Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 16-98 - Access to Advanced Placement Courses for All Students Act

• 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

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• College Board: means and refers to the nonprofit organization that develops and administers standardized tests and curricula used by kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) and postsecondary education institutions to promote college readiness. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-98-2
• Department: means the Rhode Island department of elementary and secondary education. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-98-2
• Eligible teacher: means a professional employee who is certified in the subject area of the advanced placement course that he or she will be teaching. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-98-2
• exam: means the test provided by the College Board to measure a student's mastery of the advanced placement subject matter. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-98-2
• Poverty level: means students whose family income is at or below one hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of federal poverty guidelines. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-98-2
• Program: means furtherance of the advanced placement classes in the public schools and includes teacher training and increased student participation. 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
• Teacher training entities: means institutions of higher education, intermediate units or organizations approved/certified by the College Board to train teachers to teach advanced placement courses. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-98-2
• Virtual learning instruction: means providing academic courses to students via the Internet and/or the use of technology in providing instruction to students. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-98-2