(a) A school district shall provide the opportunity for students enrolled in grades nine through 12 in the district to challenge one or more courses provided by the district by demonstrating mastery in mathematics, language arts, science, social studies, and world languages at the level of the course challenged. A school district shall give full credit for a course to a student who successfully challenges that course as provided under this section.
(b) A school district shall establish, within a reasonable time, an assessment tool and a standard for demonstrating mastery in courses provided for students in grades nine through 12 by the district under this section. This section does not require a school district to establish an assessment tool for every course in mathematics, language arts, science, social studies, and world languages that is offered to students in grades nine through 12 by the district.
(c) The board shall adopt regulations to implement this section.
(d) In this section, “school district” has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350.