Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1261

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 20-10.1-22.2.

Synopsis: Economics requirement. Requires school corporations to offer economics advanced placement courses in secondary schools. Provides that a student must complete at least one academic year's studies in economics to receive an academic honors diploma.

Effective: July 1, 2000.





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    January 10, 2000, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.







Introduced

Second Regular Session 111th General Assembly (2000)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1261



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 20-10.1-22.2-5; (00)IN1261.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 20-10.1-22.2-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 5. (a) Beginning (1) July 1, 1990, each school corporation may provide the College Board's science and math advanced placement courses; and (2) July 1, 1993, and every school year thereafter, Each school corporation may provide additional College Board advanced placement courses in addition to the courses required under subsection (b) in secondary schools for students who qualify to take the advanced placement courses.
    (b) Beginning July 1, 1994, 2000, each school corporation shall provide the College Board's science, and math, and economics advanced placement courses in secondary schools for students who qualify to take the advanced placement courses.
    (c) In addition to the College Board's math and science advanced placement tests, the state board may approve advanced placement courses offered by a state educational institution (as defined in IC 20-12-0.5-1 ) in collaboration with a school corporation if the state educational institution and the collaborating school corporation

demonstrate to the state board that the particular advanced placement course satisfies the objectives of this chapter.

SOURCE: IC 20-10.1-22.2-6; (00)IN1261.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 20-10.1-22.2-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 6. (a) Each student who enrolls in an advanced course may take the advanced placement examination to receive high school credit for the advanced course.
    (b) Any rule adopted by the department concerning an academic honors diploma must provide that:
         (1) the completion of at least one (1) academic year's studies in economics is required to receive an academic honors diploma; and
        (2)
a successfully completed mathematics, or science, or economics advanced course is credited toward fulfilling the requirements of an academic honors diploma.
    (c) If a student who takes an advanced placement examination receives a satisfactory score on the examination, the student is entitled to receive a certificate of achievement for the subject area included in the advanced placement examination.