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<chapter num="12" heading="Program in Mathematics" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="04">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Mathematics Instructional Programs for Grades Prekindergarten — 12.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Each local school system shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Provide in public schools an instructional program in mathematics each year for all students in grades prekindergarten—8;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Offer in public schools a mathematics program in grades 9—12. Beginning with students entering grade 9 in the 2014—2015 school year, each student shall enroll in a mathematics course in each year of high school that the student attends, up to a maximum of 4 years of attendance, unless in the 5th or 6th year a mathematics course is needed to meet a graduation requirement and to select mathematics and mathematics-related courses that shall include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Mathematics Transition Course;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Algebra II;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Pre-Calculus;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Discrete Mathematics,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(e)">
          <text>Linear Algebra;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(f)">
          <text>Probability and Statistics;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(g)">
          <text>AP© Computer Science;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(h)">
          <text>AP© Calculus (A/B);</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>AP© Calculus (B/C);or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(j)">
          <text>A Computer Science course that is not AP© Computer Science if the local school system determines the course meets the mathematics standards required by this regulation.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Maryland Mathematics Program. The comprehensive instructional program shall provide for the diversity of student needs, abilities, and interests at the early, middle, and high school learning years. Each local school system shall include the content standards in §§C—F of this regulation in its curriculum.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>For prekindergarten through grade 5, students shall demonstrate knowledge of the domains: Number, Counting and Cardinality, Number Operations and the Problems They Solve, Numbers in Base Ten, Number – Fractions, Measurement and Data Analysis, and Geometry.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>For grades 6—8, students shall demonstrate knowledge of the domains:  Ratios and Proportional Reasoning, The Number System, Expressions and Equations, Functions, Geometry, and Statistics and Probability.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>For high school students, students should demonstrate knowledge of the conceptual categories: Number and Quantity, Algebra, Functions, Geometry, and Statistics and Probability.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="F.">
      <text>Standards for Mathematical Practice.  Students in prekindergarten through high school shall demonstrate knowledge of the processes and proficiencies of mathematics: make sense of problems and persevere in solving them, reason abstractly and quantitatively, construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others, model with mathematics, use appropriate tools strategically, attend to precision, look for and make use of structure, and look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="G.">
      <text>Curriculum Documents. Consistent with Education Article, §4-110, Annotated Code of Maryland, each local school system shall provide mathematics curriculum documents for the elementary and secondary schools under its jurisdiction that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Include the content standards described in §§C—F of this regulation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Are aligned with the Maryland College- and Career-Ready Standards as developed by the Maryland State Department of Education in collaboration with local school systems.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="H.">
      <text>Student Participation. Each student shall have the opportunity to participate in the comprehensive mathematics program required by this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Certification Procedures.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>By September 1, 2020 and thereafter, upon adoption of new State standards, local school system curricula, or curriculum support materials, each local superintendent of schools or chief executive officer shall certify to the State Superintendent of Schools that the instructional programming for mathematics courses aligned to the Maryland College and Career Ready Standards meets, at a minimum, the requirements set forth in Regulation .01 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The superintendent or chief executive officer shall provide evidence of meeting the requirements. Acceptable forms of evidence include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>A Maryland State Department of Education Curriculum Vetting Report demonstrating that the reviewed curriculum has earned an acceptable rating as determined by the agency on all sections for mathematics for the identified grade level(s) or course(s);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>A curriculum vetting report produced by a nationally recognized external party that demonstrates alignment to Maryland College and Career Ready Standards for the identified grade level(s) or course(s); or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Documentation of national ratings to demonstrate an alignment to Maryland College and Career Ready Standards and strong (level 1) or moderate (level 2) evidence, as defined under §8101(21)(A)(i)(I) and §8101(21)(A)(i)(II) of the Every Student Succeeds Act, for all third-party curricula and curriculum support materials in use.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Education Article, §§2-205(c) and (h) and 7-205.1, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: December 1, 1986 (13:24 Md. R. 2560)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective January 15, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3134)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01 and .02 repealed and new Regulations .01 and .02 adopted effective July 19, 2004 (31:14 Md. R. 1079)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective February 11, 2014 (41:5 Md. R. 339); emergency status expired</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective September 29, 2014 (41:19 Md. R. 1081)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01J amended effective January 14, 2010 (37:1 Md. R. 15)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended effective October 7, 2019 (46:20 Md. R. 845)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>