Indiana Administrative Code › Title 511 - INDIANA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Article 6 - DRIVER EDUCATION; GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS; NONSTANDARD PROGRAMS; HIGH ABILITY STUDENTS; POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT › Rule 7.1 - Graduation Requirements for Students Who Begin High School in the 2006-2007 School Year or a Subsequent Year › Section 7.1-5 - Core 40 diploma

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  20-19-2-8;
				  IC 20-30-5; IC
				  20-30-10-2
Affected: IC
				  20-30-4-2;
				  IC
				  20-30-5-7
Sec. 5.
(a) To be
				eligible for a Core 40 diploma, a student who enters high school in the
				2006-2007 school year or a subsequent school year must complete a minimum of
				forty (40) high school credits. Thirty-four (34) of the credits shall be earned
				in the areas of study specified in subsection (b), and six (6) of the credits
				shall be earned from courses in these and other approved areas of
				study.
(b) The thirty-four (34)
				required credits consist of the following:
(1) Language arts
8 credits
(2) Social studies
6 credits
(3) Mathematics
6 credits
(4) Science
6 credits
(5) Health and wellness
1 credit
(6) Physical education I and II, adapted as necessary
2 credits
(7) Directed elective credits
5 credits
(c)
				Courses that may be counted toward the required credits prescribed in
				subsection (b) are subject to the following provisions:
(1) Only courses that officially have been
				designated as Core 40 courses may be counted.
(2) Language arts credits must include a
				balance of the following:
(A)
				Literature.
(B)
				Composition.
(C) Speech.
(3) Social studies credits must
				include the following:
(A) Two (2) credits in
				United States history.
(B) One (1)
				credit in United States government.
(C) One (1) credit in economics.
(D) Two (2) credits in world history and
				civilization or two (2) credits in geography and history of the
				world.
(4) The
				mathematics requirement is subject to the following:
(A) Mathematics credits must include one (1)
				of the following course sequences:
(i) Algebra
				I, geometry, and algebra II.
(ii)
				Integrated mathematics I, integrated mathematics II, and integrated mathematics
				III.
(B) The student is
				recommended to earn two (2) mathematics credits during the student's last year
				in high school. A student who takes mathematics in the senior year is better
				prepared for mathematics placement exams upon entering a postsecondary
				education program, an apprenticeship program, or the military. A student who
				takes mathematics in the senior year is:
(i)
				less likely to require remedial mathematics courses following high school; and
(ii) more likely to complete a
				postsecondary program.
(C) A student who enters high school prior to
				the 2012-2013 school year must earn either:
(i) two (2) mathematics credits; or
(ii) two (2) credits in physics;
				during the student's last two (2) years in high school.
(D) A student who enters high school in the
				2012-2013 school year or a subsequent school year must earn six (6) mathematics
				credits after entering high school. Mathematics credits earned prior to
				entering grade nine (9) may meet specific course requirements and may count
				towards the credit requirements for a diploma, but six (6) mathematics credits
				must be earned while in high school.
(E) A student who enters high school in the
				2012-2013 school year or a subsequent school year must be enrolled in a
				mathematics or quantitative reasoning course each year the student is enrolled
				in high school.
(5)
				Science credits must include the following:
(A) Two (2) credits in biology.
(B) Two (2) credits in chemistry, physics, or
				integrated chemistry-physics.
(C)
				Two (2) additional credits in Core 40 science courses.
(6) Directed elective credits must include
				five (5) credits in any combination from the following:
(A) World languages.
(B) Fine arts.
(C) Career-technical.