Dual Credit ADVANTAGE Program

Program Overview

FISD Dual Credit Advantage Program provides the opportunity for students to gain college credit during their high school career. Dual credit courses are offered for core academic as well as some Career & Technology programs. Students can earn up to 45+ college credit hours in academic and endorsement focus courses. All payments will be made through Eastfield Business Office, for more information please call 972.860.8381.

Dual Credit Program Contact Information

Dr. Romona Thomas District CCMR Coordinator
Megan Boyd North Forney High School
Cara Jesse Forney High School

Level of Commitment

The Dual Credit Advantage Program is broken down into three levels of commitment. We ask our students/parents to choose one of the levels as they start thinking about taking dual credit courses. The number of total courses/credit hours is calculated over the student's high school career. Dual Credit courses are one - two class periods, and usually Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday. We recommend that students take a minimum of 2 Dual Credit courses a semester.

Dual Credit Costs for 21-22 School Year

As part of our agreement with Dallas College, students will receive FREE in-district tuition for classes that are taken as concurrent dual credit classes. Students will need to purchase their own instructional materials for the course (i.e. textbooks, lab materials, etc.) A dual credit concurrent course must be part of the student's schedule, and taken in the traditional 16-week format (with the exception of certain Dual Credit CTE courses).

If a student chooses to take classes outside of the school day through Dallas College, they will receive the in-district tuition rate of $59 per credit hour. Students taking PHED 1164 will be required to pay the $59, regardless of whether they take it inside of the school day. If a student chooses to take a class in a shorter format (i.e. Harvesterm, Maymester, Summer sessions) they will be required to pay the in-district tuition rate and these classes will NOT count towards their school GPA.