CHSA, in partnership with Zinth Consulting LLC, has published Funding for Equity: Designing State Dual Enrollment Funding Models to Close Equity Gaps.
This paper is a deep dive on funding models for these programs, breaking down how states are currently funding them, and providing states with questions and answers about how to best design their funding systems to close equity gaps. The report also includes a number of lessons learned and best practices from the most promising dual enrollment funding models currently deployed in states.
In addition, the paper features:
- A 50 state breakdown of how every state funds dual enrollment as of fall, 2024.
- States with notable dual enrollment funding models worthy of consideration by other states for emulation.
- States with funding systems that specifically support low-income student access to dual enrollment.
This report is an update to a previous version of this paper published in 2019. You can access the original 2019 version of the report by clicking the link below.