A. District boards of education may develop and issue a certificate of distinction that is to be awarded to students, beginning with students in the 2000-2001 high school graduating class who have met or exceeded the following criteria by the end of their senior year in high school with at least a 3.25 grade point average on a 4.0 scale: 1. Earned four units each in English, mathematics, social studies, and science; 2. Earned two additional units in the area of technology, the humanities, or the arts; 3. Earned two units in a foreign language; and 4. Achieved a proficient or advanced score on all end-of- instruction tests as required pursuant to Section 1210.508 of this title, as those tests are implemented. B. For purposes of this section, applicable vocational- technical classes offered by comprehensive high school vocational- technical programs shall qualify for technology, science, and mathematics units. Students enrolled in the programs may use one unit of their six concentrated vocational-technical curriculum units for one unit of mathematics required by this section and one unit of their six concentrated vocational-technical curriculum units for one unit of science required by this section. Advanced placement classes in the subject areas listed in paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of subsection A of this section may be substituted on a course-by- course basis to satisfy the academic units required for a certificate of distinction. C. For purposes of this section, “unit” means a Carnegie Unit as defined by the North Central Association’s Commission on Schools.
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