Ark. Code § 6-15-214 Advanced Placement Course Counted As Core Curriculum Course Taught

• Library: Arkansas Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and First Extraordinary Sessions.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Ark. Code § 6-15-214

(a) The purpose of this section is to assist small, rural public schools in providing students access to the most rigorous courses available if it is the desire of students to take advanced placement courses in the place of regular courses and, in doing so, to meet the requirements of the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts.

(b)

(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education acknowledges that the rigor and level of difficulty of advanced placement courses exceed the requirements of regular courses.

(2) Such rigor and level of difficulty are validated through the required advanced placement audit and advanced placement examinations.

(c) The State Board of Education shall consider an advanced placement course as being taught for one (1) of the required courses under the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts if:

(1) The public school district has a qualified teacher for the required course;

(2) No students enrolled in the required course;

(3) An advanced placement course in the same subject area as the required course has students enrolled in the advanced placement course;

(4) The public school district teaches all other courses required by the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts; and

(5)

(A) The public school district teaches the required course to any student who enrolls in the public school district after the school year begins.

(B) The public school district may teach the required course to a new student: