KRS 158.622: Administrative regulations of Kentucky Board of Education relating to

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 thr ough 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 o utlining 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.