Kansas University coursework will soon be coming to Lawrence public high school classrooms.

The Lawrence school board on Wednesday approved a partnership with KU that will allow Lawrence faculty to teach KU’s English 101 and Algebra 101 at Lawrence High School and Free State High School.

Lawrence students have previously been able to enroll in KU classes through the district, but those were always held on KU’s campus.

Patrick Kelly, the district’s director of career and technical education, said the classes could be made available as soon as the 2015-16 school year, depending on staffing and funding. He said students who take college credited courses in high school are more likely to attend and complete college.

“This is very exciting,” said Shannon Kimball, the board’s president.

Students will have to pay $309 in tuition to take the courses. But Kelly said the district will explore opportunities to award scholarships for some students hoping to enroll in them.

The classes must be taught by an instructor with a master’s degree in the field, or a master’s degree with 18 graduate hours in the field of instruction.

Kelly, along with Sara Thomas Rosen, KU’s the senior vice provost for academic affairs, said it’s possible more KU classes could come to Lawrence schools in the future.

“We have to see how this goes, see what the demand is among students,” Kelly said.