From the ECS State Policy Database High School--Advanced Placement

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary TX Signed into law P-12 Covering Advanced Placement and IB Exam S.B. 1 Existing law permitted the commissioner of education to enter into agreements with the College Board and the International Baccalaureate Org... More... LA Adopted 09/2012 P-12 Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate LAC 28:CXV.2325 Increases the number of Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses that must be made available to students at each ... More... LA Adopted 07/2012 P-12 AP Courses for High School Graduation Credit LAC 28:CXV.2318 and 2325 From July 2012 Louisiana Register: Revises LAC 28:CXV §2318, "The College and Career Diploma" and §2325, "Advanced Placement and Internation... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Student Fee Waivers for AP and Postsecondary Courses through OhioLearns Gateway S.B. 316 - Student Fee Waivers for AP and Postsecondary Courses through OhioLearns Gateway Permits a Technology Operations earmark for eTech Ohio to be used to cover student costs for taking Advanced Placement courses and courses t... More... RI Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 College and Career Success for All Student Act H.B. 7108 (S.B. 2275) Requires the establishment of clear training guidelines for teachers who will teach advanced placement classes in Rhode Island public school... More... RI Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Access to Advanced Placement S.B. 2356 Adds new chapter 93 designed to promote access to advanced placement courses for all students in Rhode Island public high schools by funding... More... OK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Advanced Placement Participation and Scores Included as Metrics H.B. 2494 Specifies that participation and scores in Advanced Placement courses whether taught at a high school, technology center or regional site of... More... MS Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 No State Department of Education Approval for High School Advanced Placement courses S.B. 2450 Amends Mississippi code to delete the requirement that the state department of education must approve all high school pre-advanced placement... More... TN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Postsec. Accumulation of Postsecondary Credit H.J.R. 602 Expresses need to expand postsecondary credit-earning opportunities for high school students and urges state education agencies to provide a... More... CA Signed into law 09/2011 P-12 Postsec. Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate S.B. 532 From bill summary: Requires the superintendent of public instruction to annually update the information on Advanced Placement on the departm... More... IA Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Online Advanced Placement Academy STEM Initiative H.F. 645 - Multiple Sections Establishes the Iowa online advanced placement academy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative within the international... More... CT Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Defines Advanced Placement Course Program H.B. 6499 - Sec. 21 Clarifies that an "advanced placement course program" is a program approved by the State Board of Education that provides college or univers... More... OR Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Accelerated College Credit S.B. 254 Defines "accelerated college credit programs" to include dual credit, two-plus-two, advanced placement and International Baccalaureate progr... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. College Credit Program Oversight S.B. 149 Authorizes the commissioner of education to adopt rules as necessary concerning the duties of a school district under the college credit pro... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 College Credit Program S.B. 1619 Extends to 2013 a provision that a district is not required to pay a student's tuition or other associated costs for taking a course through... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 IB and AP Course Credit S.B. 1077 Clarifies that students should be eligible for credit for International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement examinations, not the courses. ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Postsec. Community College Cambridge Advanced (A/AS) Exams H.B. 1910/S.B. 1448 Requires the governing boards of each public institution of higher education to implement policies regarding the granting of credit for Camb... More... UT Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 Enhancement for Accelerated Students Program S.B. 1 - Section 53A-17a-165 Repeals references to the gifted and talented program and the Advanced Placement program; creates new Enhancement for Accelerated Students P... More... TX Adopted 08/2010 P-12 Online Learning, AP and IB 19 TAC 74.23, 29 Section 74.23: Correspondence Courses and Distance Learning: Updates section to make clear that students may earn course credit via online c... More... RI Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Postsec. Bachelors Degree in Three Timeline H.B. 7342, S.B. 2124 Moves from February 2010 to February 2011 date by which the board of governors for higher education must present to the general assembly an ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 International Baccalaureate or Advanced Placement S.B. 3304 Allows a school to establish an International Baccalaureate Programme fund or an Advanced Placement fund to receive donations or grants from... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Postsec. Miscellaneous H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions Exempts private schools approved by the department of education's division of special education prescribed in the pupil's individualized edu... More... CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Advanced Placement Courses for College Credit S.B. 438 - Sec. 31 Effective with the 2011-12 school year, requires every district to offer advanced placement courses. Requires the state board of education t... More... KY Signed into law 04/2010 Postsec. Community College Transfer/Articulation from Associate's Degree to Four-Year Programs H.B. 160 Encourages postsecondary institutions to limit bachelor degree programs to 120 credit hours and associate degree programs to 60 credit hours... More... OH Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Distinction between Online AP Courses and Clearinghouse of Distance Learning Courses S.B. 155 - Section 6 Amends 371.50.90 of Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly (enacted July 2009). Clarifies that from an appropriation item in 2009 H.B... