• Dual Enrollment Options: Option A and Accelerated Career Diploma (formerly Option B)

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    DE Option A vs Acceleration Career Diploma

     

    Dual Enrollment Option A Requirements

     1. An eligible high school student shall meet the following requirements, pursuant to O.C.G.A § 20-2-161.3, in order to be awarded a high school diploma:

    (i) Receives a score of admission acceptable on the readiness assessment required by the eligible postsecondary institution.

    (ii) Earns a secondary credit in State Board identified high school courses that culminate in a state administered end-of-course assessment in each of the following subject areas: English/language arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. Eligible high school students must participate in the appropriate end-of-course assessment. (I) However, State Board of Education Rule 160-3-1-.07 TESTING PROGRAMS – STUDENT ASSESSMENT (2)(j)1 establishes certain exemptions from end-of-course assessments.

    (iii) Earns one secondary credit in health and physical education.

    (iv) Completes approved postsecondary courses that satisfy high school graduation requirements.

    (v) Earns the requisite credits required by State Board of Education Rule 160-4-2- .48 High School Graduation Requirements for Students Enrolling in the Ninth Grade for the First Time in the 2008-09 School Year and Subsequent Years.

     

    Dual Enrollment Accelerated Career Diploma (formerly Option B) Requirements

     (g) Dual Enrollment Option B Requirements

    1. An eligible high school student shall meet the following requirements, pursuant to O.C.G.A § 20-2-149.2, in order to be awarded a high school diploma:

    (i) Receives a score of admission acceptable on the readiness assessment required by the eligible postsecondary institution.

    (ii) Earns two secondary credits in state required ninth and tenth grade level high school courses or their equivalent: two English courses, two mathematics courses, two science courses, and two social studies courses; and any state required tests associated with any such course.

    (I) Students pursuing a high school diploma according to the provisions of (2)(g) of this rule must successfully complete and pass the following courses and participate in the specified end-of-course assessments: Algebra I or Coordinate Algebra, and Biology. Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, students pursuing a high school diploma according to the provisions of (2)(g) of this rule must also successfully complete and pass American Literature and Composition and participate in the specified end-of-course assessment.

    (iii) Earns one secondary credit in health and physical education.

    (iv) Completes one of the following postsecondary requirements:

    (I) An associate degree program; or

    (II) A technical college diploma program and all postsecondary academic education and technical education and training prerequisites for any state, national, or industry occupational certifications or licenses required to work in the field; or

    (III) At least two technical college certificate of credit programs in one specific career pathway and all postsecondary academic education and technical education and training prerequisites for any state, national, or industry occupational certifications or licenses required to work in the field as determined by the Technical College System of Georgia.

    (v) A student who meets the requirements of sections (2)(g) 1. (i) through (iv) shall be deemed to have met all graduation requirements of the State Board of Education and shall not be subject to any courses or assessments otherwise required for purposes of graduation.

    (h) No local school system that receives funding under the Quality Basic Education Act shall exclude eligible high school students taking one or more dual credit courses pursuant to this Code section from eligibility determinations for valedictorian and salutatorian of a participating eligible high school; provided, however, that this shall 5 not apply to a student who moves into the local school system after tenth grade and has not taken any courses on site at the participating eligible high school.

    Authority: O.C.G.A. §§ 20-2-149.2 and 20-2-161.3

    Adopted: March 25, 2021 Effective: April 14, 2021 

    160-4-2-.34 DUAL ENROLLMENT