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| 2 | 2 | | FIRST REGULAR SESSION |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL NO. 243 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCED BY SENATOR NURRENBERN. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1192S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | To repeal section 173.1352, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to |
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| 9 | 9 | | international baccalaureate examinations. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Section A. Section 173.1352, RSMo, is repealed and one 1 |
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| 13 | 13 | | new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | 173.1352, to read as follows:3 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 173.1352. 1. As used in this section, the following 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | terms mean: 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) "Advanced placement examination", any examination 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | administered through the College Board's Advanced Placement 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Program (AP); 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) "Institution", any in -state public community 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | college, college, or university that offers postsecondary 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | freshman-level courses; 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) "International baccalaureate examinat ion", any 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | examination for assessment purposes administered through the 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | International Baccalaureate Organization at the end of the 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme . 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 2. (1) Each institution shall adopt and implement a 13 |
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| 28 | 28 | | policy to grant undergraduate course credit to entering 14 |
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| 29 | 29 | | freshman students for each advanced placement examination 15 |
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| 30 | 30 | | upon which such student achieves a score of three or higher , 16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | or each international baccalaureate examination for an 17 |
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| 32 | 32 | | international baccalaureate diploma pr ogramme course upon 18 SB 243 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | which such student achieves a score of 4 or higher, for any 19 |
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| 34 | 34 | | similarly correlated course offered by the institution at 20 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the time of such student's acceptance into the institution. 21 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) In the policy, the institution shall: 22 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (a) Establish the institution's conditions for 23 |
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| 38 | 38 | | granting course credit; and 24 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) Identify the specific course credit or other 25 |
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| 40 | 40 | | academic requirements of the institution, including the 26 |
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| 41 | 41 | | number of semester credit hours or other course credit, that 27 |
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| 42 | 42 | | the institution will grant to a student who achieves 28 |
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| 43 | 43 | | required scores on advanced placement examinations or 29 |
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| 44 | 44 | | international baccalaureate examinations . 30 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 3. On request of an applicant for admission as an 31 |
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| 46 | 46 | | entering freshman, and based on information provided b y the 32 |
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| 47 | 47 | | applicant, an institution shall determine and notify the 33 |
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| 48 | 48 | | applicant regarding: 34 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (1) The amount and type of any course credit that 35 |
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| 50 | 50 | | would be granted to the applicant under the policy; and 36 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) Any other academic requirement that the applica nt 37 |
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| 52 | 52 | | would satisfy under the policy. 38 |
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