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158.007 Definitions for chapter.
As used in KRS Chapter 158 unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Advanced placement" or "AP" means a college-level course that incorporates
all topics and instructional strategies specified by the College Board on its
standard syllabus for a given subject area and is licensed by the College
Board.
(2) "Advanced science and mathematics" means Advanced Placement or AP
biology, calculus, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, and
physics, and International Baccalaureate or IB biology, chemistry, computer
science, environmental systems, mathematical studies, further mathematics,
and physics.
(3) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Education.
(4) "College Board Advanced Placement examination" means the advanced
placement test administered by the College Entrance Examination Board.
(5) "College Board" means the College Entrance Examination Board, a national
nonprofit association that provides college admission guidance and advanced
placement examinations.
(6) "Core curriculum" means at least one (1) course in science, one (1) course in
mathematics, and at least one (1) course in two (2) of the following subject
areas: English, social studies, foreign language, and the arts.
(7) "Department" means the Kentucky Department of Education.
(8) "Dual credit" means a college-level course of study developed in accordance
with KRS 164.098 in which a high school student receives credit from both the
high school and postsecondary institution in which the student is enrolled upon
completion of a single class or designated program of study.
(9) "Dual enrollment" means a college-level course of study developed in
accordance with KRS 164.098 in which a student is enrolled in a high school
and postsecondary institution simultaneously.
(10) "International Baccalaureate" or "IB" means the International Baccalaureate
Organization's Diploma Programme, a comprehensive two (2) year program
designed for highly motivated students.
(11) "Kentucky Virtual High School" means secondary-level instructional programs
or courses offered by the Kentucky Department of Education through the
Internet and other on-line, computer-based methods.
(12) "Kentucky Virtual University" means a college-level instructional program
offered by the Council on Postsecondary Education through the Internet or
other on-line, computer-based methods.
Effective:July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 134, sec. 15, effective July 15, 2008. -Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 97, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002.
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