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Rock Hill board approves dual-credit options, launches three college pilot programs
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The Rock Hill School District board on March 5 approved allowing English 101 to substitute for the district’s English 4 requirement and authorized three dual-enrollment pilot programs with Winthrop University, York Technical College and USC Lancaster.
The Rock Hill School District board on March 5 approved several expansions of dual-credit and dual-enrollment opportunities, including allowing English 101 to substitute for the district’s English 4 graduation requirement and launching three dual-enrollment pilot programs with Winthrop University, York Technical College and the University of South Carolina Lancaster.
The moves are intended to give juniors and seniors early access to college-level courses and the opportunity to earn transferable college credits or an associate degree while completing high school. Michelle Hutchison, executive director for secondary education, told the board the pilots are designed so students both earn high school graduation credit and accumulate college credit that is “universally transferable” among South Carolina public institutions.
Hutchison said the Winthrop pilot is a business-and-leadership track for about 50 juniors; students who matriculate at Winthrop after graduation would complete the…
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