158.622 Administrative regulations of Kentucky Board of Education relating to
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advanced placement courses -- Duties of Department of Education relating to
advanced placement and dual enrollment programs -- Credit for Virtual High
School and advanced placement courses.
(1)The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate administrative regulations
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.
(2)Upon receipt of adequate federal funding for these purposes, the Department of
Education shall:
(a)Expand advanced placement teacher training institutes, including offering
advanced placement teacher training instruction and assistance through the
Kentucky Virtual High School or in conjunction with the Council on
Postsecondary Education through the Kentucky Virtual University;
(b)Require teachers who are planning to participate in advanced placement
teacher training and complete advanced placement training at advanced
placement institutes facilitated by the department to sign an agreement to
teach at least one
(1)advanced placement course in a Kentucky public school
or the Kentucky Virtual High School when assigned by the school principal;
(c)Develop the Kentucky Virtual Advanced Placement Academy which shall
offer school districts and their students access to a core advanced placement
curriculum through the Kentucky Virtual High School;
(d)Identify, in conjunction with the Council on Postsecondary Education,
resources at the secondary and postsecondary levels that can be directed
toward advanced placement or dual enrollment instruction;
(e)Compare the costs of offering advanced placement courses through traditional
on-site instruction, the Kentucky Virtual High School, and other methods and
shall offer each school district assistance, if requested, in analyzing how the
school district can most cost-effectively offer the largest number of advanced
placement courses;
(f)Identify current and future funding sources for advanced placement or dual
enrollment instructional programs and the amount of funds available or
anticipated from those sources; and
(g)Submit a report to the Kentucky General Assembly outlining compliance with
this section.
(3)Each school district shall:
(a)Accept for credit toward graduation any course a student successfully
completes through the Kentucky Virtual High School and incorporate the
grade the student receives in a Kentucky Virtual High School course in
calculating that student's grade point average without distinction between the
grade received in the Kentucky Virtual High School course and courses taught
within the school district for which the student receives a grade;
(b)Accept for credit toward graduation and completion of high school course
requirements an advanced placement, a high school equivalent, or a Kentucky
Virtual High School course taken by a student in grades 5, 6, 7, or 8 if that
student attains performance levels expected of high school students in that
district as determined by achieving a score of "3" or higher on a College
Board Advanced Placement examination or a grade of "B" or better in a high
school equivalent or a Kentucky Virtual High School course; and
(c)Pay tuition and other costs for students from their districts who are enrolled in
a Kentucky Virtual High School course for credit that is part of the student's
regular school day coursework by proportionately sharing funds generated
under KRS 157.360 or other funding sources.