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authorizes SBE to establish state graduation requirements. SBE has set credit requirements, including credit requirements in English. In addition, SBE has established the non-credit requirement of a High School and Beyond Plan (, , , and ).

The English credit requirement through the graduating class of 2015 was 3 credits of English ().

The English credit requirement for the graduating class of 2016 and beyond is 4 credits of English (, , and ).

In November 2010, the State 91Ô­´´ of Education approved the 91Ô­´´ Career- and College-Ready Graduation Requirements. The Career- and College-Ready Graduation Requirements comprise a program of study that keeps all postsecondary choices open, with flexible options for students who have particular career or education goals. In November 2011, the State 91Ô­´´ of Education adopted into rule the graduation requirement changes that were determined to have no fiscal impact based on a November 2010 fiscal analysis performed by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. These changes included increasing English from 3 to 4 credits.

defines high school credit as:

• Successful completion of courses taught to the state’s learning standards, as defined by written district policy; or,
• Satisfactory demonstration of student proficiency/competency of the state’s learning standards, as defined by written district policy.

The state's learning standards for English are the , adopted in July 2011.

High school credit can be awarded for work that is at an academic level of ninth grade or higher.

Page last updated: December 2020