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.
Buck
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.