Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO)

Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) is a program that allows 10th-, 11th- and 12th-grade students to earn both high school and college credit while still in high school, through enrollment in and successful completion of college nonsectarian courses at eligible participating postsecondary institutions. Most PSEO courses are offered on the campus of the postsecondary institution; some courses are offered online. Each participating college or university sets its own admissions requirements for enrollment into the PSEO courses. Eleventh and 12th-grade students may take PSEO courses on a full- or part-time basis; 10th graders are eligible to enroll in PSEO on a more limited basis (see note below). Students must meet the PSEO residency and eligibility requirements and abide by participation limits specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09. If a school district determines a pupil is not on track to graduate, she/he may continue to participate in PSEO on a term-by-term basis.

By March 1 of each year, or three weeks prior to the date a student registers for courses for the following school year (whichever is earlier), schools must provide PSEO information to all students in grades 8-11 and their families. To assist the district in planning, a student must inform the district by May 30 of each year of their intent to enroll in postsecondary courses during the following school year.

There is no charge to PSEO students for tuition, books or fees for items that are required to participate in a course; however, students may incur fees for equipment that becomes their property when the course or program is completed, textbooks that are not returned to the postsecondary institution according to their policies, or for tuition costs if they do not notify the district by May 30 and the district does not waive this date requirement.

Funds are available to help pay transportation expenses for qualifying students to participate in PSEO courses on college campuses. For more information on these funds, access the PSEO Mileage Reimbursement Program Instructions.

Enrolling in a PSEO course does not prohibit a student from participating in activities sponsored by the high school.

School districts must allow a PSEO student reasonable access to the high school building, computers and/or other technology resources during regular school hours to participate in PSEO courses, whether on-line or on campus.

Each year, districts must publish their grade-weighting policy on their website, including a list of courses for which students can earn weighted grades.

All courses taken through the PSEO program must meet graduation requirements. Districts must transcript credits earned in PSEO by a ratio prescribed in statute. Districts have the authority to decide which subject area and standards the PSEO course meets. If there is a dispute between the district and the student regarding the number of credits granted for a particular course, the student may appeal the board's decision to the commissioner. The commissioner's decision regarding the number of credits will be final.

Postsecondary institutions are required to allow PSEO students to enroll in online courses consistent with the institution’s policy regarding postsecondary student enrollment in online courses.

Tenth-grade students may initially enroll in one Career and Technical Education (CTE) PSEO course if they receive a reading proficiency score of “meets” or “exceeds” on the 8th grade MCA. If 10th graders taking a CTE PSEO course earn at least a grade C in that class, they may take additional postsecondary courses. If the student did not take the MCA in 8th-grade, another reading assessment accepted by the enrolling postsecondary institution can be substituted. For students with disabilities, there is an alternative option to demonstrate reading proficiency.

For current information about the PSEO program, visit the Minnesota Department of Education’s Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) webpage.

Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) - Hmong

PSEO yog ib txoj hauv kev uas pub rau cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv uas nyob rau qib 10, 11 thiab 12 kom kawm tau hoob puav ntawv qib siab txais qhab nias qib siab xyaw cov hoob uas nws niaj hnub kawm rau hauv lub tsev kawm ntawv yau ua ke thaum tseem ntxov ua ntej uas yuav cauv ntawv. Qhov no hu ua Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO). Cov hoob qib siab no muaj ib co hoob yog kawm rau pem lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab tiam sis kuj muaj tej hoob yog kawm online xwb thiab. Qhov no ces yog nyob ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab txoj cai xwb. Cov tub ntxhais uas nyob rau qib 11 thiab 12 kawm PSEO ntau thiab tsawg los yeej tau (part-time thiab full-time) tiam sis cov nyob qib 10 yuav kawm tsis tau ntau hoob PSEO npaud. Tsis yog hais tias txhua tus tub ntxhais kawm ntawv yuav tau kev tso cai mus kawm tau cov hoob PSEO, yuav yog nws yeej khuas-lis-fais kawm PSEO los ntawm tsab cai Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09. Yog lub tsev kawm ntawv yau txiav txim siab hais tias tus tub ntxhais ntawv yuav tsis tau qhab nias txaus uas tsim nyog cauv ntawv ces nws txoj hauv kev kawm cov hoob PSEO no yuav tsis tau kawm ntev thawm xyoo, tsuas yog kawm tau ib nrab xyoo qhov puav xwb.

Ua ntej yuav txog lub 3 hli ntuj hnub tim 1 los ntawm txhua xyoo (lossis ntev li 3 lub lim tiam yuav luag txog rau lub caij ntawv) tus tub ntxhais kawm ntawv yuav tsum cuv npe kawm PSEO rau lub xyoo uas yuav los thiab cov tsev kawm ntawv yau yuav tau npaj xa xov rau cov niam cov txiv uas muaj me nyuam kawm ntawv nyob rau qib 8 mus txog ntua qib 11 paub ua ntej. Thaum no tus tub ntxhais kawm ntawv yuav tau hais qhia rau nws lub tsev kawm ntawv yau paub ua ntej lub 5 hli ntuj hnub tim 30 seb nws puas yuav npaj siab yuav xav kawm cov hoob PSEO los ntawm cov tsev kawm ntawv qib siab.

