(a)  Any school district offering advanced placement courses to students shall notify parents of their availability and the guidelines the school district uses in determining which students may be eligible to enroll in an advanced placement course.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 16-98-7

  • Advanced placement: means a college-level class taught at the high school level that provides students the opportunity to earn college credit upon passage of an exam that:

    (i)  Incorporates all topics specified by the College Board on its standards syllabus for a given subject area; and

    (ii)  Is authorized by the College Board. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-98-2

  • School district: means any public school district, school unit, area-vocational-technical school, charter school, or mayoral academy that composes a school district; the term also encompasses a single high school or multiple high schools within a school district where applicable. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-98-2

(b)  Any school district offering advanced placement courses to students shall publish on the school district’s website the names of the advanced placement courses being offered to students and the guidelines the school district uses in determining which students may be eligible to enroll in an advanced placement course.

History of Section.
P.L. 2012, ch. 347, § 1.