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Section: 2000 - Instruction

Title: Waiver of High School Graduation Credits

Number: 2418

Green - Revision of the current policy - Consideration for revision 10/24

The board seeks to provide all students with the opportunity to complete graduation requirements without discrimination and without disparate
impact on groups of students. In so doing, the board acknowledges that circumstances may arise that prevent a student from earning all
twenty-six credits required for high school graduation. Such circumstances may include, but are not limited to, the following:

e Homelessness;
A health condition resulting in an inability to attend class;
Limited English proficiency;
Disability, regardless of whether the student has an individualized education program or a plan under Section 504 of the federal
Rehabilitation Act of 1973;
Denial of an opportunity to retake classes or enroll in remedial classes free of charge during the first four years of high school;
Transfer during the last two years of high school from a school with different graduation requirements;
In or have been released from an institutional education facility; and
Other circumstances (e.g., emergency, natural disaster, trauma, personal or family crisis) that directly compromised a student's ability
to learn.
The board delegates to the superintendent or his/her designee discretion to grant a waiver of a maximum of four elective credits required for
graduation.

The first two out of four elective credits can be considered for waiving no earlier than October 1st of a student’s senior year for those seniors
who have special circumstances, are enrolled in a full-time schedule, and are lacking up to two elective credits, including World Language
and/or Art. These first two elective credits can be considered with parent/guardian permission via a district-defined process.

The second two elective credits must be initialed by a student's parent/guardian or an adult student by consulting with the student's school
counselor or by filing dernts-parent/ecardiar A AEA te the district's Application for Waiver of High School Graduation
Credits (Form 2418F) with the superintendent's office no later than thirty days prior to the student’s scheduled graduation date. Every attempt
has to be made to earn the required elective credits to meet the 24-credit minimum state graduation requirement through a student’s senior
year and as such the 3rd and 4th elective waivers cannot be considered until at most sixty days prior to the student’s scheduled graduation
date. In order to graduate, students granted a waiver must earn seventeen required subject credits (four English, three Math, three Science,
three Social Studies, two Health and Fitness, one Arts, one Career and Technical Education) which may be by satisfactory demonstration of
competence as provided by WAC 180-51-050.

Legal References

RCW 28A.230.090 High school graduation requirements or equivalencies—High school and beyond plans—Career and college

ready graduation requirements and waivers—Reevaluation of graduation requirements—Language requirements—Credit for courses
taken before attending high school—Postsecondary credit equivalencies

RCW 28A.345.080 Model policy and procedure for granting waivers of credit for high school

graduation.

WAC 180-51-068 State subject and credit requirements for high school graduation—Students entering the ninth grade on or after July 1,
2015.

WAC 180-51-050 High school credit—Definition.

Cross References
2410 - High School Graduation Requirements

Management Resources
2015 - April Policy Issue

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