Running Start
Earn tuition-free college credit
while still in high school. 


Running Start allows eligible high school juniors and seniors to take tuition-free college-level classes at Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane Community College or an Institute for Extended Learning education center.  Running Start classes earn college credit AND high school credit simultaneously.  Running Start students can attend college full or part time.

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For more information, contact:

SCC Running Start: 509.533.8062
SFCC Running Start: 509.533.3524
IEL Colville Center Running Start: 509.685.2120
IEL Newport Center Running Start: 509.447.3835
IEL Whitman County Center Running Start: 509.332.2706

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