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Dual Enrollment

Dual Enrollment

The Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act (1996 PA 160) and the Career and Technical Preparation Act (2000 PA 258) provide a wider variety of options to high school pupils by encouraging and enabling qualified pupils to enroll in courses or programs in eligible postsecondary institutions. These Acts require that a school district or Public School Academy (PSA) provide eligible students with the opportunity to enroll in higher ed courses, including career and technical preparation programs. The courses that students are eligible for must not be offered by the high school or PSA and must lead towards postsecondary credit, accreditation, certification, and/or licensing.

MDE Dual Enrollment Contact

Students and Parents

  • Dual Enrollment and Early Middle College. What’s the Difference?
    • Explains the difference between a student enrolling in a college course through dual enrollment compared to participating in an Early Middle College program.
  • Dual Enrollment FAQs
    • Frequently Asked Questions about dual enrollment for parents and districts.
  • Qualifying Scores for Dual Enrollment
    • Eligible English and Mathematics courses are limited to those subject areas for which the student has achieved a qualifying score. However, a district may elect to support a student’s enrollment in a subject area that the student has not yet achieved a qualifying score if it has been determined to be in the best educational interest of the student. Other eligible courses do not require a qualifying score.
  • Selecting a Dual Enrollment Course
    • A one-page guidance document on considerations in selecting a dual enrollment course.
  • Michigan Transfer Network
    • Statewide course equivalency database is a great guide for dual enrolled students to explore transferability of their courses.

Districts

State Approved Nonpublic Schools

  • Nonpublic school directions for reimbursement of dual enrollment cost.
    • Homeschool student will follow the policy of the district they are enrolled under.
    • A student who does not successfully complete a course (earns college credit, regardless of letter grade) shall repay Office of Higher Education any eligible charges expended and not refunded by the postsecondary institution. Postsecondary Institutions should send a letter to the student that did not successfully complete a course with instructions on where to send the refund check and the amount owed to the Office of Higher Education. 

Colleges and Universities

Legislation

Early Middle College