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2017 Maryland Code
Education
Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education
Title 7 - Public Schools
Subtitle 2 - Evaluation and Graduation of Students
§ 7-205.1. High school curriculum and graduation requirements.
Universal Citation: MD Educ Code § 7-205.1 (2017)
- (a) Established. -- The State Board shall establish high school curriculum and graduation requirements for all public schools in accordance with this section.
- (b) Assessment of students; transition and other courses. --
- (1) Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, all students shall be assessed using acceptable college placement cut scores no later than 11th grade to determine whether the student is ready for college-level credit-bearing course work in English Language Arts, Literacy, and Mathematics.
- (2)
- (i) Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the Department, in collaboration with local school systems and public community colleges, shall develop and implement, by the 2016-2017 school year, transition courses or other instructional opportunities to be delivered in the 12th grade to students who have not achieved college and career readiness by the end of the 11th grade.
- (ii) The implementation of transition courses or other instructional opportunities required under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph:
- 1. Shall include an assessment or reassessment of the student after completion of the course; and
- 2. May not preclude or replace enrollment in a course otherwise required for graduation from high school.
- (c) Required mathematics and math-related courses. --
- (1) Beginning with the 9th grade class of 2014, and subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection and subsection (e) of this section, each student shall enroll in a mathematics course in each year of high school that the student attends high school.
- (2) The Department shall adopt regulations that establish the mathematics and math-related courses that fulfill the requirements of this subsection, which may include math-related career and technology program courses.
- (d) Mathematics goals. -- It is the goal of the State that all students achieve mathematics competency in Algebra II.
- (e) Enrollment in credit-bearing mathematics transition course. -- A student who is enrolled in a credit-bearing mathematics transition course under subsection (b)(2) of this section:
- (1) Subject to item (2) of this subsection, shall be considered to meet the requirements of subsection (c) of this section; and
- (2) May not be considered to meet the requirements of subsection (c) of this section if other credit-bearing courses required for graduation have not been met.
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