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Programs Funded At or Below $10,000 in a District H.B. 149 - Section 3 Adds Section 53A-17a-105.5. Defines "qualifying program" as (1) the at-risk flow through program; (2) the homeless and disadvantaged minorit... More... IN Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Postsec. Postsecondary Credit for Advanced Placement H.B. 1135 Relates to advanced placement exams; requires state educational institutions to grant postsecondary level academic credit to students who re... More... KY Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Interventions for Persistently Low-Achieving Schools and Advanced Placement H.B. 176 Amends accountability provisions in KRS 160.346. Defines "persistently low-achieving school". Defines "school intervention" as a process cho... More... RI Signed into law 11/2009 Postsec. Community College Bachelors Degree in Three H.B. 5286 Authorizes the Bachelors Degree in Three program, a new educational initiative designed to expedite the process so that students can earn a ... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. eTech Ohio (Education Technology) H.B. 1 - Section 3353.09, 3353.20, and 265.30.83 By January 2010, directs the eTech Ohio commission to develop and implement a plan to create an aligned educational technology system that s... More... ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 High School Graduation - Diploma Requirements H.B. 1400 - Sections 15 and 16 Requires all high schools to offer one dual enrollment course or one Advanced Placement course. Increases total number of Carnegie units for... More... LA Adopted 10/2008 P-12 Course Credits for Middle Schoolers and for Military Service LAC 28:CXV.2321, .2325 Amends rules to allow students who are repeating the eighth grade because they have scored Unsatisfactory on the Mathematics and/or English ... More... LA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2008 H.B. 1091 Provides that before a student between the ages of 17 and 18 may drop out, the student and student's parent must attend an exit interview, i... More... KS Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Virtual School S.B. 669 Establishes the virtual school act. Authorizes districts to operate virtual schools. Provides for requirements for virtual schools. Requires... More... IA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Appropriations H.F. 2679 Selected provisions: • Creates the Senior Year Plus Program to increase access of high school students to college credit and advanced placem... More... KY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Postsec. STEM S.B. 2 Defines "Advanced science and mathematics" as Advanced Placement (AP) biology, calculus, chemistry, computer science, environmental science,... More... WI Signed into law 12/2007 P-12 Subsidized Advanced Placement Tests S.B. 249 Relates to payment of the costs of advanced placement examinations taken by certain pupils. Allows the use of federal, state, local, or priv... More... MI Enacted 11/2007 P-12 High School Reform S.B. 403 Revises high school personal curriculum requirements for transfer pupils; relates to advanced placement, diplomas and merit standards requir... More... IL Signed into law 11/2007 P-12 Community College Postsec. College and Career Readiness Pilot Program S.B. 858 Requires the state community college board to create a 3-year college and career readiness pilot program, beginning with the high school cla... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Advanced Placement Exam Fees S.B. 841 Requires the state board of education to create, under the College and Career Success for All Students program, a program in public schools ... More... FL Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Minority or Underrepresented Student Achievement S.B. 108 The Florida Partnership for Minority and Underrepresented Student Achievement must cooperate with school districts to identify minority & un... More... IN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Advanced Placement and Pre-AP H.B. 1300 Provides that for a teacher to be eligible for a stipend to cover expenses related to a summer training institute, the training must: (1) P... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 high school advanced placement H.B. 2734 Ensures a rigorous and efficient curriculum for high school students; assist small, rural public schools in providing students access to the... More... ID Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Idaho Digital Learning Academy S.B. 1237 (Sections 12-14) Strikes existing provision that funding for the Idaho Digital Learning Academy be provided from an annual budget request to the legislature ... More... HI Adopted 04/2007 P-12 Programs for High-Achieving Students S.R. 45 Asks the Hawaii Department of Education to develop a comprehensive plan to promote opportunities for high achievement with the goal of 20% o... More... ID Adopted 01/2007 P-12 Postsec. Graduation Requirements and Advanced Opportunities IDAPA 08.02.03 Increases total number of credits required for high school graduation to 46 credits (23 Carnegie units) starting with the 2013 graduating cl... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Dual Enrollment Program S.B. 311 -- Sec. 3313.6013 Defines "dual enrollment program" as a program that enables a student to earn credit toward a degree from an institution of higher education... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Postsec. Awarding Credit for Advanced Placement S.B. 311 -- Sec. 3333.163 This section requires that not later than April 15, 2008, the articulation and transfer advisory council of the Ohio board of regents recomm... More... MS Adopted 11/2006 P-12 New Endorsement Codes for Advanced Placement Teachers Uncodified Proposes administrative rules regarding new endorsement codes for courses taught by Advance Placement teachers. http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/ext... More... WV Adopted 09/2006 P-12 Program/Curriculum Requirements Title 126, Series 42 Amends rules regarding the pre-K & K-12 program or curriculum requirements; reduces the amount of required teaching time for English Languag... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 AP and IB Grant Program S.B. 1442 Amends existing law that establishes a 5-year grant program to award grants to cover the costs of advanced placement examination fees to aut... More... OR Adopted 05/2006 P-12 Postsec. Expanded Options OAR 581-022-1362, -1370 Implements the Expanded Options program. Purpose of the program is to: (1) Create a seamless education system for students enrolled in grade... