Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO)

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Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Policy 3.5 Post-secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) Program
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Procedure 3.5.1 Post-secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) Program

Minnesota Department of Education, PSEO Information with links to PSEO Application and staff email addresses
http://education.state.mn.us/mde/Academic_Excellence/School_Choice/Post_Secondary_Enrollment_Options_PSEO/index.html

Minnesota State Statute, Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Act
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/124D/09.html

The Post-Secondary Enrollment Options program was established in 1985 as a means to "promote rigorous educational pursuits and provide a wider variety of options for students." Through PSEO, high school students receive high school credit for college or university courses completed and subsequently may apply for postsecondary credit upon entering college.

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) provide opportunities for Minnesota high school students to participate in the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options program. MnSCU institutions have established admissions criteria for PSEO students that promote progress through college-level coursework and that augment their continued academic growth. Criteria for enrollment in MnSCU institutions shall be consistent with the following:

1. All PSEO students shall be enrolled on the basis of available space and/or other appropriate defined local standards and procedures.
2. All PSEO students shall be expected to perform to the standards to which the institution's non-PSEO students are held accountable. Colleges may establish different academic progress requirements for PSEO students.
3. PSEO students shall not enroll in developmental courses (numbered below 100).
4. For state universities and community colleges, PSEO enrollment shall be limited to juniors in the upper one-third of their class and to seniors in the upper one-half of their class.
5. The high school counselor or principal may consider students who do not meet these criteria for participation in the PSEO through special appeal.
6. Certain restrictions or guidelines shall apply to PSEO classes provided on-site at Minnesota high schools.

a)      Classes shall be discrete, college or university level courses which do not simultaneously enroll PSEO and non-PSEO high school students.

b)      If colleges and universities select a high school teacher to provide PSEO instruction, the college or university of record shall provide a faculty mentor to the high school teacher to ensure that courses are at a collegiate level. High school teachers selected to provide PSEO instruction shall meet appropriate faculty qualifications.

c)      Colleges and universities shall only offer courses for PSEO students that are approved through the curriculum process.