A student is eligible to participate in a High School Equivalency
Program if:
(1) the student has been ordered by a court under Texas
Family Code, §65.103, or by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department
to:
(A) participate in a preparatory class for the high
school equivalency examination; or
(B) take the high school equivalency examination administered
under the Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.111; or
(2) the following conditions are satisfied:
(A) the student is at least 16 years of age at the
beginning of the school year or semester;
(B) the student is at risk of dropping out of school,
as defined by the TEC, §29.081;
(C) the student and the student's parent, or person
standing in parental relation to the student, agree in writing to
the student's participation; and
(D) at least two school years have elapsed since the
student first enrolled in Grade 9 and the student has accumulated
less than one third of the credits required to graduate under the
minimum graduation requirements of the district or school.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §89.1403 adopted to be effective November 27, 2001, 26 TexReg 9620; amended to be effective May 2, 2004, 29 TexReg 3957; amended to be effective September 18, 2006, 31 TexReg 7988; amended to be effective April 28, 2010, 35 TexReg 3259; amended to be effective February 14, 2017, 42 TexReg 555 |
