At its Monday meeting, the Lawrence school board will be asked to approve of a partnership that would allow students to take Kansas University classes at Lawrence and Free State high schools.

Patrick Kelly, the district’s director of career and technical education, said that with board approval, the two high schools could begin offering KU’s English 101 and Algebra 101 courses as soon as the 2015-16 school year, depending on staff availability and funding.

“That’s a great opportunity to prepare (students) for whatever’s next,” Kelly said.

Lawrence students have long been able to enroll in KU classes through the district, but those classes have taken place on KU’s campus. The proposed agreement would allow Lawrence public school faculty to teach the classes.

College credit courses for career, technical education and core classes have previously been available within Lawrence’s high schools through several other institutions such as Johnson County Community College and Washburn University, Kelly said.

In other business, the board will discuss graduation rates by gender.

The board meets at 7 p.m. at the district’s offices, 110 McDonald Drive.