2018 US Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 78 - Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Critical Foreign Language Education
Subchapter I - Teacher Assistance
Part B - Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs
Sec. 9831 - Purpose

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Citation 20 U.S.C. § 9831 (2018)
Section Name §9831. Purpose
Section Text

It is the purpose of this part—

(1) to raise academic achievement through Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs by increasing, by 70,000, over a 4-year period beginning in 2008, the number of teachers serving high-need schools who are qualified to teach Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages;

(2) to increase, to 700,000 per year, the number of students attending high-need schools who—

(A) take and score a 3, 4, or 5 on an Advanced Placement examination in mathematics, science, or a critical foreign language administered by the College Board; or

(B) achieve a passing score on an examination administered by the International Baccalaureate Organization in such a subject;


(3) to increase the availability of, and enrollment in, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages, and pre-Advanced Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate courses in such subjects, in high-need schools; and

(4) to support statewide efforts to increase the availability of, and enrollment in, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages, and pre-Advanced Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate courses in such subjects, in high-need schools.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 110–69, title VI, §6121, Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 634.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 20 - EDUCATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 78 - SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, AND CRITICAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER I - TEACHER ASSISTANCE
Part B - Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs
Sec. 9831 - Purpose
Contains section 9831
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 121 Stat. 634
Public Law References Public Law 110-69
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