Rhode Island General Laws Title 16. Education § 16-98-3. Advanced placement teacher training program

(1) A school district that has an advanced placement course in one or more of the four (4) core academic areas but not in all four (4) core academic areas is only eligible to have a teacher trained in those core academic areas that it does not have an advanced placement course.

(2) No more than one teacher per core academic area in each high school of an eligible school district shall be trained under this program.

(3) More than one eligible school district may apply jointly to the program to train a teacher in advanced placement course instruction if that teacher is to provide such instruction in more than one school district either through classroom instruction or through virtual learning instruction.

(1) The subject areas that currently have an advanced placement courses in each of its high schools;

(2) The subject areas among the four (4) core academic areas that it does not have an advanced placement course in each of its high schools;

(3) The names of the eligible teachers including the high school where they are teaching and the advanced placement academic subject area that each of the teachers will be providing instruction and whether the instruction will be in a classroom or through virtual learning instruction;

(4) The names of the eligible teacher training entities that shall be providing the training for teachers in providing advanced placement instruction;

(5) Agreement to provide the advanced placement course for high school students for at least three (3) years;

(6) Guidelines the school district will use in determining which students may be eligible to enroll in an advanced placement course. The school district shall not discriminate on any basis in enrollment of students that is illegal under applicable federal or state law;

(7) Agreement to annually report to the department for each of the four (4) core academic areas that were taught by teachers whose training was funded by this program the following information: