Title 20 — Education
Part B · Chapter 78 — Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Critical Foreign Language Education
§ 9831. Purpose
Statutory text
It is the purpose of this part—
to raise academic achievement through Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs by increasing, by 70,000, over a 4-year period beginning in 2008, the number of teachers serving high-need schools who are qualified to teach Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages;
to increase, to 700,000 per year, the number of students attending high-need schools who—
take and score a 3, 4, or 5 on an Advanced Placement examination in mathematics, science, or a critical foreign language administered by the College Board; or
achieve a passing score on an examination administered by the International Baccalaureate Organization in such a subject;
to increase the availability of, and enrollment in, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages, and pre-Advanced Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate courses in such subjects, in high-need schools; and
to support statewide efforts to increase the availability of, and enrollment in, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages, and pre-Advanced Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate courses in such subjects, in high-need schools.
Legislative history
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America COMPETES Act
Pub. L. 110–69 title VI § 6121 · 121 Stat. 572
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 9831
(Pub. L. 110–69, title VI, § 6121, Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 634.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 110–69, title VI, § 6121, Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 634.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 6121. PURPOSE. It is the purpose of this part— (1) to raise academic achievement through Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs by increasing, by 70,000, over a 4-year period beginning in 2008, the number of teachers serving high-need schools who are qualified to teach Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages; (2) to increase, to 700,000 per year, the number of students attending high-need schools who— (A) take and score a 3, 4, or 5 on an Advanced Placement examination in mathematics, science, or a critical foreign language administered by the College Board; or (B) achieve a passing score on an examination administered by the International Baccalaureate Organization in such a subject; (3) to increase the availability of, and enrollment in, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages, and pre-Advanced Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate courses in such subjects, in high-need schools; and (4) to support statewide efforts to increase the availability of, and enrollment in, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages, and pre-Advanced Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate courses in such subjects, in high-need schools.
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