Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102

§9831 Purpose

Title 20 › CHAPTER 78 — SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, AND CRITICAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION › SUBCHAPTER I — TEACHER ASSISTANCE › Part B — Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs › § 9831

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Expand Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs in math, science, and critical foreign languages at high-need schools. The goal is to add 70,000 teachers qualified to teach AP or IB courses over a four-year period starting in 2008. It also aims to have 700,000 students per year from those schools earn a 3, 4, or 5 on an AP test or pass an IB exam in those subjects. The law wants more AP/IB and pre-AP/pre-IB courses and enrollments in high-need schools and supports states that work to do this.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §9831

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It is the purpose of this part—

(1)to raise academic achievement through Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs by increasing, by 70,000, over a 4-year period beginning in 2008, the number of teachers serving high-need schools who are qualified to teach Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages;

(2)to increase, to 700,000 per year, the number of students attending high-need schools who—

(A)take and score a 3, 4, or 5 on an Advanced Placement examination in mathematics, science, or a critical foreign language administered by the College Board; or

(B)achieve a passing score on an examination administered by the International Baccalaureate Organization in such a subject;

(3)to increase the availability of, and enrollment in, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages, and pre-Advanced Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate courses in such subjects, in high-need schools; and

(4)to support statewide efforts to increase the availability of, and enrollment in, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages, and pre-Advanced Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate courses in such subjects, in high-need schools.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 9831

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102