TOPS Core Curriculum Revised to Match Statutory Language

LOUISIANA STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) Bulletin
TOPS BULLETIN NUMBER:
T2000-08
DATE ISSUED:
March 21, 2000
EFFECTIVE DATE:
As Indicated
DISTRIBUTION: Louisiana High School Principals and Counselors, City and Parish School Board Presidents , School Board Superintendents, Department of Education, Louisiana Officials, Commission Members
TOPIC: TOPS Core Curriculum Revised to Match Statutory Language

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Rules of the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission, (specifically, Louisiana Administrative Code Title 28, Part IV) have been revised to correct the core curriculum text to match the statute. Specifically, the "I" designation after the Biology and Chemistry requirements have been removed, the word "or" has been removed from between "Chemistry" and "Physics" in the science group, "World Culture" has been removed from the history group, and "in the same" has been removed and replaced with "in a single" in the foreign language requirement. Core curriculum requirements continue to be administered in accordance with the statute, as follows:

"§703.         Establishing Eligibility
   
                 A.-A.5.a. ...

                                    i.         at the time of high school graduation, an applicant must have successfully completed 16.5 units of high school course work constituting a core curriculum as follows:

Units  Course
1 English I
1 English II
1 English III
1 English IV
1 Algebra I (one unit) or Applied Algebra 1A and 1B (two units)
1 Algebra II
1 Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus or comparable Advanced Mathematics
1 Biology
1 Chemistry
1 Earth Science, Environmental Science, Physical Science, Biology II, Chemistry II, Physics, Physics II, or Physics for Technology
1 American History
1 World History, Western Civilization or World Geography
1 Civics and Free Enterprise (one unit combined) or Civics (one unit, nonpublic)
1 Fine Arts Survey; (or substitute two units performance courses in music, dance, or theater; or two units of studio art or visual art; or one elective from among the other subjects listed in this core curriculum)
2 In a single Foreign Language (one unit or credit for three or more hours of college foreign language for students graduating from high school during the 1996-97 and 1997-98 school years).
1/2 Computer Science, Computer Literacy or Business Computer Applications (or substitute at least one-half unit of an elective course related to computers that is approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; or substitute at least one-half unit of an elective from among the other subjects listed in this core curriculum)

                        A.5.a.ii.-G.2. ...

...

Chapter 8. TOPS-TECH Award

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§803. Establishing Eligibility

                        A.-A.6. ...

a. Core Curriculum—TOPS-TECH Award

Units  Course
1 English I
1 English II
1 English III
1 English IV or Business English
1 Algebra I (one unit) or Applied Algebra IA and 1B (two units)
1 Algebra II
1 Geometry or Applied Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus or comparable Advanced Mathematics
1 Biology
1 Chemistry or Applied Physics
1 Earth Science, Environmental Science, Physical Science, Biology II, Chemistry II , Physics, Physics II or Physics for Technology
1 American History
1 World History, Western Civilization or World Geography
1 Civics and Free Enterprise (one unit combined) or Civics (one unit, non-public)
1 Fine Arts Survey or any approved vocational course in the areas of Agriscience, Business Education, Family and Consumer Science, Health Occupations, Marketing Education, Technology Education, or Trade and Industrial Education; (or substitute two units of performance courses in music, dance or theater; or two units of studio art or two units of visual art courses; or one elective from among the other subjects listed in this core curriculum)
2 In a single Foreign Language. (one unit for students graduating from high school during the 1996-97 and 1997-98 school years.) or Technical Writing, Speech I or Speech II (two units).
1/2 Computer Science, Computer Literacy or Business Computer Applications (or substitute at least one-half unit of an elective course related to computers that is approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; or substitute at least one-half unit of an elective from among the other subjects listed in this core curriculum)

 

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