HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 116

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATIONS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Part V, Title 14 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

Chapter 90E. Advanced Placement Examination Credit.

§ 9001E. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Advanced placement examination” means any examination administered through the College Board’s Advanced Placement Program.

(2) “Institution” means an in-state public institution of higher learning that offers freshman-level courses, including the University of Delaware, Delaware State University, and Delaware Technical and Community College.

§9002E. Advanced Placement Examination Policy.

(a) Each institution shall adopt and implement a policy granting undergraduate course credit to incoming students for all advanced placement examinations upon which a student receives a score of 3 or higher for any similarly correlated course offered by the institution.

(b) The institution may require a score higher than 3 if the credit is to be used for meeting a course requirement for a particular major or program at the institution. If a student’s score of 3 or higher on an advanced placement examination does not satisfy a course requirement for a particular major or program, the student shall receive course credit for that examination in an area outside of the student’s particular major or program area.

(c) Each institution must publish on its website a list determining the number and type of credits awarded for each advanced placement examination score available for institutional credit.

Section 2. This Act takes effect on August 1 following its enactment into law.  

SYNOPSIS

This Act requires public institutions of higher learning to grant credit for advanced placement examination scores of 3 or higher. An instution may require a score higher than 3 if the credit is to be used for meeting a course requirement for a particular major or program, provided that the student can receive course credit for that examination in an area outside of the student’s major or program area. The institution must publish its advance placement score policies on its website.

This Act takes effect on August 1 following its enactment into law.