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You can get a jump on college after you've completed your sophomore year by enrolling in dual or concurrent credit courses.

Dual credit courses are college courses that also count toward high school requirements. Concurrent courses are college courses taken by a student outside of high school hours.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)* explains dual and concurrent credit as follows:

Dual Credit - A process by which a high school student enrolls in a college course and receives simultaneous academic credit for the course from both the college and the high school. While dual credit courses are often taught on the secondary school campus to high school students only, §4.84 of this title (relating to Institutional Agreements) and §4.85 of this title (relating to Dual Credit Requirements), also apply when a high school student takes a course on the college campus and receives both high school and college credit. Dual credit is also referred to as concurrent course credit; the terms are equivalent. However, dual (or concurrent) enrollment refers to a circumstance in which a student is enrolled in more than one educational institution (including a high school and a college).

(*source: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/rules/tac3.cfm?Chapter_ID=9&Subchapter=A#9.1)

Two local high schools taking part in dual and concurrent credit programs with CTC include Killeen Independent School District (KISD) and Copperas Cove Independent School District (CCISD) as outlined below:

KISD

Concurrent Enrollment
Dual Enrollment
Dual & AP Enrollment
Statewide-Articulated KISD/CATE Courses (page 182)

CCISD
Dual Enrollment - At the end of a student's sophomore year, he/she may attend Central Texas College and earn college credit. Depending on the course at CTC, a student may also earn dual credit (college credit and high school credit for the same course).

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