P-16 Initiative Grant

P-16 Initiative Grant funding is intended to allow community colleges to expand their service to high school students desiring to take college-level classes prior to receiving their high school diploma to accelerate their college coursework (formerly known as the Accelerated College Enrollment Grant). Funds are to be used primarily to support in-district high school students. In instances where students from outside the college district are being served, a written agreement must be in place between the community college providing the instruction and the student’s home community college.

Allowable Grant Expenditures –
Tuition and Fees for Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment - the expense of course tuition and universal fees associated with the coursework of the high school student participating in dual credit or dual enrollment opportunities. The student must be enrolled as of the midterm to receive the funding (i.e., eligible for credit hour grant funding). Funds are to be used primarily to support in-district high school students. In instances where students from outside the college district are being served, a written agreement must be in place between the community college providing the instruction and the student’s home community college.

College districts will receive credit for eligible midterm student enrollments at local in-district tuition and universal fee rates, up to the total amount allocated to the district. The college may use these funds for full or partial coverage of the high school student’s tuition and universal fees for courses generating ICCB reimbursable credit hours during a semester in the current fiscal year.

Expenditure Limitations-
Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment - All allowable expenditures (i.e., the expense of course tuition and universal fees) must be directly associated with high school students involved in dual credit/dual enrollment opportunities offered during a semester in the current fiscal year. Courses must be selected from transfer courses that have been articulated with senior institutions in Illinois or from the first-year courses in ICCB approved associate in applied science degree programs (i.e., the courses must be approved by the ICCB as funding category: Baccalaureate, Business, Technical, or Health). Funds may not be used for coursework in Adult Basic or Secondary Education (ABE/ASE), English as a Second Language (ESL), General Educational Development (GED), or Remedial/Developmental.

For more information, consult the P-16 Initiative Grant Guidelines at: http://www.iccb.org/pdf/budgets/fy07policyguidelines.pdf (page 3-4).