Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 89 - ADAPTATIONS FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES › Division 2 - CLARIFICATION OF PROVISIONS IN FEDERAL REGULATIONS › Section 89.1070 - Graduation Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Graduation
					 with a regular high school diploma under subsections (b)(1), (b)(3)(D), (f)(1),
					 (f)(2), (f)(3), or (f)(4)(D) of this section terminates a student's eligibility
					 for special education services under this subchapter and Part B of the
					 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and entitlement to the benefits of
					 the Foundation School Program, as provided in Texas Education Code (TEC),
					 §48.003(a).
(b) A student
					 entering Grade 9 in the 2014-2015 school year and thereafter who receives
					 special education services may graduate and be awarded a regular high school
					 diploma if the student meets one of the following conditions.
(1) The student has demonstrated mastery of
					 the required state standards (or district standards if greater) in Chapters
					 110-117, 126-128, and 130 of this title and satisfactorily completed credit
					 requirements for graduation under the Foundation High School Program specified
					 in §74.12 of this title (relating to Foundation High School Program)
					 applicable to students in general education as well as satisfactory performance
					 as established in the TEC, Chapter 39, on the required end-of-course assessment
					 instruments.
(2) The student has
					 demonstrated mastery of the required state standards (or district standards if
					 greater) in Chapters 110-117, 126-128, and 130 of this title and satisfactorily
					 completed credit requirements for graduation under the Foundation High School
					 Program specified in §74.12 of this title applicable to students in
					 general education but the student's ARD committee has determined that
					 satisfactory performance on the required end-of-course assessment instruments
					 is not necessary for graduation.
(3) The student has demonstrated mastery of
					 the required state standards (or district standards if greater) in Chapters
					 110-117, 126-128, and 130 of this title and satisfactorily completed credit
					 requirements for graduation under the Foundation High School Program specified
					 in §74.12 of this title through courses, one or more of which contain
					 modified curriculum that is aligned to the standards applicable to students in
					 general education, as well as satisfactory performance as established in the
					 TEC, Chapter 39, on the required end-of course assessment instruments, unless
					 the student's ARD committee has determined that satisfactory performance on the
					 required end-of-course assessment instruments is not necessary for graduation.
					 The student must also successfully complete the student's individualized
					 education program (IEP) and meet one of the following conditions.
(A) Consistent with the IEP, the student has
					 obtained full-time employment, based on the student's abilities and local
					 employment opportunities, in addition to mastering sufficient self-help skills
					 to enable the student to maintain the employment without direct and ongoing
					 educational support of the local school district.
(B) Consistent with the IEP, the student has
					 demonstrated mastery of specific employability skills and self-help skills that
					 do not require direct ongoing educational support of the local school
					 district.
(C) The student has
					 access to services that are not within the legal responsibility of public
					 education or employment or educational options for which the student has been
					 prepared by the academic program.
(D) The student no longer meets age
					 eligibility requirements.