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 or e-mail
SFCC Running Start:  509.533.3524 or e-mail
IEL - Colville Center:  509.685.2120 or e-mail
IEL - Inchelium Center:  509.722.3702 or e-mail
IEL - Ione Center:  509.422.4290 or e-mail

IEL - Newport Center:  509.447.3835 or e-mail
IEL - Pullman Center:
  509.332.2706 or e-mail
IEL - Republic Center:  509.775.3675 or e-mail



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