A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING, IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS RESOLUTION, AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO PROVIDE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, THROUGH MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE, FOR COLLEGE CREDIT FOR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS ATTENDING MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL F/K/A NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL, MIAMI BEACH FIENBERG-FISHER K-8 CENTER F/K/A AS FIENBERG FISHER K-8 CENTER, AND FOR 9TH, 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH GRADE STUDENTS ATTENDING MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $28,000 ("CITY'S CONTRIBUTION"); AND APPROVING THE FUNDING OF THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR FROM THE CITY'S 2018-2019 FY BUDGET; AND APPROVING THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROGRAM FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEAR, SUBJECT TO FUNDING APPROVAL DURING THE CITY'S BUDGETARY PROCESS AND PROVIDED THAT THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT DOES NOT EXCEED $28,000; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL REQUIRED AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.

The City of Miami Beach has maintained a partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) to provide dual enrollment classes through Florida International University and Miami Dade College to students at Miami Beach Senior High School, Nautilus Middle School, and Fienberg Fisher K-8 Center.

The interest and success of students at our high school and middle school in dual enrollment classes has resulted in a 250 percent increase in the number of classes from the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years.  The chart below provides information on the number of course and class sections available to students following the implementation of the partnership in Fall 2014, as well as the financial savings to Miami Beach families for those children choosing to enroll in dual enrollment classes offered at Miami Beach public schools funded by the city. Additionally, these classes support class size reduction efforts.

Funding to support and expand the partnership in the 2018-19 school years includes an estimated City contribution of $70,000 for instructor salaries and M-DCPS estimated contribution of $99,000 for textbooks. 

The dual enrollment program at Miami Beach Senior High School and Nautilus Middle School allows eligible students to enroll in a college course and high school class simultaneously.  The credits the students earn are used towards both a high school diploma and are acceptable towards a college Associate or Bachelor degree, or technical certificate.  The benefits of offering dual enrollment courses to high school and middle school students include:

• Saves students and parents money, as dual enrollment students are exempt from paying application, registration, tuition, laboratory, and special fees if the classes taken are being used toward high school graduation

• Enriches the course opportunities for outstanding high school / middle school students

• Shortens the time to attain a college degree

• Provides students with college credit that is transferable to a college or university

• Allows grades earned to become part of the students' permanent transcripts

  Dual enrollment course offerings include, but are not limited to, the following for the 2018-19 school years:

   

• Introduction to Sociology

• Social Problems

• Introduction to Entrepreneurship

• Teaching Diverse Populations

• Criminal Justice

• Music Appreciation and Literature

• Introduction to Hospitality

• Writing in Rhetoric I & II

• Student Life Skills

• French I & II

• Criminology

• Introduction to Business

• Approaches to Literature

• Strategies for Success

• Public Speaking

• Individuals and Society

We will continue to support our strategic outcome to achieve K-12 public school excellence through our Education Compact.