158.007 Definitions for chapter.

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As used in KRS Chapter 158 unless the context requires otherwise:

(1)"Advanced placement" or "AP" means a college-level course that incorporates all

topics and instructional strategies specified by the College Board on its standard

syllabus for a given subject area and is licensed by the College Board.

(2)"Advanced science and mathematics" means Advanced Placement or AP biology,

calculus, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, and physics, and

International Baccalaureate or IB biology, chemistry, computer science,

environmental systems, mathematical studies, further mathematics, and physics.

(3)"Board" means the Kentucky Board of Education.

(4)"College Board Advanced Placement examination" means the advanced placement

test administered by the College Entrance Examination Board.

(5)"College Board" means the College Entrance Examination Board, a national

nonprofit association that provides college admission guidance and advanced

placement examinations.

(6)"Core curriculum" means at least one

(1)course in science, one

(1)course in

mathematics, and at least one

(1)course in two

(2)of the following subject areas:

English, social studies, foreign language, and the arts.

(7)"Department" means the Kentucky Department of Education.

(8)"Dual credit" means a college-level course of study developed in accordance with

KRS 164.098 in which a high school student receives credit from both the high

school and postsecondary institution in which the student is enrolled upon

completion of a single class or designated program of study.

(9)"Dual enrollment" means a college-level course of study developed in accordance

with KRS 164.098 in which a student is enrolled in a high school and postsecondary

institution simultaneously.

(10)"International Baccalaureate" or "IB" means the International Baccalaureate

Organization's Diploma Programme, a comprehensive two

(2)year program

designed for highly motivated students.

(11)"Kentucky Virtual High School" means secondary-level instructional programs or

courses offered by the Kentucky Department of Education through the Internet and

other on-line, computer-based methods.

(12)"Kentucky Virtual University" means a college-level instructional program offered

by the Council on Postsecondary Education through the Internet or other on-line,

computer-based methods.