Extend Advanced Placement Incentives Program

The bill extends the advanced placement incentives pilot program (pilot program) for 3 years to 2021. The bill requires the department of education to report the number of students in the pilot program who enrolled in advanced placement courses during the prior school year and to collect disaggregated data from the advanced placement exam vendor to capture the performance of students who are participating in the pilot program on the end-of-course advanced placement exams. The bill requires the department of education to report to certain committees of the general assembly the information specified in the bill, including data relating to the number and amount of financial incentives distributed to each participating school district. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More