Getting Started in Dual Credit

Description of Dual Credit Roles and Responsibilities

Campus Dual Credit Contact (Counselors)
CFB Staff

campus	Dual credit contact
Creekview High School	Janine Kay
Early College High School	Kathryn Barton
Newman Smith High School	Itiel Sarmiento Sasha Agent Marrier
Ranchview High School	Tracey McLeod
R. L. Turner High School	Veronica Garcia John Paul Quinn

Coordinator of Dual Credit
Dr. Ruth Schackmann

Dallas College Staff

Dual Credit Success Coach
Ciera Simpson-Holland

• Courses offered by institutions of higher education for dual credit are restricted to those contained in the core curriculum of a public institution of higher education, career, and technology education courses, or foreign language courses. 

• Early College High School, any other early college program that assists students in earning an associate degree while in high school, is exempt from this restriction.

• Texas Administrative Code §4.85 specifies that high school students may not be enrolled in more than two courses for dual credit per semester. Exceptions to this requirement include

  • students enrolled in an approved Early College High School AND

  • Individual students with outstanding academic performance and capability (as evidenced by grade point average, ACT or SAT scores, or other assessment indicators) if approved by the high school's principal and the college's chief academic officer.

  • high school students may not be enrolled in more than two courses for dual credit per semester. Exceptions to this requirement include

    •  students enrolled in an approved Early College High School AND

    • Individual students with outstanding academic performance and capability (as evidenced by grade point average, ACT or SAT scores, or other assessment indicators) if approved by the high school's principal and the college's chief academic officer.

Student Eligibility for Academic and CTE Dual Credit Courses:
Some students must take the TSIA2 test before enrolling in Dual Credit courses. However, there are ways to be exempt from taking this test. To be eligible for CTE (Career and Technical Education) courses, students must demonstrate their college readiness in Reading and Writing.

The following courses require students to exhibit their college readiness in Reading and Writing, including eligibility in a workforce education dual credit course that is contained in a postsecondary Level 2 Certificate or applied associate degree program:

• Courses that require demonstration of TSIA2 college readiness in mathematics, including eligibility in workforce education dual credit courses contained in postsecondary Level 2 Certificate or applied associate degree programs.
• Courses that require eligibility to enroll in a workforce education dual credit course contained in a postsecondary Level I certificate program or a program leading to a credential of less than a Level I certificate are NOT required to demonstrate college readiness or dual credit enrollment eligibility.

CFB (Carrollton-Farmers Branch) Independent School District has a set of standard prerequisite requirements for each course, such as a minimum score on a placement test or a minimum grade on a specified course that has been taken previously, etc. Suppose a student is exempt from taking STAAR EOC (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness End-of-Course exam). In that case, they should check with the institution for requirements to enroll in a workforce education dual credit course.

Students can be exempt from the TSIA2 assessment if they have benchmark SAT, ACT, or AP scores. Students must complete the application process and have either an exemption or TSIA2 scores in the high school academic advising office by the date listed in the registration packet.

For students who do not meet the TSIA2 standards, CFBISD High Schools allow them to take the TSIA2 multiple times in each subject at no cost to the student. However, if students need to take the TSIA2 outside of school or during the summer, they are responsible for the expense of taking the TSIA2 at an alternative location.

TSI Requirements to be eligible for a TSIA2 waiver or exemptions:

Math Scores
STAAR  Algebra 1	PSAT  Math	SAT  Math	ACT Math
4000+	501+	530+	22
TSIA2 Waiver  if 4000+	TSIA2 Waiver  if 530+	TSIA2 Exempt  if 530+	TSIA2 Exempt Math is 22 or above
TSIA2 Exempt: Advanced Placement  Score 3 in CALC or Score 3 in STAT
English Scores
STAAR Eng II	PSAT  Reading	SAT  Reading Writing	ACT Reading	ACT  English
4000+	460+	480+	TSIA2 Exempt  if Reading + English = 40 or above
TSIA2 Waiver  if 4000+	TSIA2 Waiver  if 460+	TSIA2 Exempt  if 480+
TSIA2 Exempt: Advanced Placement  If Score 3 in ENGL or Score 3 in HIST or Score 3 in GOV

If a student obtains a waiver, the student must pass the initial course/s with a minimum grade to take subsequent college courses in that subject area. 

Reading & Writing

• ENGL-1301 Composition I

• ENGL-1302 Composition II

• ENGL-2322 British Literature I

• ENGL-2323 British Literature II

• ENGL-2327 American Literature I

• ENGL-2328 American Literature II

• ENGL-2332 World Literature I

• ENGL-2333 World Literature II

Social Sciences

• GOVT-2305 Federal Government (Federal Constitution & Topics)

• GOVT-2306 Texas Government (Texas Constitution & Topics)

• HIST-1301 United States History I

• HIST-1302 United States History II

• PHIL-1301 Introduction to Philosophy

• PSYC-2301 General Psychology

• SOCI-1301 Introduction to Sociology

Math

• MATH-1332 Contemporary Mathematics (Quantitative Reasoning)

• MATH-1314 College Algebra

• MATH-1316 Plane Trigonometry

• MATH-1324 Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences

• MATH-1325 Calculus for Business and Social Sciences

• MATH-1342 Elementary Statistical Methods