2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 158 - CONDUCT OF SCHOOLS -- SPECIAL PROGRAMS 158.622 Administrative regulations of Kentucky Board of Education relating to advanced placement courses -- Duties of Department of Education relating to advanced placement and dual enrollment programs -- Credit for Virtual High School and advanced placement courses.
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158.622 Administrative regulations of Kentucky Board of Education relating
to advanced placement courses -- Duties of Department of Education
relating to advanced placement and dual enrollment programs -- Credit
for Virtual High School and advanced placement courses.
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The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate administrative regulations
establishing the criteria a school shall meet in order to designate a course an
advanced placement course, including content and program standards
concerning student admission criteria, data collection, and reporting.
Upon receipt of adequate federal funding for these purposes, the Department
of Education shall:
(a) Expand advanced placement teacher training institutes, including offering
advanced placement teacher training instruction and assistance through
the Kentucky Virtual High School or in conjunction with the Council on
Postsecondary Education through the Kentucky Virtual University;
(b) Require teachers who are planning to participate in advanced placement
teacher training and complete advanced placement training at advanced
placement institutes facilitated by the department to sign an agreement to
teach at least one (1) advanced placement course in a Kentucky public
school or the Kentucky Virtual High School when assigned by the school
principal;
(c) Develop the Kentucky Virtual Advanced Placement Academy which shall
offer school districts and their students access to a core advanced
placement curriculum through the Kentucky Virtual High School;
(d) Identify, in conjunction with the Council on Postsecondary Education,
resources at the secondary and postsecondary levels that can be directed
toward advanced placement or dual enrollment instruction;
(e) Compare the costs of offering advanced placement courses through
traditional on-site instruction, the Kentucky Virtual High School, and other
methods and shall offer each school district assistance, if requested, in
analyzing how the school district can most cost-effectively offer the
largest number of advanced placement courses;
(f) Identify current and future funding sources for advanced placement or
dual enrollment instructional programs and the amount of funds available
or anticipated from those sources; and
(g) Submit a report to the Kentucky General Assembly outlining compliance
with this section.
Each school district shall:
(a) Accept for credit toward graduation any course a student successfully
completes through the Kentucky Virtual High School and incorporate the
grade the student receives in a Kentucky Virtual High School course in
calculating that student's grade point average without distinction between
the grade received in the Kentucky Virtual High School course and
courses taught within the school district for which the student receives a
grade;
(b) Accept for credit toward graduation and completion of high school course
requirements an advanced placement, a high school equivalent, or a
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Kentucky Virtual High School course taken by a student in grades 5, 6, 7,
or 8 if that student attains performance levels expected of high school
students in that district as determined by achieving a score of "3" or
higher on a College Board Advanced Placement examination or a grade
of "B" or better in a high school equivalent or a Kentucky Virtual High
School course; and
Pay tuition and other costs for students from their districts who are
enrolled in a Kentucky Virtual High School course for credit that is part of
the student's regular school day coursework by proportionately sharing
funds generated under KRS 157.360 or other funding sources.
Effective:July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 134, sec. 16, effective July 15, 2008. -Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 97, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002.
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