Section 281.31.6. Dual enrollment.

         31.6(1) The parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of a child who is receiving competent private instruction may enroll the child in the school district of residence of the child under dual enrollment. The parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian desiring dual enrollment shall notify the district of residence of the child not later than September 15 of the school year for which dual enrollment is sought. If the child is not of compulsory school attendance age, the parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian is only required to provide the name of the child, age of the child, contact information for the person requesting the dual enrollment, and a listing of the programs or services for which dual enrollment is requested.

         31.6(2) A child under dual enrollment may participate in academic or instructional programs of the district on the same basis as any regularly enrolled student. A child under dual enrollment also is eligible to enroll in courses that offer secondary and postsecondary credit on the same basis as any regularly enrolled student. A child under dual enrollment must receive at least one-quarter of the child’s instruction by way of competent private instruction and no more than three-quarters by way of the district’s academic programs.

         31.6(3) A child under dual enrollment may participate in any extracurricular activity offered by the district on the same basis as regularly enrolled students. If a child under dual enrollment was under competent private instruction the previous semester, the provisions of 281—subrule 36.15(2), paragraph “c,” shall not apply. However, other rules and policies of the state and district related to eligibility for extracurricular activities shall apply to the child. If a student seeking dual enrollment is enrolled in a nonaccredited nonpublic entity that is an “associate member” of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union or Iowa High School Athletic Association, the student is eligible and may participate in interscholastic athletic competition only for the associate member or a school with which the associate member is in a cooperative sharing program as outlined in rule 281—36.20(280).

         31.6(4) The district shall notify the child’s parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of the academic and extracurricular activities available to the child.

         31.6(5) A child under dual enrollment is eligible to receive the services and assistance of the appropriate area education agency on the same basis as are children otherwise enrolled in the district. The district shall act as liaison between the parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of a child who is receiving competent private instruction and the area education agency.

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