Colorado students earning college credit in high school

DENVER - Colorado education officials say students are earning college credit while still studying for their high school diplomas.

The Colorado Sun reports that about 35% of public high school juniors and seniors were concurrently enrolled in college-level courses during the 2017-18 school year.

Some students use concurrent enrollment or early college programs while others are part of a program that enables students to do a fifth year of high school. Officials say nearly 46,000 students have used the programs.

Concurrent enrollment is offered through classes online, in high school classrooms and on college campuses to students in 173 of 178 school districts.

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