Bill Text: CT SB00354 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Acceptance Of Advanced Placement Course Credit At Public Institutions Of Higher Education.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-02 - Public Hearing 03/08 [SB00354 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2018-SB00354-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 354 | ||
February Session, 2018 |
LCO No. 1306 | ||
*01306_______HED* | |||
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT |
|||
Introduced by: |
|||
(HED) |
|||
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ACCEPTANCE OF ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSE CREDIT AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2018) The constituent units of higher education, as defined in section 10a-1 of the general statutes, shall accept and award college credit in the appropriate course offering to any student who scores a 4 or 5 on an advanced placement examination. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a constituent unit of higher education from accepting and awarding college credit for a score of 3 on an advanced placement examination. For purposes of this section, "advanced placement examination" means the examination accompanying an advanced placement course program; and "advanced placement course program" means a program approved by the State Board of Education that provides college or university-level instruction as part of a course for which credit is earned at the high school level.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2018 |
New section |
Statement of Purpose:
To require public institutions of higher education to accept and award college credit for advanced placement course examination scores of four or greater.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]