BYU: Your Partner for Overload Courses

Are your students eager to go the extra mile? Idaho’s Advanced Opportunities (AO) program offers students a way to get ahead and take advanced courses at no cost to the student’s family. Students can even be rewarded for early graduation. BYU Independent Study (BYU IS) is an approved provider of overload courses and has served hundreds of Idaho students over the past six years.

Funding for Your Courses

For Schools and Districts:

For schools/districts who have a BYU IS Purchase Order account. To set up a BYU Independent Study purchase order account, contact our team at 1-866-741-9144 or ispo@byu.edu

• Complete an Application for Credit form to be eligible for purchase orders
• Student chooses an AO course (from the approved list)
• Student contacts their school counselor for approval
• School/district enrolls students through a BYU IS self-serve PO enrollment form
• BYU IS bills school/district three times a year during state reimbursement windows

For Individual Students:

For schools/districts who do not have a BYU IS Purchase Order account

• Student chooses an AO course (from the approved list)
• Student contacts their school counselor for approval
• Student registers and pays for the course on is.byu.edu
• Student provides proof of purchase to counselor or AO coordinator
• Reimbursement comes from the state to the school and then to the student/family