• Dear FBISD Parents and Students, 

     

    According to the Texas Education Agency, Fort Bend ISD must notify students and parents that House Bill 8, pertaining to Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST), has been passed as of September 1, 2023, to address the financing of dual credit and OnRamp courses for students who are eligible for free or reduced lunch. 

     

    Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) funding is an allocation for participating colleges to cover tuition and fees for all economically disadvantaged students who enroll in academic and/or workforce program dual credit courses. FAST incorporates a maximum tuition rate for dual credit and OnRamps students set annually by The Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). Currently, THECB has determined that neither the FAST-eligible student nor the school district may be charged tuition for the eligible student. 

     

    To qualify for FAST funding a student must: 

    • Be enrolled in a public school district or charter school, 
    • Take a course offered through an institutional agreement, and 
    • Were qualified for free reduced lunch at any time in the last 4 years prior to the academic year in which they enrolled in the dual credit or OnRamps course. 

     

    Students can incur no cost for dual credit or OnRamps coursework including tuition and fees, books, supplies, and other course materials. This includes fees for loss of course materials (which cannot be charged).  

     
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  • UT OnRamps  and Fort Bend ISD have partnered to offer dual enrollment courses at all comprehensive high schools. 

    In these courses, students complete their high school level courses and participate in a UT college course. These courses are taught by embedded FBISD teachers who attend 80 hours of initial ongoing training through the University of Texas at Austin and 35 hours of additional training and professional development each year after. 

    At the end of the course, students have the option of accepting the college credit from the University of Texas and using that University of Texas transcript of the completed courses when applying to colleges.

    Students do not need to be TSI ready to take a course. They only need to meet the prerequisite courses required by TEA for the high school course.

     

    Current course offerings: *not all campuses offer all courses

    UT OnRamps Dual Enrollment Courses

    FBISD

    Course Number

    FBISD Course Title

    FBISD

    Credit

    UT Course Number

    TCCN Course Code

     

    UT Course Title

    UT Course Credit Hours

    Eligible Grade Levels & Prerequisites

    EL142T

    ELA IV

    1

    RHE 306/309

    ENGL 1301/1302

    Rhetoric

    6 (3 per semester)

    12th grade. Completion of English I, II, and III

    SS452T

    Economics

    1

    ECO 304K

    ECON 2302

    Economics

    3

    12th grade No Prerequisites

    SC391T

    Earth Space Science

    1

    GEO 302E

    N/A

    Geoscience: Earth, Wind, and Fire

    3

    10-12th grade Biology or IPC

     

    SS432T

     

    US History

     

    1

    HIS 315K/315L

     

    HIST 1301/1302

    United States History

     

    6 (3 per semester)

    11th grade and completion of English I and II

    MA232T

    Algebra II

    1

    M 301

    MATH 1314

    College Algebra

    3

    11th grade Algebra I an Geometry

     

    MA24T

     

    Pre-Calculus

     

    1

     

    M 305G

     

    MATH 2312

    Discovery Precalculus: Preparation for Calculus

     

    3

     

    12th grade Algebra I and II Geometry

     

    MA450T

     

    Statistics

     

    1

     

    SDS 301

     

    MATH 1342

     

    Elementary Statistical Methods

     

    3

    11th grade Algebra I, Geometry

    Recommended Algebra II

    SC351T

    Biology

    1

    BIO 311C/106M

    BIOL 1306/1106

    Introductory Biology I + Lab

    4 (3 for lecture, 1 for lab)

    11th grade Biology and Chemistry

    SC332T

    Chemistry

    1

    CH 301/104M

    CHEM 1311/1111

    College Chemistry I & Lab

    4 (3 for lecture, 1 for lab)

    10-12th grade Algebra I