Yuav tsis muaj chaw poob nyiaj poob txiaj yog tus tub ntxhais txaus siab xav kawm cov hoob PSEO hais txog li ntawm tej yam khoom xws li nqi them txoj kev yuav ntaub ntawv los yog nqi them xibfwb qhia txuj lossis lwm yam kev siv nyiaj. Tiam sis, yeej muaj qees yam ntaub ntawv uas nws qiv mu siv uas tseem nyob ntawm nws ntiaj tug tom qab cov hoob PSEO kawm xaus lawm no ces kuj muaj qees yam uas muaj me ntsis nqi them yog rhau lub caij nyoog txais siv lawm thiab yog nws tsis tau qhia rau tsev kawm ntawv yau paub ua ntej lub 5 hli ntuj hnub tim 30.

Yuav muaj nyiaj los pab them rau kev thauj cov tub ntxhais mus kawm ntawv rau nram lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab qhov chaw kawm ntawv thiab. Yog xav paub ntxiv txog qhov no thiab yog tias tus tub ntxhais khuas-lis-fais tau txais txoj kev pab no ces thov saib cov nqi siv roj tsheb thiab cai suav kev deb taug kev tsheb ntawm no PSEO Mileage Reimbursement Program Instructions.

Tab txawm yog hais tias tus tub ntxhais nws tau kawm cov hoob PSEO no lawm los nws yeej tseem koom tau rau txhuas yam koob-tsheej uas nws lub tsev kawm ntawv yau muaj rau sawv daws koom.

Cov tsev kawm ntawv yau yuav txwv tsis tau tus tub ntxhais txoj kev mus mus los los rau tsev kawm ntawv yau thiab tsev kawm ntawv qib siab, nrog rau tej khoom siv xws li computer thiab lwm yam kev txhawb nqa thiab kev siv tej chaw kawm raws li lub sij hawm tseem qhib rau sawv daws, nws tseem muaj feeb xyuam kawm thiab siv li qub.

Txhua xyoo cov tsev kawm ntawv yau yuav tshaj tawm lawv cov kev cai kuaj ntawv thiab cov cai faib qhab-nias rau cov tub ntxhais txoj kev kawm ntawv nrog rau cov hoob uas yuav txais qhab-nias uas raug ntaus tus nqi hnyav npaum twg.

Txhua hoob qib siab PSEO uas tus tub ntxhais tau xaiv kawm yuav tsum yog cov uas khuas-li-fais txhab rau kev cauv ntawv xwb. Cov tsev kawm ntawv yau yuav faib qhab nias uas tus me nyuam kawm tau kom raws li txoj cai luj los faib xwb tiamsis cov tsev kawm ntawv yau kuj muaj feem xyuam muab txhim kho kom cov hoob yog cov txhawb tau kev cauv ntawv. Yog muaj kev tsis sib nkag siab ntawv lub tsev kawm ntawv yau thiab tus me nyuam lossis nws tsev neeg hais txog nws cov qhab nias credit rau ib hoob twg no los tsev neeg thiab tus tub ntxhais kawm ntawv yeej muaj cai thov tsis txais qhov kev txiav txim uas nws tsis txaus siab rau. Thaum no ces txoj hauv kev raws li kev cai pub rau tsev neeg ntawv xa lus rau cov Board mus txog rau tus commissioner txiav txim tau thiab. Tus commissioner txiav txim tau cov qhab nias ntau npaum lis cas ua zaum kawg ces yuav tau khaws siv thiab yuav tawm tsam tsis tau ntxiv lawm.

Cov tsev kawm ntawv qib siab yeej yuav tau ua raws li txoj cai khoo uas hais tau hais tias yuav tsum tso cai rau cov tub ntxhais uas kawm ntawv PSEO cuv npe kawm cov hoob nyob online zoo xws li txhua tus neej laus uas kawm ntawv nyob rau cov tsev kawm ntawv qib siab thaib.

Cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv uas nyob rau qib 10 muaj cai cuv npe kawm ib chav uas qhia txuj txog lub neej ua hauj lwm Career and Technical Education (CTE) yog hais tias nws tau txais qhab nias zoo txaus MEETS los yog EXCEEDS rau daim ntawv xeem MCA qib 8. Yog cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv uas nyob rau qib 10 uas kawm chav CTE PSEO tau txais tus qhab nias zoo txog tus C no ces nws muaj hauv kev xaiv kawm dua ib co hoob PSEO ntxiv los tau. Yog nws tsis tau xeem daim ntawv MCA nyob rau qib 8 no ces lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab kuj tseem txais tau lwm yam kev xeem cov qhab nias ntsuas kev nyeem ntawv coj los saib tau. Hais txog ntawm cov tub ntxhais uas nws ib txwm muaj kev pab nrog nraim rau nws txoj kev kawm no ces nws yuav muaj nws ib tsab cai kev pab coj los siv yog thaum uas yuav tau nrhiav kom muaj ib cov qhab nias nyeem ntawv coj los saib.

Yog xav saib cov kev qhuab qhia txog lub PSEO program ntxiv thov mus saib tsoom fwv lub vas sab Minnesota Department of Education Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) webpage.