OAR 589-007-0150: Granting Academic Credit for Certificates of Completion and Associate Degrees for Apprentices and Journey Persons

(1) Registered apprentices and journey persons will be provided with the same opportunities for being awarded academic credit for prior learning or prior certification toward certificates of completion and associate degrees as is available for other community college students. These opportunities will include but may not be limited to: Credit for Prior Experiential Learning, Course Challenge Examination and Credit for Prior Certification. (2) Community colleges will follow the regional accreditation standards allowing no more than 25 percent of certificate of completion and associate degree programs to be met through credit for prior experiential learning. (3) Community colleges will utilize the same standards of achievement (proficiencies, grades, etc.) for granting academic credit for related training and previous experience for associate degrees and certificates of completion for apprentices and journey persons as for other community college students. (4) Apprenticeship related training courses completed for academic credit and transcripted at one Oregon community college will be evaluated toward meeting the requirements for college certificates of completion and associate degrees at another Oregon community college. (5) Journey persons with proof of Oregon journey person status or some other form of recognized state, regional or national standards certification may be awarded academic credit toward an associate degree based on local community college procedures. (6) Evaluation procedures to establish apprenticeship credit for community college work toward apprenticeship requirements will follow policies adopted by the State Apprenticeship and Training Council in cooperation with the Office. Apprenticeship credit is acknowledged and accepted by the local joint committee. The community college does not grant apprenticeship credit toward BOLI apprenticeship program requirements.