California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 1 - California Department of Education › Chapter 2 - Pupils › Subchapter 7 - Graduation of Pupils from Grade 12 and Credit Toward Graduation › Article 2 - Credit Toward High School Graduation › Section 1634 - Credit to Present or Past Members of the Armed Services

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The governing board maintaining a four-year high school
						or a senior high school may award a diploma of graduation from Grade 12 to a
						person described in Education Code Section
						51440 who
						meets the graduation requirements adopted by the governing board pursuant to
						Education Code Section
						51225, or
						their equivalent. The governing board shall keep a permanent record of the
						credit allowed pursuant to this section. Credit toward graduation may be
						allowed to such a person in accordance with the following table:
Work Successfully
								Completed
Maximum Semester Periods of Credit
								Allowable
(a)
Basic or recruit training program with
								the Armed Forces of the United
								States..........................
..........................30
(b)
Specialist or technical training
								program in the United States military services evidenced by certification of
								the U.S. Armed Forces Institute, provided the training is in subjects that
								parallel courses usually taught in high
								school..........................
..........................20 for each
								course
(c)
A training course, as a member of the
								Armed Forces, in a vocation that is found in civilian
								life..........................
..........................20 for each
								course
(d)
General Educational Development Tests
								(high school level) prepared by the American Council on Education with
								both:..........................
..........................No limit
(1)
A standard score of 40, or above, on
								each of the tests in the battery.
(2)
An average standard score of 45, or
								above.
(e)
Work experience in the Armed Forces
								that parallels a course or courses (usually taught in high schools, evidenced
								by a statement upon the serviceman's
								record..........................
..........................20
(f)
Classes completed in either:
(1)
A public high school in the United
								States..........................
..........................5 for each
								semester course completed
(2)
A private high school of equivalent
								status in the United States.
(g)
Classes in subjects included in the
								high school course of study completed in a junior college or college in the
								United States accredited by a regional accrediting association.
3 1/3
								for each one credit
hour allowed by the junior
								college or college in which the class was taken.
1.
						Amendment of section and repealer of NOTE filed 9-23-77; effective thirtieth
						day thereafter (Register 77, No. 39).
2. Amendment of subsection
						(d)(1) filed 7-28-86; effective upon filing (Register 86, No.
						31).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  51440,
						  Education Code. Reference: Sections
						  51420 and
						  51440,
						  Education Code.