{"data":{"id":"us/20-u.s.c.-9831","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 U.S.C. § 9831","heading":"Purpose","body":"It is the purpose of this part—(1) to raise academic achievement through Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs by increasing, by 70,000, over a 4-year period beginning in 2008, the number of teachers serving high-need schools who are qualified to teach Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages; (2) to increase, to 700,000 per year, the number of students attending high-need schools who—(A) take and score a 3, 4, or 5 on an Advanced Placement examination in mathematics, science, or a critical foreign language administered by the College Board; or (B) achieve a passing score on an examination administered by the International Baccalaureate Organization in such a subject; (3) to increase the availability of, and enrollment in, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages, and pre-Advanced Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate courses in such subjects, in high-need schools; and (4) to support statewide efforts to increase the availability of, and enrollment in, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages, and pre-Advanced Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate courses in such subjects, in high-need schools.","path":["Title 20—EDUCATION","CHAPTER 78—SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, AND CRITICAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc20@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:57:47Z","sha256":"8af965b981b1578224ab637d954407fe154bf2de914b4692226bd68b46172319","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/20-u.s.c.-9811-to-9816","next":"us/20-u.s.c.-9832"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}