PURPOSE: This rule provides guidelines for approving high school credit for instruction given by approved private music teachers.

1. (1) Teachers desiring to be approved to give private music instruction for high school credit must secure a Teacher’s High School Permit in Applied Music from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the local superintendent or high school principal.
2. (2) Students must take a final examination under an examiner approved by the DESE and the applied music board. Credit may be granted in the various fields of applied music as follows: piano, one-half to two (1/2–2) units; violin, one-half to two (1/2–2) units; cello, one-half to two (1/2–2) units; viola, one-half to two (1/2–2) units; and voice, onehalf to one and one-half (1/2–1 1/2) units.

AUTHORITY: section 161.092, RSMo 1986.* Original rule filed Nov. 5, 1969, effective Nov. 15, 1969. *Original authority: 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973.