281-IAC 22.2(2) requires a student to attain the approval of the school board or its designee and the eligible postsecondary institution to register for the postsecondary course.

281-IAC 22.22(261E) requires the pupil, if over eighteen years of age, or pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian to reimburse the school district for all costs directly related to all incomplete and non-credit course work. If documentation is submitted to the school district that verifies the student was unable to complete the course for reasons including but not limited to the student's physical incapacity, a death in the student's immediate family, or the student's move to another school district, that verification shall constitute a waiver of the requirement that the student or parent or guardian pay the costs of the course to the school district. An eligible postsecondary institution shall make pro rata adjustments to tuition reimbursement amounts based upon federal guidelines established pursuant to 20 U.S.C 109b.

281-IAC 22.2(2) requires a student to attain the approval of the school board or its designee and the eligible postsecondary institution to register for the postsecondary course. To be eligible, the student shall have demonstrated proficiency in all of the content areas of reading, mathematics, and science as evidenced by achievement scores on the most recent administration of the Iowa tests of basic skills (ITBS) or the Iowa tests of education development (ITED) for which scores are available for the student if the student was absent for the most recent administration of either the ITBS or ITED, and such absence was not excused by the student's school of enrollment, the student is deemed not to be proficient in any of the content areas. The school district may determine whether such student is eligible for qualification under an equivalent performance measure.

281-22.16(261E) states persons who have graduated from high school are not eligible for this program. Eligible students shall be residents of Iowa. "Eligible student" includes a student classified by the board of directors of a school district, by the state board of regents for students of the Iowa School for the Deaf and the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School, or by the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school as a ninth or tenth grade student who is identified according to the school district's gifted and talented criteria and procedures, pursuant to Iowa Code Section 257.43, A  gifted and talented child, or an eleventh or twelfth grade student, during the period the student is participating in the postsecondary enrollment options program. To be eligible to participate in a program under this division, a student must meet all criteria in rule 281-22.2(261E).