A. Beginning with the 2024–2025 school year, all public high schools in this state shall make a minimum of four advanced placement courses available to students.
B. Local boards of education in each district shall be responsible for ensuring annually that all high school students have access to advanced placement courses beginning in the 2024-2025 school year. Such access may be provided through enrollment in courses offered through:
1. A school site or sites within the district;
2. A career and technology institution within the district;
3. A program offered by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board or one of its vendors; or
4. A school site or sites in another school district.
C. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board shall maintain an online learning platform to provide high quality online learning opportunities for Oklahoma students that are aligned with the subject matter standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 11-103.6 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Board shall implement online courses, with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses, foreign language courses and advanced placement courses. The online platform shall be available to all Oklahoma school districts.
D. The State Department of Education shall provide information to all local boards of education, to be distributed to their students and parents, on available opportunities and the enrollment process for students to take advanced placement courses. The information shall explain the value of advanced placement courses in preparing students for postsecondary-level coursework, enabling students to gain access to postsecondary opportunities, and qualifying for scholarships and other financial aid opportunities.
E. The State Department of Education shall retain records of which options outlined in subsection B of this section local boards of education selected for their students and make the information available on the Department's website.
F. As used in this section, "advanced placement course" shall have the same meaning as provided in paragraph 1 of Section 1210.702 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2020, c. 86, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.