Little Chute Area School District high school students in the 11th grade or 12th grade who meet the eligibility requirements defined in applicable statutes, regulations, and District policies, and who submit timely and complete applications and notices, may be permitted to enroll in one or more courses at a Wisconsin Technical College through the Start College Now college course program.
The high school principal or their designee or an administrative-level designee shall be responsible for (1) ensuring that the District appropriately processes requests/applications related to the Start College Now technical college course program; and (2) except for refusal of permission to take a course that is based on an undue financial burden, determining whether the District will approve individual applications and pay for specific courses based on the criteria established in state law, any applicable state regulations, and applicable District policies and procedures.
The authority of the program administrator(s) includes, but is not limited to, the authority to make or approve the following determinations on behalf of the District:
- Whether a student meets the minimum eligibility criteria established in state law;
- Whether a proposed course is comparable to a course already offered in the District;
- Whether the student will be eligible to receive high school credit for the successful completion of a proposed course; and
- Whether the proposed course and any resulting credit meets any of the District’s high school graduation requirements.
The District may refuse to allow a student with a disability to attend a technical college through the Start College Now technical college course program if the costs related to any special services required for the student would impose an undue financial burden on the District. The determination of an undue financial burden shall be made by the High School Principal and the Pupil Service Director or their designees.
Responsibility for Costs; Limitations on District Payments
The District shall only pay for courses that are successfully completed. If a student receives a failing grade in a course or fails to complete the course, the student’s parent or guardian or the student, if an adult, is responsible for reimbursing the District for the tuition, fees, and other costs paid by the District. If this reimbursement is not made upon request, the student is ineligible for any further participation in the Start College Now technical college course program and the Early College Credit Program.
Good Academic Standing
Solely for purposes of determining a student’s eligibility to enroll in a course at a technical college under this policy, “good academic standing” in the District means that the student has a cumulative high school grade point average of at least 2.0 at the time of the determination.
Course Comparability
For purposes of determining whether a course that a student wishes to take through the technical college course program is comparable to a course offered by the District, and pending the development of any new state regulations applicable to the technical college course program or the adoption of other specific local standards for determining course comparability the District shall apply the standards found in PI 40.07(1m) of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
Reconsiderations and Appeals
A student or his/her parent or guardian may submit a written request to the District Administrator to reconsider a District decision related to a student’s participation in the Start College Now technical college course program, except for any decisions made directly by the Board. In addition, if an applicant for the program disagrees with a District decision regarding comparability of courses or the satisfaction of high school graduation requirements, State law provides that the applicant may appeal the District’s decision to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction within 30 days after the District’s decision.
Initial Applications and Notices Students are Required to Submit
A separate notification form must be completed and processed for each IHE semester/session in which a student intends to take a course.
The initial notification form must be submitted to the school counselor by March 1 if the student intends to enroll at the technical college in the subsequent fall semester, by October 1 if the student intends to enroll in the subsequent spring semester, and by February 1, if the student intends to enroll in the subsequent summer semester/summer session.
Please see the Wisconsin Technical College System page.
