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1. PSEO Classes (at WITCC or on-line)
2. COLLEGE NOW (Contract) COURSES

Application forms are on this website--print and complete. You may fax the forms to 712-274-6453, or mail to 4647 Stone Avenue, Sioux City, IA 51102, Attention College Now.

Which type of course is right for your student? Below is the Comparison Chart from the Iowa Department of Education. The chart describes which courses can be taken PSEO, and which are Contract classes. The link to the Department of Ed is www.iowa.gov/educate/content/view/488/989/. You will find the full PSEO handbook at this address.

Comparison Chart of PSEO Classes and Contract Agreement Classes

	PSEO	Contract with Community College
Supplementary Weighting	Never eligible	May be eligible if all seven criteria listed in Iowa Code 257.11(3) are met
Enrollment	Student applies to a postsecondary institution to enroll; course must not be offered by the resident/serving district or be provided through a contract agreement with any postsecondary institution	Student enrolls at school district to take community college offered coursework
Age Level	All students in grades 11-12 and identified G/T students in grades 9-10	Specified in agreement
Payment	District if student passes and completes the course; otherwise parent; paid no later than June 30 of each year	District regardless if the student passes or fails; paid on the time schedule negotiated
Cost	Actual costs up to $250 per course	Whatever cost negotiated by community college and district boards
Tuition Charge to Students	None, unless the student fails or does not complete course	None
College Credit	Required	Only required if eligible for supplementary weighting
High School Credit	Required	Required
28E or other written agreement required?	No	Yes; should be established prior to any student enrollment
Who employs the instructor?	Postsecondary institution	Community college
Notifications	Postsecondary institution notifies pupil, appropriate public school district, and DE; notification must include the course, clock hours, and credit hours	None required
Summer session	Up to 7 credit hours are allowed if the student has not completed high school graduation requirements but has completed eleventh grade; HOWEVER, the district does not pay for summer session courses	Allowed; district pays. Summer session courses are not eligible for supplementary weighting
Full-time college enrollment	Not allowed	As addressed in agreement
Transportation Responsibility	Parent	Generally the district, might be parental reimbursement; this is determined on a course/case by course/case basis
Tuition Refunds	Pro rata adjustments required based on federal guidelines	As negotiated
Iowa Code Reference(s)	261C	257.11; 260C.1; 260C.14(2)
Location	Postsecondary campus or any site established by the community college	Site within the district boundaries, including the facilities of that district, or any site established by the community college
Other	Course must be in the postsecondary institutions catalog and taught utilizing the postsecondary course syllabus Course must be open to all students of the postsecondary institution Course must be nonsectarian Course must supplement, not supplant, what the district offers Course must be available to any dually enrolled CPI (home schooled) student on the same basis as it is available to a regularly enrolled student.	Course must be in the community college's catalog and taught utilizing the community college course syllabus Course must be open to all students of the postsecondary institution Course must be nonsectarian Course must supplement, not supplant, what the district offers Course must be available to any dually enrolled CPI (home schooled) student on the same basis as it is available to a regularly enrolled student.