IFK-P1 - Adult Education Programs and Dual Credit Program

SECTION I: Instructional Program

Adult Education Programs

A person has the right to attend school until the last day of June in the year in which the person becomes 21 years of age, or until the day the person receives a graduation diploma, whichever comes first [PSA 259(1)].  Mature students, including those with a diploma, may enroll in regular programs, subject to the approval of the Principal.

The Division will cooperate with adult groups in offering continuing education programs.

Manitoba Education offers a grant to help defray expenses for courses in the categories of “Preparation for Learning” and “Occupation Preparation and Upgrading”.  The balance of the instructional costs is usually made up by course participants.  The Division will make its facilities available for those and other general interest courses, as per the community use of school facilities (KD).

(M.R. 80/88)

Recognizing Post-Secondary Courses for Dual Credit

Post-secondary courses can be offered to students while they are attending high school or an Adult Learning Centre (ALC).  Upon the successful completion of a post-secondary course, a student earns a post-secondary credit that counts toward fulfilling the credit requirements for high school graduation.

Revised August 24, 2017

1. Post-secondary institutions (PSIs), school divisions (SDs), and ALCs will act in partnership, by means of an agreement or a contract, to offer post-secondary courses to secondary students.

2. Post-secondary courses cannot be blended with existing high school courses.

3. A post-secondary course must be an optional course for students; it cannot be offered in lieu of a compulsory high school course.

4. A post-secondary course (indicated as “42U” for a university course or “42C” for a college course) must be registered by Manitoba Education prior to students being enrolled in the course.  For this registration to occur, schools must submit a Post-Secondary Course Registration Form for Dual Credit to the Department at least one month prior to the start of a course and each course must be renewed annually.

5. Post-secondary courses registered for dual credit will not be recognized for students who have already obtained a high school diploma.

6. Schools, SDs, and ALCs will work with PSIs to provide information to students and parents regarding PSI requirements and policies (e.g. general admission requirements).

7. Schools, SDs, and ALCs will provide ongoing support to secondary students who are registered in post-secondary courses for dual credit.

8. There is no limit to the number of post-secondary courses that can count toward the optional credit requirements for high school graduation.

9. Course credit value equivalencies are as follows (or as agreed upon by the PSI, SD, and Manitoba Education):

   1. a 3 credit hour post-secondary course is equal to a 0.5 credit (55-hour) high school course

   2. a 6 credit hour post-secondary course is equal to a 1.0 credit (110-hour) high school course

10. Students who have not successfully completed a post-secondary course (who have failed or withdrawn from the course), as defined by the PSI, cannot be awarded a high school credit for the course.

11. The PSI awards the final mark for a course and provides the secondary student with a PSI transcript.  When a student passes a course, the high school principal (or ALC education director) records the mark as “Standing” (S) in the student’s school (or ALC) transcript and does not include it in the calculation to determine hour roll, awards and scholarships.  When a student fails or withdraws from a course, nothing will be recorded on the student’s school (or ALC) transcript.

Approved: August 24, 2017