Each school district shall provide advanced placement courses in all secondary schools of the district which enroll an adequate number of academically talented students to support the course. By August 15, 1984, the State Board of Education by regulation shall specify what constitutes an advanced placement course and an adequate number of students for these programs. Students successfully completing the advanced placement requirements shall receive advanced placement credit in post-secondary public colleges in South Carolina in the manner specified by the Commission on Higher Education in conjunction with the State Board of Education.