PSEO
Post Secondary Education Option 

In 1985 the State of Minnesota passed a bill creating the Post Secondary Enrollment Options Program (PSEO) which allows high school juniors and seniors to take courses full-or part-time at a post-secondary institution for high school credit. The program provides students with a greater variety of class offerings and the opportunity to pursue more challenging coursework than may be available at the high school. The tuition, fees, and required textbooks are at no cost to the students.

Students who take advantage of the PSEO program usually attend schools near them like Minnesota West Community and Technical College - Canby Campus or Granite Falls Campus or Southwest State University.  The PSEO program is offered throughout the state. 

To fulfill all of their high school requirements students must make sure they are taking enough college credits.  Four college credits is equivalent to one high school credit.  Graduation Standard packages are also a concern to some students but it is very possible that the college courses will match all the requirements of the standards necessary for the students to graduate.