281—22.4(261E) Institutional eligibility, responsibilities.
	22.4(1) General. Institutions are governed by the provisions of Iowa Code section 261E.3(3).
	a. 	If a fee is charged to other students of the eligible postsecondary institution for any of the services specified in Iowa Code section 261E.3(3)“b,” that fee may also be charged to participating secondary students on the same basis as it is charged to postsecondary students.
	b. 	The institutions will provide the teacher or instructor appropriate orientation and training in secondary and postsecondary professional development related to curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, policy implementation, technology, and discipline issues.
	c. 	The institutions will provide the teacher or instructor adequate notification of an assignment to teach a course under this chapter, as well as adequate preparation time to ensure that the course is taught at the college level. The specifics of this paragraph are locally determined.
	22.4(2) Requirements of school district or accredited nonpublic school only.
	a. 	Except as provided under Iowa Code sections 257.11(3)“c,”261E.8(2)“b,” and 279.50A, the school district or accredited nonpublic school shall certify annually to the department, as an assurance in the district’s or accredited nonpublic school’s basic education data survey, that the course provided to a high school student for postsecondary credit in accordance with this chapter supplements, and does not supplant, a course provided by the school district or accredited nonpublic school in which the student is enrolled. For purposes of these rules, to comply with the supplement-not-supplant requirement, the content of a course provided to a high school student for postsecondary credit is not to consist of substantially the same concepts and skills as the content of a course provided by the school district or accredited nonpublic school.
	b. 	If the teacher or instructor is employed by an eligible postsecondary institution, the school district or accredited nonpublic school will pay for the background investigation but may request reimbursement of the actual cost to the eligible postsecondary institution.
	22.4(3) Requirements of eligible postsecondary institution only.
	a. 	All eligible postsecondary institutions providing programming under this chapter will include the unique student identifier assigned to students while in the kindergarten through grade 12 system as a part of the institution’s student data management system.
	(1)	Eligible postsecondary institutions providing programming under this chapter will cooperate with the department on data requests related to the programming.
	(2)	All eligible postsecondary institutions providing programming under this chapter are to collect data and report to the department on the proportion of females and minorities enrolled in science-, technology-, engineering-, and mathematics-oriented educational opportunities provided in accordance with this chapter.
	b. 	The eligible postsecondary institution will provide the teacher or instructor with ongoing communication and access to instructional resources and support and encourage the teacher or instructor to participate in the postsecondary institution’s academic departmental activities.
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