Concurrent Enrollment and Its Affect on School District Funding

Late spring is the time of year when high schools celebrate the graduation of seniors and the promotion of other students to the next grade level. This year, it seems that these events are a bit overshadowed by the looming educational budget cuts. Schools are taking a closer look at each line item in the budget and some are asking themselves these questions…

What does “Concurrent enrollment” mean?

• How does concurrent enrollment affect school district funding?
• Do ALL online high schools use this practice of concurrent enrollment?
• How does a school still provide options for students to recover needed high school credits without affecting the funding from the state to the school?

All of these questions will be answered in this blog.

What does “Concurrent enrollment” mean?

It means that a student attends TWO different STATE FUNDED schools on the same day. How is this possible? How can a student be in two places at once? With online schools offering coursework 24 hours a day a, student can attend their “traditional” bricks and mortar school during the day and attend an online school at night. Therefore, in one day the student attended TWO schools. The schools then submit attendance to the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) for that student for the SAME DAY, which leads to both schools splitting the funding. For more information on the definition of concurrent enrollment and funding formulas, please go to http://www.azed.gov/schoolfinance/STaR/SAISInfoSeries/SIS14.pdf