§ 16-96-5. Duties of the state board of regents.
(a) In order to fulfill the purposes of this act, the state board of regents shall encourage
school districts to offer rigorous courses in grades 6 through 11 that prepare students
for the demands of advanced placement course work. The state board of regents shall
also encourage school districts to make it a goal that all 10th graders take the Preliminary
Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholars Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) so that
test results will provide each high school with a database of student assessment data
that guidance counselors and teachers will be able to use to identify s
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§ 16-96-5. Duties of the state board of regents.
(a) In order to fulfill the purposes of this act, the state board of regents shall encourage
school districts to offer rigorous courses in grades 6 through 11 that prepare students
for the demands of advanced placement course work. The state board of regents shall
also encourage school districts to make it a goal that all 10th graders take the Preliminary
Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholars Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) so that
test results will provide each high school with a database of student assessment data
that guidance counselors and teachers will be able to use to identify students who
are prepared or who need additional work to be prepared to enroll and be successful
in advanced placement courses, using a research-based advanced placement identification
program provided by the college board.
(b) The state board of regents shall do all of the following:
(1) Seek federal funding through the advanced placement incentive program and the Math-Science
partnership program and use it to support advanced placement and pre-advanced placement
teacher professional development and to support the implementation of an integrated
instructional program for students in grades 6 through 12 in reading, writing, and
mathematics that prepares all students for enrollment and success in advanced placement
courses and in college.
(2) Focus state and federal funding with the intent to carry-out activities that target
school districts serving high concentrations of low-income students.
(3) Subject to appropriation, provide a plan of communication that includes, without limitation,
disseminating to parents materials that emphasize the importance of advanced placement
or other advanced courses to a student's ability to gain access to, and to succeed
in, postsecondary education and materials that emphasize the importance of the Preliminary
Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholars Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which
provides diagnostic feedback on skills and relates students' scores to the probability
of success in advanced placement courses and examinations, and disseminating this
information to students, teachers, counselors, administrators, school districts, public
community colleges, and state universities.
(4) Subject to appropriation, annually evaluate the impact of this act on rates of student
enrollment and success in advanced placement courses, on high school graduation rates,
and on college enrollment retention and completion rates.