<P> Running Start programs in Washington, Hawaii, and Illinois allow high school juniors and seniors to attend college courses numbered 100 or above, while completing high school . It is similar to other dual enrollment programs common at public and private colleges and universities in other schools . </P> <P> Washington State implemented their Running Start program in 1993 . Following Washington State was New Hampshire in 1999, Montana in 2001, Hawaii in 2007, and Illinois in 2012 . Running Start and Dual Enrollment Programs across the United States have seen a huge increase in enrollment . Washington State has seen a 56 percent increase in enrollment in the past ten years and had over 26,000 students enrolled in the 2016 - 2017 school year . Across the United States there are an estimated 2 million high school students enrolled in a dual enrollment program . </P> <P> The Running Start program in Washington state was piloted in the early 1990s and officially approved to begin in the fall of 1993 . </P>

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