LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A new dual credit program will help students at Jefferson County Public Schools take classes on college campuses.
The Rotary Club of Louisville provided Jefferson Community and Technical College with a $79,000 Bridge Grant, which will pay for 10 students to attend four classes on JCTC Southwest campus one day a week. The students will be from The Academy @ Shawnee, Doss, Iroquois and Western high schools.
The program will start next school year.
According to a news release, the grant will pay for students' tuition costs that aren't covered by the state's Dual Credit Scholarship program. It will also provide a textbook allowance and pay for students' transportation to college campus.
"This is a tremendous opportunity for these students," Marty Pollio, JCPS Superintendent, said in a news release Monday. "This program removes barriers for bright students to access more dual credit classes and enjoy the experience of being on a college campus. We can’t thank the Rotary Club of Louisville and JCTC enough for making this available to our students."
Jefferson Scholars is another new program with JCTC and JCPS funded by the Rotary Club of Louisville. According to a news release, it will help students at six schools who are taking dual credit math and English courses at their own building.
The state's Dual Credit Scholarship program covers the cost for juniors and seniors to take up to two dual credit courses each year. But students must pay for any courses beyond two.
According to a news release, at the beginning of next school year with Iroquois and Western High School students and continuing the next two years with Doss, Shawnee, Pleasure Ridge Park, and Valley High School students, JCTC will use the grant money to cover a student’s third dual credit math or English class.
"Access to college courses while still in high school is incredibly instrumental in helping students explore their academic and professional interests earlier on and are proven to ease the transition from high school to college," Amber Yocum, Dual Credit A2C Program Facilitator for JCTC, said in a news release. "With these two grants, we are excited to expand that access to more students in our community. We are incredibly thankful for the Rotary and looking forward to continuing our partnership with JCPS."
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