Missouri HB 1017: Requires in-state public educational institutions to grant undergraduate course credit for students who score 4 or higher on international baccalaureate examinations

Bill Text

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
[PERFECTED]
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NOS. 1017 & 291
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2399H.02P JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 173.1352, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
international baccalaureate examinations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 173.1352, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 173.1352, to read as follows:
173.1352. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Advanced placement examination", any examination administered through the
3 College Board's Advanced Placement Program (AP);
4 (2) "Institution", any in-state public community college, college, or university that
5 offers postsecondary freshman-level courses;
6 (3) "International baccalaureate examination", any examination for assessment
7 purposesadministeredthroughtheInternationalBaccalaureateOrganizationattheend
8 of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
9 2. (1) Each institution shall adopt and implement a policy to grant undergraduate
10 course credit to entering freshman students for each advanced placement examination upon
11 which such student achieves a score of three or higher, or each international baccalaureate
12 examination for an international baccalaureate diploma programme course upon which
13 such student achieves a score of 4 or higher, for any similarly correlated course offered by
14 the institution at the time of such student's acceptance into the institution.
15 (2) In the policy, the institution shall:
16 (a) Establish the institution's conditions for granting course credit; and
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

17 (b) Identify the specific course credit or other academic requirements of the
18 institution, including the number of semester credit hours or other course credit, that the
19 institution will grant to a student who achieves required scores on advanced placement
20 examinations or international baccalaureate examinations.
21 3. On request of an applicant for admission as an entering freshman, and based on
22 information provided by the applicant, an institution shall determine and notify the applicant
23 regarding:
24 (1) The amount and type of any course credit that would be granted to the applicant
25 under the policy; and
26 (2) Any other academicrequirement thatthe applicant wouldsatisfy under the policy.
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HCS HBs 1017 & 291 2