53A-11-1404. Graduation requirements -- Military children.
(1) (a) A district or charter school administrative official shall:
(i) waive specific courses required for a military child to graduate if the military child has
satisfactorily completed similar course work in another local education agency; or
(ii) provide reasonable justification for denial.
(b) If a waiver described in Subsection (1) is denied and a military child would have
qualified to graduate from the military child's previous local education agency, the district or
charter school shall provide alternative means of acquiring required coursework so that the
military child may graduate on time.
(2) Notwithstanding Section 53A-1-611 and except as provided in Subsection (3), a
district or charter school shall accept the following in place of testing requirements for
graduation of military children:
(a) exit or end-of-course exams required for graduation from a military child's previous
local education agency;
(b) national norm-referenced achievement tests; or
(c) alternative testing.
(3) If a military child transfers during the military child's junior or senior year and a
district or charter school cannot accommodate the provisions of Subsection (1) or (2), the district
or charter school and the military child's previous local education agency shall ensure the receipt
of a diploma from the previous local education agency, if the military child meets the graduation
requirements of the previous local education agency.
Enacted by Chapter 277, 2009 General Session
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