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SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL ....................................................................................... 49
Career and Technical Education (CTE) ................................................................................... 49
Core Credit for Career and Technical Education (CTE) .......................................................... 50
Career Academies .................................................................................................................. 50
Career Education Program Completer Certificate ................................................................. 51
Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corp (JROTC) ..................................................................... 51
Performance-Based Exit Option Model ................................................................................. 52

ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGING CURRICULUM TO ENHANCE LEARNING (ACCEL) .................... 53
GENERAL ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ACCEL OPTIONS ..................................................... 53
GENERAL HIGH SCHOOL ACCEL OPTIONS ...................................................................................... 53
CREDIT ACCELERATION PROGRAM (CAP) ...................................................................................... 54
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ACCELERATION REQUIREMENTS ................................................................ 54
Palm Beach Accelerated Mathematics Plan (AMP) ............................................................... 54
Subject-Area Acceleration (Including Virtual Instruction in Higher Grade Level Subjects) .. 56
MIDDLE SCHOOL ACCELERATION REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................... 57
Subject Area Acceleration (Including Virtual Instruction in Higher Grade Level Subjects) ... 57
WHOLE-GRADE AND MIDYEAR PROMOTION PROCEDURES ........................................................... 58
Elementary School Requirements ......................................................................................... 58
Middle School Requirements ................................................................................................ 59
High School Requirements .................................................................................................... 60
RECOMMENDED ASSESSMENTS FOR SUBJECT AREA ACCELERATION ............................................. 60
Elementary and Middle School Assessments (Whole-Grade & Midyear Promotion) .......... 60
PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTING ACCELERATION ........................................................................... 60
Elementary School (K-5) Procedures for Requesting Acceleration ....................................... 60
Middle School (6-8) Procedures for Requesting Acceleration .............................................. 61
High School (9-12) Procedures for Requesting Acceleration ................................................ 61
HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL (6-8) STUDENTS ....................................................... 62
High School Mathematics Requirements for Middle School (6-8) Students ......................... 62
COURSES TAKEN THROUGH NON-DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL PROVIDERS ......................................... 63
CREDIT BY EXAMINATION ............................................................................................................ 64
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) DIPLOMA PROGRAM ........................................................ 64
ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (AICE) .................................................. 64
ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) ....................................................................................................... 65
DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM .................................................................................................... 65
Enrollment in Schools without Dual Enrollment Agreements ............................................... 68
Dual Enrollment for Home Education Students .................................................................... 68
EARLY ADMISSION TO COLLEGE .................................................................................................... 68
Early Admission to College for Home Education Students .................................................... 70

PROMOTION AND RETENTION ............................................................................................. 71
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (K-5) PROMOTION/RETENTION .................................................................. 71
Student Performance Levels (Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies) 71
Teacher Judgment for Promotion.......................................................................................... 71

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