They are definitely missusing the IAS. On another document from the district, there is a direct contradiction... says >10 points for subject acceleration, where the other one says <10 points. I'm pretty sure that in writing the district document, someone figured the <10 points had to be a mistake, since it doesn't make sense to use it the way they are using it:
they list the IAS as a "criteria", requiring <10 points..... well, that would be every kid who requested subject acceleration.... correct?
They must have decided to just change it to >10 points (instead of consulting the IAS)... which also makes no sense, since that is the criteria for whole level advancement.
I've emailed the director, just to let her know of the mistake, because such an error on a legal document disturbs me. Since the document contradicts itself, there is no current official policy, so I feel I just took 2 steps back.
