Dual Achievement Program (DAP)

Athens Technical College Academy/Dual Achievement Program

The Dual Achievement Program (established by SB204) offers qualified students a recognized and alternate path to high school graduation. Students choose to simultaneously earn a high school diploma and two (2) technical certificates of credit, a technical diploma, or a college associate degree in a specific career pathway in order to meet high school graduation requirements. 

Eligibility Requirements

• Students must be between the ages of 16 to 21 years old.
• Students withdraw from their high school or home school program and provide proof of withdrawal.
• Students must submit an official copy of their high school transcript.
• Students must have completed and earned credit for 6 of the 9 required high school courses.
  • (The required high school courses are: two English/Language Arts courses; two math courses; two science courses; two social studies courses; and one health and physical education course)
• Students must sign a Dual Achievement Program waiver.

After gaining admission to the Athens Technical College Academy, the Dual Achievement Program students must attend a new student orientation on-campus and complete the New Student Orientation and the E-Learning Orientation.

Dual Achievement Program Funding

• The Dual Achievement Program high school courses are not assessed tuition or mandatory fees. All materials, including textbooks, are available in Blackboard.
• For the college courses, the students participating in the Dual Achievement Program must complete the online Dual Enrollment funding application located on the GAfutures website (https://www.gafutures.org/). For up to 30 credit hours, the Dual Enrollment funding application will ensure tuition, mandatory fees, and textbooks are covered for the college courses.

The Dual Enrollment funding application must be completed online by the student and their parent/guardian each academic year. Each semester that the student is enrolled in college courses, the funding application must be approved by the Athens Technical College Academy Program Counselor/Advisor and the Executive Director for Secondary Initiatives at Athens Technical College prior to the college's payment deadline specified in the Academic Calendar. The Georgia Student Finance Authority will review the Dual Enrollment funding application and pay the portion of tuition that the Dual Achievement Program student is eligible for according to the Dual Enrollment Regulations that are located on the GAfutures website.  

Students may incur expenses for course-related fees and supplies required for a particular course. Students are responsible for tuition and fees for courses not on the Dual Enrollment Approved Course Directory. 

Additional information on the Athens Technical College Academy/Dual Achievement Program is available online.