2015 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 17 - Education
RS 17:5025.3 - High school core curriculum requirements; Opportunity, Performance, Honors; students graduating 2013-2014 through 2016-2017 school years
§5025.3. High school core curriculum requirements; Opportunity, Performance, Honors; students graduating 2013-2014 through 2016-2017 school years
To be eligible for an Opportunity, Performance, or Honors Award, a student who graduated from high school during or after the 2013-2014 school year but not later than the 2016-2017 school year shall have successfully completed a core curriculum which consists of nineteen units of high school course work as follows:
(1) English I, II, III, and IV (four units).
(2) Algebra I (one unit) or Applied Algebra 1A and 1B (two units) and Algebra II (one unit).
(3) Geometry, Calculus, or comparable Advanced Mathematics (two units).
(4) Biology (one unit).
(5) Chemistry (one unit).
(6) Earth Science, Environmental Science, Physical Science, Biology II, Chemistry II, Physics, Physics II, Physics for Technology, or Agriscience I and II (both for one unit) (two units).
(7) American History (one unit).
(8) World History, Western Civilization, World Geography, or History of Religion (two units).
(9) Civics and Free Enterprise (one unit combined) or Civics (one unit, nonpublic).
(10) Fine Arts Survey (one unit or substitute one unit of a performance course in music, dance, or theater; or substitute one unit of a visual art course; or substitute one unit of a studio art course; or substitute one unit of drafting).
(11) Foreign Language (two units in a single language).
Acts 2015, No. 227, §1.
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