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Keller ISD approves Tarleton State University dual-enrollment MOU; district to pilot Tarleton Today program
Summary
The board approved two agreements with Tarleton State University: a Tarleton Today dual‑enrollment memorandum of understanding for 2025–26 and a distinguished high‑school partnership that guarantees admission and supplemental scholarships for qualifying graduates.
The Keller ISD Board of Trustees on Feb. 27 approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Tarleton State University to offer the Tarleton Today dual‑enrollment program in 2025–26, and a separate “distinguished high‑school partnership” that offers eligible graduates guaranteed admission and additional scholarship guarantees.
Why it matters: Administrators said the Tarleton arrangement aims to expand dual‑credit access—particularly in core, math and science courses—by reducing barriers that district staff say limited enrollment under the district’s previous community‑college partner. The district said Tarleton’s model uses open educational resources (OER) to reduce or eliminate textbook and…
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