2025 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 160 - School districts 160.348 Advanced placement, International Baccalaureate, dual enrollment, dual credit courses, and other advanced coursework.
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160.348 Advanced placement, International Baccalaureate, dual enrollment, dual
credit courses, and other advanced coursework.
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(a)
The Kentucky Department of Education shall make available to schools
information concerning the prerequisite content necessary for success in
advanced coursework, including secondary courses, Advanced Placement or
AP courses, and International Baccalaureate or IB courses. The department
shall provide sample syllabi, instructional resources, and instructional
supports for teachers that will assist in preparing students for more rigorous
coursework.
(b) Each school-based decision making council, or principal if none exists, shall
offer a core curriculum of AP, IB, dual enrollment, dual credit courses, or
other advanced coursework using either or both on-site instruction or online
alternatives. In addition, each school-based decision making council shall
comply with any additional requirements for AP, IB, dual enrollment, dual
credit, and advanced coursework courses that may be established
cooperatively by the Kentucky Department of Education, the Education
Professional Standards Board, and the Council on Postsecondary Education in
accordance with the definitions in KRS 158.007.
(c) When practicable, the school-based decision making council, or principal if
none exists, shall offer advanced coursework, as defined in KRS 158.6453, in
mathematics, reading, science, and English language arts for students in
grades four (4) through twelve (12).
Every school-based decision making council, or principal if none exists, shall
establish a policy that is consistent with any district plan adopted by a local board
of education in accordance with KRS 158.6453(21) on the recruitment and
assignment of students to advanced coursework options in accordance with
paragraph (b) of this subsection that recognizes that all students have the right to
participate in a rigorous and academically challenging curriculum. The policy shall
require that the school notifies all students, parents, and guardians of the:
(a) Long-term benefits of student participation in advanced coursework; and
(b) Advanced coursework opportunities available at the school.
Students shall be admitted to advanced coursework in accordance with the district
plan adopted in accordance with KRS 158.6453(21).
Students that successfully complete high school advanced coursework shall receive
credit toward graduation in accordance with KRS 158.622(3).
Students enrolled in AP or IB courses in the public schools shall have the cost of
the examinations paid by the Kentucky Department of Education.
Effective: June 27, 2025
History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 2, effective June 27, 2025. -- Amended
2008 Ky. Acts ch. 134, sec. 18, effective July 15, 2008. -- Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch.
97, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2002.
2024-2026 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2024 Ky. Acts ch.
175, Pt. I, C, 2, (5) at 1832.
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