RELATES TO:
KRS
158.007,
158.622,
158.6451,
160.348
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
158.622(1) requires the
Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate an administrative regulation
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. This administrative
regulation establishes those criteria.
Section
1. Criteria for Designating a Course Advanced Placement. A school
may designate a course as advanced placement if it meets all of the following
criteria:
(1) The course is identified as an
advanced placement course by the college board;
(2) The course includes the content as
described in the college board overview, description, and recommended course
syllabus for the appropriate course;
(3) The course is aligned with Kentucky's
Academic Expectations as established in
KRS
158.6451 and Kentucky's Program of Studies as
established in
704 KAR
3:303; and
(4) The course prepares a student to take and
be successful on the appropriate advanced placement examination administered by
the college board.
Section
2. Program Standards for Student Admission Criteria. Each high
school school-based decision making council, or the principal if none exists,
shall establish a policy on the recruitment and assignment of students to
advanced placement courses. The policy shall:
(1) Provide equitable access for
participation in advanced placement courses for all students using either or
both on-site instruction or electronic instruction, including the Kentucky
Virtual High School;
(2) Provide
for sharing information with all students through the individual graduation
plan process as established in
704 KAR
3:305 and other means regarding the benefits of taking
advanced placement courses and advanced placement examinations including the
potential for earning college credit;
(3) Establish an equitable process for
recruitment of underrepresented students in advanced placement courses
including:
(a) Racial minorities;
(b) Students with limited English
proficiency;
(c) Students who
qualify for free and reduced lunch;
(d) Students with disabilities; and
(e) Males or females;
(4) Provide for the assignment to advanced
placement courses teachers certified in the appropriate content area and
prepared through professional development to teach the advanced placement
course.
Section 3. Data
Collection and Reporting. Information about advanced placement classes offered
and student performance shall be reported on the expanded school report card as
required in
703 KAR
5:140. Data shall be used to make revisions to the
comprehensive school improvement plan.
