Bill > S1076

This bill expands and renames "collegiate high school programs" to "structured high school acceleration programs" to allow more public school students in grades 11 and 12 to earn college credit and industry certifications while in high school, and it prohibits district school boards from limiting enrollment in these programs. The bill revises the purpose of the Credit Acceleration Program (CAP) to include earning credit for courses like Algebra I, Algebra II, geometry, U.S. history, biology, or courses related to career and technical education by passing corresponding statewide assessments or Advanced Placement (AP) exams, even if the student hasn't taken the course. Furthermore, academically high-performing school districts, which are recognized for consistently achieving high grades and meeting other criteria, are now required to have executed a contract to establish these structured high school acceleration programs to maintain their designation.