(1) Students completing all state high school graduation requirements at any time prior to the beginning of their final twelfth grade semester or trimester term, except the senior project and any other course that the state board of education requires to be completed during the final year of high school, shall be eligible for the following: (a) Dual credit courses, up to eighteen (18) credits per semester term or twelve (12) credits per trimester term of postsecondary credits. Average daily attendance shall be counted as normal for such students for public school funding purposes. The state department of education shall distribute funds from the moneys appropriated for the educational support program to defray the per credit cost charged for such dual credit courses by accredited postsecondary institutions. The amount so distributed shall not exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per credit hour. (b) Advanced placement or other college credit-bearing or professional certificate examinations, up to six (6) examinations per semester or four (4) per trimester. The state department of education shall distribute funds from the moneys appropriated for the educational support program to defray the per examination cost charged. The amount so distributed shall not exceed ninety dollars ($90.00) per examination. The state department of education shall reimburse school districts and public charter schools for such costs, up to the stated limits, within one hundred twenty-five (125) days of receiving the necessary data upon which reimbursements may be paid. If a student fails to earn credit for any course or examination for which the department has paid a reimbursement, the student must pay for and successfully earn credit for one (1) such course or examination before the department may pay any further reimbursements for such student. (2) Any student in an Idaho public high school or Idaho public charter high school who has attained grade 11 and who has not qualified pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall qualify for a credit of two hundred dollars ($200) to pay for courses and examinations pursuant to subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section. These moneys may be used to pay an amount not to exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the cost of such courses and examinations, pursuant to the limitations stated in this subsection. The state department of education shall distribute such funds from the moneys appropriated to the educational support program. (3) Any student in an Idaho public high school or Idaho public charter high school who has attained grade 12 and who has not qualified pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall qualify for a credit of four hundred dollars ($400) to pay for courses and examinations described pursuant to subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section. These moneys may be used to pay an amount not to exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the cost of such courses and examinations, pursuant to the limitations stated in this subsection. The state department of education shall distribute such funds from the moneys appropriated to the educational support program. (4) The payments made pursuant to this section shall not be used to duplicate payments made by any other governmental or charitable program, except that any payments made pursuant to this section shall reduce by a like dollar amount any payments that would otherwise be made pursuant to section 33-2110A , Idaho Code. (5) The state board of education may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section. (6) No later than January 15, the state department of education shall annually report to the senate and the house of representatives education committees the number of scholarships awarded pursuant to subsections (2) and (3) of this section during the previous school year, by school district and public charter school. Such report shall also include a fiscal note reflecting the amount of moneys expended for such scholarships.
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