• The purpose of the Essentials for College Math and Essentials for College Literacy is to provide the Local Education Agencies (*LEAs) with the policies needed at the schoo0l level to teach either course and for students to earn the necessary scores for non-postsecondary remediation. I. In an effort to better prepare high school students for the transition to postsecondary study, Mississippi in conjunction with Southern Region Educational Board and seventeen other states have developed two courses that align with college and career readiness standards. Based on Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Policy 608, students who complete one or both of these courses with an 80 or above will not be required to take the corresponding remedial courses for College Algebra or English Composition I at any of the eight public Mississippi Universities.