20 USC 9831 - Purpose

U.S Code last checked for updates: Jan 31, 2025

§ 9831.

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.

(Pub. L. 110–69, title VI, § 6121, Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 634.)

cite as: 20 USC 9831