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Dual Enrollment Programs H.B. 7087 (Section 39) Revises access to dual enrollment policies and inclusion of IB and Advanced International Certificate of Education courses. Directs local bo... More... MN Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 AP Programs H.B. 4162 Establishes a program to raise K-12 academic achievement through increased student participation in pre-AP and AP programs. Participating sc... More... KY Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. High School and College Readiness Assessments S.B. 130 Section 1: Requires the state assessment system, by the 2007-2008 school year, to include: 1. A high school readiness examination to assess ... More... ID Adopted 04/2006 P-12 Advanced Opportunities IDAPA 08.02.03 Requires all high schools, effective July 1, 2007, to provide Advanced Opportunities (defined as Advanced Placement courses, dual credit cou... More... ID Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Distance Learning and Remedial Coursework H.B. 847 Section 9 Specifies that $1,100,000 of the appropriation in section 3 of the bill be distributed to the Idaho Digital Learning Academy, as follows: (1... More... IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Dual Enrollment and Advanced Placement H.B. 1347 Section 9 Requires every high school to provide at least 2 of each of the following course offerings to high school students who qualify to enroll in... More... IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Proficiency-Based Credit and Early Graduation S.B. 310 Allows a student to demonstrate proficiency and receive credits in a subject area required for high school graduation or for an academic hon... More... MS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Education Reform Act of 2006 S.B. 2602 Enacts the Education Reform Act of 2006. Section 12 requires districts to offer Pre-AP courses. States that subject to appropriation, fundin... More... LA Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Advanced Placement for Graduation Credit LAC 28:CXV.2319 and 2363 Allows Advanced Placement (AP) European History and American Government courses to meet graduation requirements. Page 8 of 106 http://www.d... More... WV Adopted 11/2005 P-12 Acceptance of AP credit at Community/Technical Colleges Title 135, Series 15, Amends rules relating to acceptance of advanced placement credit at community and technical colleges. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/worddocs/... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Advanced Placement and pre-Advanced Placement S.B. 574 Creates the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Requires a teacher of an Advanced Placement course to obtain appropriate traini... More... MN Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 AP and International Baccalaureate H.F. 141 - Multiple Components The state may pay all or part of the fee for advanced placement or international baccalaureate examinations. The commissioner shall pay all... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Accreditation Indicators and Dropout/Graduation Rates S.B. 91 Standardizes the calculation of graduation rates and dropout rates that are required to be reported by school districts for accreditation. S... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Standard Method of Computing Grade Point Averages S.B. 111 Allows the commissioner to develop a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average that provides for additional w... More... TN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Resolution Urging Funding for Advanced Placement H.J.R. 132 Urges adequate funding for high school advanced placement programs; urges the Governor to include an earmarked appropriation within the admi... More... ID Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Division of Children's Programs S.B. 1224 Establishes legislative intent for the Idaho Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program. Requires program to include the following: (1) Districts wi... More... FL Signed by Governor 05/2004 P-12 Postsec. Accelerated High School Graduation, High Stakes Testing, Reading Deficiencies S.B. 364 Revises course requirements in college & career preparatory accelerated high school graduation program; amends requirements for grade point ... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Advanced Placement Courses H.B. 1154 Requires that advanced placement courses be available in the four core areas (English, math, science, social studies) in high school; exempt... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Advancement Placement Exams Fees S.B. 507 Relates to existing law that establishes a 5-year pilot grant program to school districts to cover the costs of advanced placement examinati... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Golden State Examination Program A.B. 1266 § 21 Repeals the Golden State Examination Program that measures advanced pupil achievement on academically rigorous content standards adopted by ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program S.B. 578 Relates to awards granted under the Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program to schools for providing a college advanced placement course.... More... GA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Assessment, Maximum Class size, Instruction, Revenue S.B. 249 Revises provisions relating to payment of fees for advanced placement tests; revises provision relating to the release of certain test quest... More... KY Adopted 03/2003 P-12 Advanced Placement 704 KAR 3:510 Establishes rules regarding the criteria a school shall meet in order to designate a course an advanced placement course, including content ... More... SC SENATE override line item veto Nos. 2. 06/2002 P-12 Postsec. School Funding H.B. 4879 Requires funding equal to 1994-95 appropriation to be appropriated to the state department annually to offset any reduction suffered by dist... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Education Code Re-Write: Articulated Acceleration Mechanisms S.B. 20E Adds subsection relating to Advanced International Certificate of Education Program (AICE); sets out that public secondary school students a... More... KY Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Advanced Placement Courses and the Kentucky Virtual High School S.B. 74 Relates to college preparatory educational programs; requires the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a core advanced placement curr... More... KY Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Study of Advanced Placement Program S.C.R. 2 Directs a study of the Advanced Placement Program in Kentucky's high schools; directs the co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee to Educat... More... OK Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Amends Advanced Placement Program S.B. 790 States that on or before October 1 of each year, the state department of education must issue a report on the Advanced Placement Incentive P... More... AR Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Teacher Training for Advanced Placement Courses. S.B. 60 Increases the award for subsidized teacher training for advanced placement courses. The award will now increase from $450 to $650 per teach... More... OK Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Advanced Placement Incentive Program S.B. 1015 Modifies the Oklahoma Advanced Placement Incentive Program. Authorizes test fee assistance for students taking multiple tests in one year. ... More...