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Career and College Promise

High School Connections or Career and College Promise provides seamless dual enrollment educational opportunities for eligible North Carolina high school students, to include home and private schools, in order to accelerate completion of college certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees that lead to college transfer or provide entry-level job skills. RCC offers Career and College Promise (CCP) pathways aligned with the K-12 curriculum and career and college ready standards adopted by the State Board of Education.

CCP offers North Carolina high school students a clear path to success in college or in a career. The program is tuition free to all students who meet eligibility requirements. Through a partnership of the North Carolina Community College System, the Department of Public Instruction, the University of North Carolina System and many independent colleges and universities, North Carolina is helping eligible high school students to begin earning college credit at a community college campus at no tuition cost to them or their families. However, fees, textbooks and supplies are the responsibility of the student.

Three pathways offer students an opportunity to earn credit:

1. College Transfer Pathways (CTP) requires the completion of at least 30 semester hours of transfer courses including English and mathematics, except for the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) pathway.
2. Career and Technical Education Pathways (CTE):
   
   1. curriculum Career and Technical Education Pathway (CTE) leading to a certificate or diploma aligned with a high school career cluster.
   2. Workforce Continuing Education Pathway (WCE) leading to a state or industry recognized credential aligned with a high school career cluster.
3. Cooperative Innovative High School Programs (CIHS) are located on college campuses (unless a waiver was provided) and provide opportunities for students to complete an associate degree program or earn up to two years of college credit within five years. Examples include Early and Middle College High Schools.

Note: Home and Private School Students - Home and private school students are eligible for CCP enrollment and are subject to the same policies as traditional high school students.

The home school administrator must provide proof that the home school is certified by the North Carolina Department of Non-Public Instruction [NCDNPI]. Specifically, the home school administrator must provide a school approval number if applicable, a charter for the school, or any evidence that denotes approval from the NCDNPI. Home school certification must accompany the official RCC admission application. In addition, the home school administrator must provide an official home school transcript. The transcript must be provided on the school’s official letterhead; denote specific courses completed or in progress for each year attended and the grade received for each course, the original signature of the home school administrator, and if student has graduated, and date of graduation. If the home school administrator and/or the student do not have the proper certification, the student cannot register for any credit courses at the College. If the student cannot obtain proper certification, the student can obtain a general education development (GED) certificate from RCC’s Continuing Education Division. Upon completion of a GED, the home school student is eligible for degree program enrollment.

Session Law 2011-145, the Appropriations Act of 2011, authorized the State Board of Education and the State Board of Community Colleges to establish the Career and College Promise program, effective January 1, 2012.