Section 158.007 - Definitions for chapterAs used in KRS Chapter 158 unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Advanced placement" or "AP" means a college-level course that incorporates all topics and instructional strategies specified by the College Board on its standard syllabus for a given subject area and is licensed by the College Board.(2) "Advanced science and mathematics" means Advanced Placement or AP biology, calculus, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, and physics, and International Baccalaureate or IB biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental systems, mathematical studies, further mathematics, and physics.(3) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Education.(4) "College Board Advanced Placement examination" means the advanced placement test administered by the College Entrance Examination Board.(5) "College Board" means the College Entrance Examination Board, a national nonprofit association that provides college admission guidance and advanced placement examinations.(6) "Core curriculum" means at least one (1) course in science, one (1) course in mathematics, and at least one (1) course in two (2) of the following subject areas: English, social studies, foreign language, and the arts.(7) "Department" means the Kentucky Department of Education.(8) "Dual credit" means a college-level course of study developed in accordance with KRS 164.098 in which a high school student receives credit from both the high school and postsecondary institution in which the student is enrolled upon completion of a single class or designated program of study.(9) "Dual enrollment" means a college-level course of study developed in accordance with KRS 164.098 in which a student is enrolled in a high school and postsecondary institution simultaneously.(10) "International Baccalaureate" or "IB" means the International Baccalaureate Organization's Diploma Programme, a comprehensive two (2) year program designed for highly motivated students.(11) "Kentucky Virtual High School" means secondary-level instructional programs or courses offered by the Kentucky Department of Education through the Internet and other on-line, computer-based methods.(12) "Kentucky Virtual University" means a college-level instructional program offered by the Council on Postsecondary Education through the Internet or other on-line, computer-based methods.Effective:7/15/2008
Amended 2008, Ky. Acts ch. 134, sec. 15, effective7/15/2008. -- Created 2002, Ky. Acts ch. 97, sec. 1, effective 7/15/2002.