158.848 Grant programs concerning STEM disciplines and AP and IB courses.
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(1)Using funds from the science and mathematics advancement fund, the Department
of Education shall establish the following grant programs for public schools:
(a)High School Advanced Science and Mathematics Course Start-up Program;
(b)Middle School Mathematics and Science Scholars Program; and
(c)District Energy Technology Career Track Program.
(a)High School Advanced Science and Mathematics Course Start-up Program.
The purpose of the program is to increase the number of students who
successfully complete rigorous science and mathematics coursework during
high school by providing support to high schools to offer additional advanced
science and mathematics courses with highly trained teachers and appropriate
course materials.
(b)The program shall provide two
(2)year grants to high schools. To qualify for a
grant, a school shall initiate at least one
(1)advanced mathematics and science
course. During the first year of the grant, funds shall be used for planning and
the training of teachers. During the second year of the grant, funds shall be
used to provide additional support for implementation of an advanced science
and mathematics course.
(c)Permissible uses of funds include additional training for an advanced science
and mathematics teacher and the purchase of classroom supplies, textbooks,
laboratory equipment, and other instructional materials.
(d)A high school applying for a grant under this subsection shall provide
assurances that:
1. All teachers of advanced science and mathematics courses supported by
the grant shall participate in a College Board-endorsed AP summer
training institute or International Baccalaureate-sponsored IB summer
workshop, as available; and
2. All students completing AP courses supported by the grant shall take the
AP examination, and all students enrolled in the IB courses supported by
the grant shall take the IB examination, in the respective content areas.
(a)Middle School Mathematics and Science Scholars Program. The purpose of
the program is to increase the number of students entering high school who
are well-prepared to undertake rigorous mathematics and science coursework,
culminating in successful completion of advanced science and mathematics
courses and high achievement on AP and IB examinations.
(b)The program shall provide two
(2)year renewable grants to middle schools to
support intensive, accelerated student learning in mathematics and the
sciences, to be offered at no cost to participants. Grants shall be used to
support activities that may include but not be limited to programs during the
school day, after-school programs, Saturday programs, or multiweek summer
sessions.
(c)The grant application shall ensure that teachers participating in the grant have
the skills to provide intensive, accelerated student learning in mathematics or
the sciences and that they will receive ongoing, relevant professional
development.
(d)A middle school receiving grants shall collaborate with elementary schools
from which it receives students, and with high schools to which it sends
students, to share information on grant activities; strengthen alignment of
curricula, content-knowledge expectations, and instructional practice between
schools; and provide relevant professional development opportunities.
(e)The accelerated learning program shall include strategies to improve the
academic skills in mathematics and science for all students for whom
significant academic achievement gaps have been identified and to attract
them into higher level mathematics and science courses. Specific activities to
recruit and enroll students from all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups
within the school shall be conducted. Each grant applicant shall provide
assurances that the necessary resources will be allocated and utilized to help
students in all subpopulations academically succeed in the accelerated
learning program and to meet the enrollment goal. The enrollment goal shall
be that the number of students representing each racial, ethnic, and
socioeconomic group enrolled in the mathematics and science accelerated
learning program shall not be less than nor limited to the percentage of each
group in the total school population.
(4)District Energy Technology Career Track Program. The purpose of the program is
to provide grants to school districts to develop and implement an energy technology
engineering career track across middle and high schools within the district as
described in KRS 158.808.