§18B-14-1. Select committee on outcomes-based funding models in higher education.

[Repealed].

§18B-14-2. Transfer of credit for courses completed.

[Repealed].

§18B-14-3. College credit authorized for learning English as second language.

State Institutions of higher education are authorized to offer college credit hours for English learned as a second language and may accept English learned as a second language to satisfy an institution’s foreign language requirement. To obtain college credit the student must be enrolled in the institution granting credit and be certified as having reached a satisfactory score on the test of English as a foreign language.

The Higher Education Policy Commission and the Council for Community and Technical College Education shall jointly propose rules to set and identify scores required on the test of English as a foreign language for course credit being offered.

§18B-14-4. Dual enrollment pilot program established; definitions; funding; annual reporting.

(a) Definitions. – As used in this section, unless used in a context that clearly requires a different meaning, the term:

"Dual credit course" means a credit-bearing college-level course offered by an eligible institution to secondary school students in which the students receive credit at both the secondary and post-secondary levels.

"Dual enrollment" means the registration of an eligible secondary student in a post-secondary course creditable toward high school completion and a career technical certificate, associate degree, or baccalaureate degree. A student who is enrolled in post-secondary instruction that is not creditable toward a high school diploma may not be classified as a dual enrollment student.

"Eligible course" means any class or program of instruction offered at an eligible institution for which the student receives credit toward both high school completion and a post-secondary certificate or degree. Applied academics for adult education instruction, developmental education, physical education courses, and recreation and leisure studies courses are not eligible courses for dual enrollment purposes.

"Eligible institution" means a state institution of higher education as that term is defined in §18B-1-2 of this code.

"Eligible student" means any secondary school student, including a homeschool, charter school, microschool, learning pod, or private school student, who meets minimum criteria established by the state school board and the commission or the council, as appropriate, for the purpose of enrolling in a dual credit course.

(b) Dual enrollment pilot program established. – In conjunction with the state board and under the supervision of the commission and the council, the chancellor and the state superintendent shall establish a four-year pilot program whereby eligible institutions shall offer dual enrollment courses that will comprise individualized pathways for career and post-secondary educational opportunities for the state’s secondary school students. These students shall be enrolled in eligible courses leading to careers in certain designated career pathways, namely direct care health professions; information technology; science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields; education; advanced manufacturing; welding and fabrication; construction; agriculture; and any other program that meets a workforce need in the state as determined by the Department of Commerce.

(c) Funding. – From appropriations to the commission and the council for the purposes of implementing and administering the dual enrollment pilot program established in this section, the commission or the council, as appropriate, shall pay directly to the eligible institutions from such appropriations the cost of the tuition and academic fees incurred by eligible students taking dual credit courses in accordance with the dual enrollment pilot program established in this section.

(d) Rulemaking. – In consultation with the state board, the commission and council may propose legislative and emergency rules pursuant to §29A-3A-1 et seq. of this code to implement the provisions of this section.

(e) Annual reports. – By December 1, 2024, and annually thereafter for the duration of the pilot program, the chancellor shall report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability on:

(1) The number of students participating in the program;

(2) The number and type of credits and certifications or credentials earned by students who have participated in the program;

(3) The dollar amount expended associated with this program;

(4) Projected growth in the program and funding needs for the next year;

(5) The job status of students who have participated in the program;

(6) Any issues with the program reported by students, parents, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education; how these issues are being addressed; and whether the issues require legislative action; and

(7) A recommendation from the chancellor and the state superintendent on whether the program should continue beyond its four-year pilot period.

§18B-14-5.

Repealed.

Acts, 2010 Reg. Sess., Ch. 56.

§18B-14-5a.

Repealed.

Acts, 2010 Reg. Sess., Ch. 56.

§18B-14-6.

Repealed.

Acts, 2010 Reg. Sess., Ch. 56.

§18B-14-7.

Repealed.

Acts, 2010 Reg. Sess., Ch. 56.

§18B-14-8.

Repealed.

Acts, 2008 Reg. Sess., Ch. 87.

§18B-14-9. Legislative findings; establishment of study committee; membership; recommendations on higher education facilities.

[Repealed].

§18B-14-10. Credit card solicitation on college campuses; regulation of credit card marketing.

(a) Definitions. -– For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) "College campus" includes the premises and grounds of an institution of higher education;

(2) "Credit card debt education brochure" means the information developed by a college or university, by a registered nonprofit corporation or by other sources as identified and approved by the institution of higher education, that details the appropriate use, benefits and risks of incurring debt through the use of credit cards;

(3) "Credit card marketer" includes a person, corporation, financial institution or business entity that promotes, offers or accepts applications for a credit card;

(4) "Institution of higher education" means any of the following:

(i) A community college or technical college as defined in subsection (e), section two, article one of this chapter; and

(ii) Bluefield state college, Concord college, Glenville state college, Fairmont state college, Marshall university, West Virginia northern community college, West Liberty state college, Potomac state college of West Virginia University, Shepherd college, West Virginia University institute of technology, southern West Virginia community institute of technology, West Virginia University at Parkersburg, West Virginia school of osteopathic medicine, West Virginia state college, West Virginia University and all branch campuses of these institutions of higher education; and

(5) "Student" means a person who is at least eighteen years of age and who attends an institution of higher education whether on a full-time or part-time basis.

(b) The governing boards of each institution shall propose rules in accordance with the rule adopted by the Higher Education Policy Commission pursuant to the provisions of section six, article one of this chapter no later than July 1, 2003, to regulate the marketing practices used on campuses by credit card companies. In proposing these rules, the governing boards shall consider the following requirements:

(1) Registering on-campus credit card marketers;

(2) Limiting credit card marketers to specific institutional campus sites designated by the president or administrative head of the institution or his or her designee;

(3) Prohibiting credit card marketers from offering tangible gifts to students in exchange for completing a credit card application;

(4) Requiring that no application for the extension of debt through a credit card may be made available to a student unless the application is accompanied by a credit card debt education brochure;

(5) Whether or not to use or the appropriate use of student lists for the purpose of soliciting applications for credit cards; and

(6) Developing a credit card debt education presentation to be incorporated into orientation programs offered to new students.

(c) Unless a student's parent or guardian has agreed in writing to be liable as a cosigner for credit card debts of the student, no person may initiate a debt collection action against the parent or guardian regarding any credit card debt incurred by the student.

§18B-14-11.

Repealed.

Acts, 2015 Reg. Sess., Ch. 53.