KRS 158.849: Long -term statewide goals concerning STEM disciplines and AP and IB

course participation.

(1) The Kentucky Board of Education shall establish long -term and annual statewide

goals for increasing:

(a) The number of high schools providing rigoro us curricula and making

available accelerated classes and college credit for students;

(b) The number and percentage of students enrolled in and completing AP and IB

courses by content area;

(c) The number and percentage of students taking the AP and IB ex aminations in

advanced science and mathematics;

(d) The number and percentage of students receiving a score of three (3) or better

on the AP examinations or four (4) or better on IB examinations in advanced

science and mathematics;

(e) The number and percentage of students whose families are eligible for free or

reduced-price lunch receiving a score of three (3) or better on AP

examinations or four (4) or better on IB examinations;

(f) The number and percentage of students in underrepresented groups, includ ing

females, minorities, students with disabilities, English language learners, and

students whose families are eligible for free or reduced -price lunch, taking

computer science courses as defined by the Kentucky Department of

Education in middle school an d high school, including career and technical

education programs;

(g) The number of teachers successfully completing a College Board -endorsed

AP or IB summer training institute;

(h) The number of teachers with the knowledge and training needed to prepare

students for high achievement on AP and IB examinations in advanced

science and mathematics; and

(i) Other criteria determined by the board.

(2) (a) The Kentucky Department of Education shall develop a program evaluation

framework regarding the use of the s cience and mathematics advancement

fund for the purposes set forth in KRS 158.847. The program evaluation

framework shall address areas including but not limited to the use of funds,

the number of grants and awards, student achievement outcomes, and trends

over time on the indicators established to measure progress against the

statewide goals under subsection (1) of this section.

(b) Beginning in 2008, the department shall submit an annual report no later than

December 1 to the Kentucky Board of Education a nd the Interim Joint

Committee on Education. The report for 2008 shall provide a status report on

the implementation of programs supported by the science and mathematics

advancement fund. Subsequent reports shall incorporate information collected

and analyzed based on the program evaluation framework under paragraph (a)

of this subsection.

(c) Beginning in 2020, the department shall submit an annual report no later than

December 1 to the Kentucky Board of Education and the Interim Joint

Committee on Education that includes an unduplicated count of the number

and percentage of public school students participating in computer science

courses and other computer science educational opportunities. The data shall

be disaggregated by gend er, race, disability, English proficiency, and

participation in the federal free and reduced -price lunch program. The report

shall also include the number of computer science courses or programs offered

in each school, the nature of the computer science co urses or programs, the

number of advanced placement computer science classes offered, and the

number of computer science instructors at each school disaggregated by

certification, gender, and terminal degree.