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Dysart board approves ASU Accelerate pilot enabling middle‑schoolers to take ASU online course
Summary
The board approved a one‑year pilot with Arizona State University to offer an online ASU course (CIS 105) to qualified eighth graders at Freedom Elementary; parents can opt in and pay an optional fee to post credit to an ASU transcript.
The Dysart Governing Board voted to approve a one‑year pilot agreement with Arizona State University that will let eligible eighth‑grade students at Freedom Elementary take an online ASU course for potential college credit.
The ASU Accelerate pilot, presented to the board as an opt‑in opportunity, will offer CIS 105 (Computer Applications and Information) to eighth‑grade students who currently have all A’s. District staff said the pilot is targeted at students unlikely to be pulled for remediation during intervention periods and is intended to build online course navigation skills and college readiness.
Under the agreement parents or guardians must enroll…
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