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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 | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

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.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

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 academic year Governor’s Schools; the qualifications for entrance into such classes and programs; and the availability of financial assistance to low-income and needy students to take the advanced placement and International Baccalaureate examinations. It has been determined that too often students are not aware of the availability of these classes and programs in their schools, or of the qualifications for enrolling in such classes. Sometimes the information is provided students selectively, omitting certain students who possess the potential to succeed and benefit from these classes. Some advanced and gifted students, particularly minorities 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 the degree requirements.

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

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Advanced placement classes and the International Baccalaureate program. Requires local school boards to notify students and their parents of the availability of advanced placement classes and the International Baccalaureate program, the qualifications for entrance into the classes and program, and the availability of financial assistance to low-income and needy students to take the advanced placement and International Baccalaureate examinations. It has been determined that too often students are not aware of the availability of these classes and programs in their schools, or of the qualifications for enrolling in such classes. Sometimes the information is provided students selectively, omitting certain students who possess the potential to succeed and benefit from these classes. Some advanced and gifted students, particularly minorities 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 the degree requirements.

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