A student must be enrolled in and physically attending a participating eligible public or private high school in Georgia or an eligible participating home study program in Georgia.

A student must be approved by the participating high school or home study program at which he or she is enrolled, to participate in dual enrollment.

Prior to participating in Dual Enrollment, as part of the application process, the student and student’s parent/guardian must create a GAFutures account and complete the Student Participation Agreement (SPA).

A student must have completed the admission process and been accepted and approved by the participating postsecondary institution.

All postsecondary coursework must be completed prior to high school graduation or home study completion in order to receive Dual Enrollment credit and funding.

9th graders, not eligible

10th graders eligible for

• All technical programs in the course directory.

• Core academics if one of the following applies:

• High Achiever, student has a minimum 1200 SAT score or minimum 26 ACT composite score in a single national test administration.

11th - 12th graders are eligible for all DE courses in the course directory.

The 12th-grade year concludes at the end of the spring term after four years of enrollment beginning in the 9th grade.

A student with a documented Individualized Education Plan (IEP), 504 Plan or an Alternative Graduation Option (SB2), which extends beyond four (4) years must submit a Length of Eligibility Extension Request Form and meet all other Dual Enrollment eligibility requirements.

A student may not receive funding to repeat or retake a course.

A student is no longer eligible to continue to receive program funding after withdrawing from Dual Enrollment course(s) two (2) times.

The Dual Enrollment Funding Cap is 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours.

The Funding Cap is a hard cap based on hours paid by the Dual Enrollment funding program for terms of enrollment (as invoiced by the postsecondary institutions).

The Funding Cap does not include dual credit coursework attempted and paid by other sources.

Public high school students designated by their high school, as pursuing High School Graduation Option B (SB2) as of Spring term 2020, may continue to complete their pathway while participating in the Dual Enrollment funding program and are not subject to the Funding Cap.

Dual Enrollment funding per term is a maximum of 15 semester or 12 quarter hours and a maximum of three semesters or four quarters per award year based on approved enrollment and available Funding Cap hours.

Upon reaching the 30 semester or 45 quarter hours program Funding Cap, a student may qualify for HOPE Grant Bridge and HOPE Career Grant funding or may choose to self-pay. HOPE Scholarship is not eligible for use by Dual Enrolled Students.