Transportation Responsibility

Parent

Generally the district, might be parental reimbursement; this is determined on a course/case by course/case basis

Tuition Refunds

Pro rata adjustments required based on federal guidelines

As negotiated

Iowa Code Reference(s)

261C

257.11; 260C.1; 260C.14(2)

Location

Postsecondary campus or any site established by the community college

Site within the district boundaries, including the facilities of that district, or any site established by the community college

Other

Course must be in the postsecondary institutions catalog and taught utilizing the postsecondary course syllabus

Course must be open to all students of the postsecondary institution

Course must be nonsectarian

Course must supplement, not supplant, what the district offers

Course must be available to any dually enrolled CPI (home schooled) student on the same basis as it is available to a regularly enrolled student.

Course must be in the community college's catalog and taught utilizing the community college course syllabus

Course must be open to all students of the postsecondary institution

Course must be nonsectarian

Course must supplement, not supplant, what the district offers

Course must be available to any dually enrolled CPI (home schooled) student on the same basis as it is available to a regularly enrolled student.

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disability, sexual orientation, or other protected basis in its educational programs, activities, admission procedures, or employment practices.