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:
MAXIMUM SEMESTER WORK SUCCESSFULLY PERIODS OF
COMPLETED 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 Ameri-
can 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.
Authority cited:
Education Code 51440
Reference:
Education Code 51420
Education Code 51440
(Amended by Register 86, No. 31.)