HB 6869 Connecticut House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT EXPANDING DUAL ENROLLMENT AND CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

HB 6869 expands opportunities for high school students to earn college credit by allowing local school boards to grant high school graduation credit for successful completion of dual enrollment or concurrent enrollment courses at accredited colleges. This directly affects high school students (grades 9-12), school districts, and partnering colleges by adding these courses to the list of approved pathways for meeting graduation requirements. The bill also requires schools to notify parents about college credit opportunities and adopt enrollment policies for advanced courses that consider multiple factors beyond past grades. Key provisions include new rules for online coursework rigor and mandatory annual parent notifications about postsecondary credit options starting in 2026.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Feb 6, 2025 Last action Apr 8, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill expands dual enrollment and concurrent enrollment opportunities for high school students, broadening the types of learning pathways recognized for graduation requirements. The changes remove restrictive language about specific course types and add new provisions for middle school courses, internships, and student-designed independent studies. The bill also establishes new eligibility criteria for advanced courses that cannot rely exclusively on prior academic performance, aiming to create more inclusive access to advanced coursework.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from primarily dual credit courses to include dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, middle school courses, internships, and student-designed independent studies as valid pathways for meeting graduation requirements.

SCOPE

Changed the title and act description from 'dual credit' to 'dual enrollment and concurrent enrollment' to reflect broader educational opportunities.

Added middle school courses, internships, and student-designed independent studies as valid pathways for demonstrating mastery toward graduation requirements.

ELIGIBILITY

Added new requirements that local and regional boards of education must adopt policies for advanced course eligibility that provide multiple methods of qualification beyond just prior academic performance.

DEFINITION

Modified the definition of 'Advanced course or program' to explicitly include courses offered in grades nine to twelve by local or regional boards of education.

REQUIREMENT

Added new subsections requiring boards of education to adopt eligibility policies by July 1, 2022, with guidance from the Department of Education.

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Committee

Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Joint Favorable

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Education

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Joint Favorable Substitute

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement

lower

0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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