Dual credit program, activity and forum benchmarks

Overview

Read information on funding eligibility and parameters to support participating partners in the planning, development, and implementation of activities, forums, and dual credit programs.

Eligible expenditures - activities and forums

• Planning, coordination, or program development
• Facilities
• Teacher release time where teachers are accompanying students to postsecondary location
• Student Transportation
• Faculty transportation
• Meals are eligible in exceptional circumstances with rationale in accordance with your school board’s expense guidelines. School boards are encouraged to have participants supply their own meals.

Dual credit program benchmarks

Dual credit benchmark funding

Benchmark funding is for each course a student is enrolled in, based on course type, delivery, approach, and location.

For postsecondary Dual Credit courses beyond 42 hours (not including Level 1 apprenticeship training) there is no additional funding and credit value does not increase beyond 1.0.

Eligible expenses for school board benchmarks

• Staffing to support implementation and development of dual credit activities, forums, and programs:
  • program and activity coordination (e.g., scheduling courses, managing transportation logistics, etc.)
  • meetings (to be held virtually when appropriate)
  • data tracking, monitoring, reporting
• Dual Credit teacher travel to/from and parking at delivery location
• Up to $200/student for textbooks for Level 1 programs

Eligible expenses for postsecondary benchmarks

• Faculty costs
• Instructional supplies including Level 1 textbook costs that exceed $200 Board Benchmark for textbooks
• Student ancillary fees and transcription
• Student Services supports
• Certifications

Programs with non-college Training Delivery Agents (NCTDAs) do not receive a postsecondary benchmark.

Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training, and Skills Development (MLITSD) Apprenticeship in-class training funding is paid directly to the TDA with approval of the local MLITSD office for Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) students with Registered Training Agreements.

Program planning considerations

In addition to benchmark funding, school board dual credit funding allocations include funding to support program planning and coordination by school boards and postsecondary partners. This includes staffing to support implementation and development of dual credit programs, activities and forums. Eligible expenditures include:

• program and activity coordination (such as scheduling courses and managing transportation logistics as required, course development)
• meetings (to be held virtually when appropriate)
• data gathering and data entry into the Enhanced Data Collection Solution (EDCS)
• reporting to the Ministry of Education
• management of dual credit funding and transfer to partner institutions

School boards are to work with postsecondary delivery partners to disburse and be accountable for funding related to program planning and coordination. Regional planning teams may wish to pool resources to cover these costs more efficiently.