53E-3-1205. Graduation -- Waiver -- Exit exams -- Senior year transfers.
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Effective 5/7/2025
53E-3-1205. Graduation -- Waiver -- Exit exams -- Senior year transfers.
(1)To facilitate the on-time graduation from high school of a transferring student an LEA shall:
(i)waive specific courses required for graduation if similar coursework has been satisfactorily completed by the transferring student in a school in a sending state; or
(ii)if the LEA does not waive a specific course requirement under Subsection (1)(a) , provide an alternative means of acquiring the required coursework so that the transferring student may graduate on time; and
(b)accept:
(i)exit or end-of-course exams required for graduation from the transferring student's school in the sending state;
(ii)national norm-referenced achievement tests; or
(iii)subject to Subsection
(2), alternative testing, in lieu of testing requirements for graduation.
(2)If a transferring student is enrolling in a school in the LEA in the transferring student's senior year of high school and the LEA cannot accommodate the alternative testing described in Subsection (1)(b)(iii) , the LEA shall, if the transferring student otherwise meets the graduation requirements of the transferring student's school in the sending state, use the LEA's best efforts to request and receive a receipt of a high school graduation diploma for the transferring student from the transferring student's school in the sending state.
(3)If an LEA denies a waiver under Subsection (1)(a) the LEA shall provide a reasonable justification for the denial to the transferring student.
Enacted by Chapter 438 , 2025 General Session