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2011 SESSION

11101842D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1910
Offered January 12, 2011
Prefiled January 11, 2011
A BILL to amend and reenact § 23-9.2:3.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to course credit for the Cambridge College Programme.
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Patrons-- Miller, J.H. and Torian
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Referred to Committee on Education
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 23-9.2:3.8 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 23-9.2:3.8. Course credit; International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement or Cambridge College Programme courses.

A. The governing boards of each public institution of higher education shall implement policies to grant undergraduate course credit to entering freshman students who have successfully completed one or more International Baccalaureate or, Advanced Placement, or Cambridge College Programme courses. The policies shall:

1. Outline the conditions necessary for the institution to grant course credit, including the minimum required scores on examinations for courses in the International Baccalaureate program, or Advanced Placement program, or Cambridge College Programme programs; and

2. Identify the specific course credit or other academic requirements of the institution that the student satisfies by successfully completing the diploma program.

B. Each public institution of higher education's policies for course credit for standard and higher level International Baccalaureate or Cambridge College Programme courses shall be comparable to its policies for granting course credit for Advanced Placement courses.

C. The governing boards of each public institution of higher education shall report to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia the policies adopted and implemented pursuant to this section, and shall make the policies available to the public on the institution's website.