TRAN - Transferred to regular education How are students who receive GEDs reported? In States where students may receive a GED without dropping out of school, these students may be reported as having received a certificate. These are students who were jointly enrolled in secondary education and a GED program. In all other cases, GED recipients should be reported as dropped out. How is a student’s age reported in this file? Report students by their age, in years, on the date of the most recent child count prior to the students exiting special education, not the age at the time of exit. How are student counts reported by Disability Category (IDEA) Exiting? Report students by one of the disability categories under IDEA that are listed in section 4.5 of the EDFacts Workbook. The disability category “developmental delay” cannot be used. How are student counts reported by racial ethnic? SEAs must submit racial and ethnic data using 7 permitted values, which are: AM7 – American Indian or Alaska Native AS7 – Asian BL7 – Black or African American HI7 – Hispanic/Latino PI7 – Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander WH7 – White MU7 – Two or more races How are student counts reported by LEP status? Students who meet the definition of limited English proficient (LEP) students in section 4.3 of the EDFacts Workbook as of the date of exit should be reported as LEP. Students who do not meet that definition as of the date of exit should be reported as non-LEP. Privacy Protections Used Beginning in August 2012, the US Department of Education established a Disclosure Review Board (DRB) to review proposed data releases by the Department’s principal offices (e.g., OSEP) through a collaborative technical assistance process
Republic of Palau 21 yes It's stated in the Palau Public High School Handbook (pg. 16) Republic of the Marshall Islands 21 yes Rhode Island 21 Students can continue to receive special education services up until the students 21st birth date. yes 3001.101 (a) General. A free appropriate public education must be available to all eligible children residing in the LEA, between the ages of 3 and 21, inclusive (until the child's twenty-first birthday or under child receives a regular high school diploma South Carolina 21 Maximum age is determined by whether or not the child turns 21 on or before September 1st of each school year. yes State Board Regulation No.: 43-259 South Dakota 21 no Tennessee 22 There will be some students who are 21 years of age on the state's Child Count date (December 1) who will be reported in the age 21 report category. yes State Board of Education High School Policy: State Board of Education High School Policy (Class of 2013): Texas 21 Can extend beyond 21 if student begins school year at age 21 and subsequently turns 22 before end of school year. yes TAC 89.1070 Utah 22 yes R277-705-4 Diplomas and Certificates of Completion & Students with Disabilities
State Minimum age comment Moved, Known to be Continuing LEA Comments Alabama Alabama does not have an age limit for students that may receive a diploma. However, the answer limits our ability to provide complete information. While Alabama does not provide for a minimum age for graduation by law, the ability to acquire all needed credits, would nearly be impossible to be accomplished prior to a student’s 10th grade year (age 16 or greater). Therefore, Alabama does not collect data for ages 14 and 15 for “Graduated with Regular High School Diploma” basis of exit”. Student exiting data, including those who move out of state or to another district, are tracked through the student electronic data management system. A student has only one record within the electronic system and all transfers are electronically monitored; therefore, student exiting data are tracked at the state and district level, but no duplicate reporting occurs. Alaska American Samoa Age 17 American Samoa is a Unitary System we only report on SEA Arizona Arizona has no minimum age requirement for graduation. Arkansas Bureau of Indian Affairs California Colorado Connecticut Delaware 16 District of Columbia Federated States of Micronesia Florida Georgia Guam Guam Education Board Policy #351.4 (11/27/00) states that graduates must have a minimum of 24 credits for a high school diploma from a Guam public high school. Guam DOE is a unitary school system. It is both an SEA and LEA. Hawaii Idaho Illinois