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1999 SESSION

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HB 2553 Advanced placement classes & International Baccalaureate program.

Introduced by: Flora D. Crittenden | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Advanced placement; International Baccalaureate; Governor’s Schools. Requires local school boards to notify students and their parents of the availability of advanced placement classes, the International Baccalaureate program, and the regional Academic Year Governor’s Schools; the qualifications for entrance into such classes, programs, and schools; and the availability of financial assistance to low-income and needy students to take the advanced placement and International Baccalaureate examinations. Often students are not aware of the availability of these classes, programs, and schools or of the qualifications for enrollment. Sometimes the information is provided to students selectively, omitting certain students who possess the potential to succeed and benefit from such educational opportunities. Some advanced and gifted students, particularly minority and poor students, do not pursue such educational opportunities because they cannot afford to take the required examinations. Success on the examinations may qualify students for exemptions of required college courses, thereby lessening the amount of money and time necessary to complete degree requirements.

This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Educational Needs of Certain Underserved Gifted Students.


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