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NORTHWEST MINNESOTA REGION ONLINE COLLEGE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR 2007-2008

Between Independent School District name and #______________________________and Pine to Prairie Cooperative Center. This memorandum of agreement outlines the fee structure and the educational requirements for the Northwest Region Online College in the High School Program (OCHS). The administrative signature below is an acknowledgement that your school district wishes to participate in the OCHS program and that the school district agrees to abide by the stated educational requirements and fee structure for participation in the program. Educational Requirements:

• School district principals/counselors will discuss with prospective junior and senior students the advantages and disadvantages of taking an online college credit course.
• Interested juniors and seniors will be assisted in the testing and registration process for OCHS.
• OCHS students will be scheduled for courses on a daily basis during one of the school’s regularly scheduled class periods.
• A proctor(s) will be assigned to the students in the OCHS program to assure that the students are working on the course on a daily basis and also to monitor the student’s performance on a bi-weekly basis. If a student’s performance falls below the passing level the proctor will report the performance to the building principal.

Fee Structure: The Pine to Prairie Cooperative and other participating secondary consortiums contract with the participating colleges to provide the classes based on a fixed fee of $5,040.00 for a 2 credit class, $7,560.00 for a 3 credit class, and $10,080.00 for a 4 credit class. The contracted amount for all classes offered in a semester is divided by the total students enrolled that semester to determine a per student cost. For example, if there were four 3-credit classes offered in a semester for a total contracted cost of $30,240 and there were 85 students registered in the class, the per student cost would be $356.00. The Pine to Prairie Cooperative will do everything possible to assure that per student costs will not exceed $400 per student for a 3 credit class. The school district will be obligated to pay the student tuition for each student unless the student officially drops from the class 7 calendar days before the first day of classes.

Invoices will be sent to each district approximately 60 days after the start of the semester and the school district agrees to pay the Pine to Prairie Cooperative Center within 30 days after receiving the invoice the per student cost times the number of students enrolled from the district for that semester. The school district agrees to purchase the required textbooks and related materials for each student enrolled in the OCHS program.

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