Counting ASCENT Program Students In Graduation Rate

The bill clarifies that a student who participates in the accelerating students through concurrent enrollment program, which allows the student to remain enrolled as a high school student while concurrently enrolling in postsecondary courses during the school year immediately following the student's twelfth-grade year, is counted in the enrolling school district's or institute charter school's graduation rate in the year in which the student completes the high school graduation requirements. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)