A $10-per-credit fee is on tap for about 7,000 high school students throughout Southern Arizona who take dual enrollment courses through Pima Community College.
The courses, offered at 43 Southern Arizona high schools, allow students to take college-level courses for high school and college credit. At Pima, those courses have typically been free and a pathway for some students who may not have considered college.
The fee will be implemented in the 2027-28 school year after the Pima Community College Governing Board passed its budget at last week’s meeting. Pima says it is exploring a scholarship or waiver for families who may need it…