How to Enroll

1. Read the program guidelines on this page and the student enrollment checklist.
2. Have this information ready before you start:
   • Student's home address
   • Student's Social Security number
   • Student's email address (not a school district address)
   • Student's phone number
   • Parent's full legal name
   • Parent's email address (not an MCC address)
3. Students in McLennan County should use the High School Pathways Portal to enroll in dual credit, ECHS, or early admission.

   You'll find the link to the portal on the main Dual Credit page. The portal has a progress tracker to walk you through each step.

   Check the progress tracker often to make sure every step is done and MCC has received all your paperwork.

Dual Credit: Know the Facts

1. Read the program guidelines on this page and the instructions in the Students section above.
2. Your student registers first, in the High School Pathways Portal. They'll enter your name and email address as part of that process.
3. Fill out the parent consent form, linked on the main Dual Credit page.
4. Email the signed consent form to dualcredit@mclennan.edu.
   • This consent stays valid until your student graduates high school.

Dual Credit: Know the Facts

1. Each homeschool family signs a dual credit agreement with MCC once a year.
   • Dual Credit-Homeschool Memorandum of Agreement 2026-2027
   • Turn in the completed agreement to the High School Pathways Office (Michaelis Academic Center, 1st floor) or email it to dualcredit@mclennan.edu.
2. Register through the High School Pathways Portal, but keep these things in mind:
   • Each semester, use the homeschool schedule change form to submit section numbers and, if needed, change the courses you're requesting.
   • The dual credit parental consent form also serves as your high school's approval each semester.
3. Contact the Dual Credit office to set up onboarding for new students or advising for returning students.

Note: Texas law requires colleges to treat students as "high schoolers" once they turn 16, even if they attend an informal or unaccredited school. MCC will also recognize younger homeschool students as high schoolers if all three of these apply:

• The student has completed fewer than 8 high school credits, and has turned in their final 8th grade report card or transcript; and
• The student has turned in a high school transcript showing completed and in-progress courses, grades, and current grade level (9–12); and
• The student will turn 14 before their first day of the college course.

1. If your Texas high school doesn't partner with MCC for dual credit, you can still take Early Admission courses for college credit only. Because these schools aren't set up in our online portal, follow these steps instead:
   • Checklist for Students, Non-Partner High Schools
   • HSP Course Request
2. Send your forms and paperwork to the High School Pathways office at dualcredit@mclennan.edu.

MCC takes part in FAST, a Texas state program that helps pay for dual credit. If you qualify, your dual credit coursework costs nothing.

You qualify for FAST if:

• You attend a Texas public or charter school;
• You're taking a dual credit course covered by the agreement between MCC and your school district; and
• You qualified for the free or reduced-price school lunch program in any of the past four school years, or in the year you take the dual credit course.

For FAST-eligible students, here's how costs are covered:

• MCC waives your dual credit tuition and fees.
• Your school district provides textbooks and other required course materials.
• You can use computers and internet at the MCC library and other public spaces on campus.
• Your school district may also choose to provide a computer or internet access.

There's no application for FAST. MCC and your school district share the information needed once you register for a dual credit course.

For details on dual credit costs, visit the MCC tuition and fees page.