Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
164.001,
164.002,
164.098
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
164.098(1) requires the
Council on Postsecondary Education to promulgate an administrative regulation
requiring public postsec-ondary educational institutions, beginning with the
2003-2004 school year, to grant academic college credit toward graduation for
students taking high school advanced placement courses and scoring at a certain
level. This administrative regulation establishes the requirements for
receiving college credit by students taking the high school advanced placement
examination.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Advanced placement" is defined by
KRS
164.002(1).
(2) "AP exam" or "College Board Advanced
Placement Examination" is defined by
KRS
164.002(3).
(3) "Council" means the Council on
Postsecondary Education as defined in
KRS
164.011.
(4) "Institution" means a public
postsecondary educational institution listed in
KRS
164.001(16).
Section 2. College and University
Academic Credit for AP Examination.
(1)
Effective with the 2003-04 academic year, an institution shall grant academic
credit toward college graduation for a high school student who scores three (3)
or higher on the AP exam.
(2) An
institution shall develop, by January 1, 2003, a written policy to implement
the requirement of subsection (1) of this section.
(a) The written policy shall specify whether
the institution shall grant academic credit toward the requirements of a major,
program, or degree and shall state:
1. What AP
exams will be accepted toward academic credit toward a major, program or
degree; and
2. The minimum
acceptable score on the AP exam for granting the academic credit toward a
major, program or degree.
(b) The written policy shall fully comply
with subsection (1) of this section.
(3) An institution shall submit to the
council, by January 1, 2003, the policy developed pursuant to this
administrative regulation.
(4) An
institution shall publish and disseminate the policy developed in subsection
(2) of this section in electronic and print form.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
164.020(29),
164.098(1)
