Dual Enrollment

Student Eligibility

• A student must be enrolled in and physically attending a participating eligible public or private high school in Georgia or an eligible participating home study program in Georgia.
• Effective FY 2027 (Summer term 2026 and later), a student must meet U.S. citizenship or eligible non-citizen requirements.
  • Supporting documentation may be required by the college or university.
• Effective FY 2027 (Summer term 2026 and later), a student must meet the postsecondary institution’s Georgia Residency requirements.
  • Supporting documentation may be required by the college or university.
• A student must be approved, by the participating high school or home study program at which he or she is enrolled, to participate in dual enrollment.
• Prior to participating in Dual Enrollment, as part of the application process, the student and student’s parent/guardian must complete the Student Participation Agreement (SPA).
• A student must have completed the admission process and been accepted and approved by the participating postsecondary institution.
• A student must maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) as defined by the college or university they are attending.
• All postsecondary coursework must be completed prior to high school graduation or home study completion in order to receive Dual Enrollment credit and funding.
• Meet federal Selective Service registration requirements, per Georgia state law. The requirement to register applies to males who were born on or after January 1, 1960, are at least 18, are citizens or eligible non-citizens who came to the United States prior to age 26

Georgia Residency

Georgia residency, for purposes of Dual Enrollment, is determined by the eligible college or university. Supporting documentation may be required by the college or university.

• A student attending an institution in the University System of Georgia must be a Georgia Resident based on USG Board of Regents policy.
• A student attending an institution in the Technical College System of Georgia must be a Georgia Resident based on the TCSG State Board policy.
• A student attending an eligible Private Institution must be a Georgia Resident immediately prior to the first day classes based on Georgia Residency Requirements at Private Institutions regulations.

Grade Level Eligibility11^th & 12^th Graders

• Eligible students may take any approved Dual Enrollment courses listed on the Course Directory, at an eligible participating postsecondary institution (USG, TCSG or private).

10^th Graders

• Eligible students may enroll in approved Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) courses listed on the Course Directory at a participating TCSG institution only.
• Eligible students who have a minimum SAT score of 1200 or minimum ACT composite score of 26 in a single national test administration, may enroll in any approved courses listed on the Course Directory at a TCSG, USG or private eligible participating postsecondary institution.

Note: GSFC must have the required qualifying test score(s) on file prior to the high school or home study approving courses on the student’s Dual Enrollment funding Application.

Submitting Test Scores for Dual Enrollment

1. Email SAT score reports to GSFC at dualenrollment@gsfc.org.
2. Print your test score report from College Board’s website for the SAT.
3. Save your document(s) as one electronic file (acceptable file types: pdf, jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, tif, tiff).
4. The body of the email must provide:

• • student’s full name
  • high school of attendance
  • date of birth (DOB)
  • last four of digits of the Social Security Number (SSN)

To request ACT to submit your score report to GSFC electronically, follow these steps:

1. Go to ACT.org and sign into your account.
2. Select your ACT score report be sent to GSFC by entering the recipient code: 2225
3. ACT will then send GSFC an electronic file to update the student’s record.

9^th Graders

• Students in the 9th grade are not eligible to participate in the Dual Enrollment funding Program.

Age Limit

• Students must be less than twenty-two (22) years of age on the start date of the postsecondary term of enrollment for which funding is sought.
•  Students who reach twenty-two (22) years of age during the postsecondary term, may complete the term.

Length of Eligibility

• A student’s length of eligibility concludes at the end of the term in which the one of the following has occurred. The student has:
  • Reached the Age limit or
  • Reached the Funding Cap or
  • Received a high school diploma, a General Education Development (GED) diploma or completed a Home Study program.

Course Retake & Withdrawals

• A student may not receive funding to repeat or retake a course.

• A student is no longer eligible to continue to receive program funding, for future terms of enrollment, after withdrawing from Dual Enrollment course(s) two (2) times.

Funding Cap Eligibility

• The Dual Enrollment Funding Cap is 30 semester or 45 quarter hours.
• The Funding Cap is a hard cap based on hours paid by the Dual Enrollment funding program for terms of enrollment (as invoiced by the postsecondary institutions).
• Postsecondary credit hours taken while pursuing an Accelerated Career Diploma (ACD), for which Accelerated Career Education (ACE) Grant funds were received by a student are subtracted from the student’s Dual Enrollment Program Funding Cap.
• Georgia public high school students enrolled in CTAE courses in an eligible Career Grant certificate or diploma program at a TCSG institution, may utilize HOPE Grant and Career Grant funding prior to reaching the Funding cap.
  • HOPE Grant assists with the tuition. Students may have some tuition, fee and book costs. Check with the institution.

Reaching the Funding Cap

Once a Dual Enrollment student reaches the Funding Cap, a student may:

• Self- Pay for college courses
  • The college may charge the student tuition, fees and books based on credit hours of enrollment not covered by Dual Enrollment funding.
• If the student is enrolled in an eligible Career Grant certificate or diploma program at a TCSG institution, may qualify for HOPE Grant with Career Grant funding.
  • HOPE Grant assists with the tuition. Students may have some tuition, fee and book costs. Check with the institution.
• Upon reaching the Funding Cap, the Eligible Postsecondary Institution may charge Tuition and a prorated portion of the Mandatory Fees and book costs, based on credit hours not covered by Dual Enrollment funding.

Dual Enrollment funding is available up to the student’s high school graduation or home study completion date or the Funding Cap, whichever occurs first. 

• Dual Enrollment funding is not available for Georgia public high school students pursuing an Accelerated Career Diploma. The ACE Grant is available to Georgia public high school students pursuing high school graduation through Accelerated Career Diploma.

Public high school students, designated by their high school, pursing an Accelerated Career Diploma as of Spring term 2020, may enroll in any approved Dual Enrollment courses at a TCSG, USG or private eligible participating postsecondary institution.

• Public high school students, designated by their high school, as pursuing an Accelerated Career Diploma starting Summer term 2020 or after are subject to the Funding Cap.

• GAfutures Dual Enrollment Information
• Admissions Requirements for Dual Enrollment at USG Colleges
• eCORE-USG Online Course Listing
• eCORE-USG Online Institutions
• Course Directory
• Application Procedures
• Frequently Asked Questions
• DE Parent Agreement
• Technical College of Georgia Information
• University System of Georgia Information
• GA Dual Enrollment Brochure

Georgia State University

• Dual Enrollment - Georgia State University

Georgia Institute of Technology

• Dual Enrollment - Georgia Tech

Lanier Technical College

• Dual Enrollment – Lanier Technical College

University of North Georgia

• Dual Enrollment - UNG