Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A.
School districts and charter schools in this state may choose to offer a Grand
Canyon Diploma beginning in the 2012 - 2013 school year. A high school student
who is enrolled in a school district or charter school that offers a Grand
Canyon Diploma may choose to pursue a Grand Canyon Diploma.
B. A student may be awarded a Grand Canyon
Diploma at the end of grade 10 or during or at the end of grade 11 or 12
provided that the student has passed both the mathematics and English
assessments for the applicable approved board examination system, and the
student has successfully completed the following subject area requirements
within board examination system curriculum:
1.
Two credits of English;
2. Two
credits of mathematics;
3. Two
credits of science, including lab-based science, engineering or information
technologies;
4. One credit of
American History;
5. One credit of
World History;
6. One credit of
fine arts or career and technical education and vocational education;
and
7. One-half credit of
economics.
C. A student
that satisfies all the criteria for issuance of a Grand Canyon Diploma is
exempt from the minimum course of study requirements delineated in
R7-2-302.02.
D. Students who earn a
Grand Canyon Diploma shall have multiple pathways available to them and may:
1. Enroll the following semester in a
community college under the jurisdiction of a community college in this state.
Students who take community college courses on high school campuses pursuant to
this subsection shall be eligible to participate in extracurricular activities,
including interscholastic sports, through the end of grade 12.
2. Remain in high school and enroll in
additional advanced preparation board examination programs that are designed to
prepare students for admission to high quality postsecondary institutions that
offer baccalaureate degree programs. These board examination programs shall be
selected from a list provided by an interstate compact for board examination
systems and approved by the State Board of Education. Students who elect to
remain in high school pursuant to this subsection shall be eligible to
participate in extracurricular activities, including interscholastic sports,
through the end of grade 12.
3.
Enroll in a full-time career and technical education program offered on a
community college campus, a high school campus or a joint technical education
district campus, or any combination of these campuses. Students who elect to
remain in high school pursuant to this subsection shall be eligible to
participate in extracurricular activities, including interscholastic sports,
through the end of grade 12.
4.
Return to a traditional academic program without completing the next level of
board examination systems curriculum through the end of grade 12. Students who
elect to remain in high school pursuant to this subsection shall be eligible to
participate in extracurricular activities, including interscholastic sports,
through the end of grade 12.
E. Students who pursue but do not earn a
Grand Canyon Diploma at the end of grade 10 or 11 shall receive a customized
program of assistance during the next school year that addresses the areas in
which the student demonstrated deficiencies in the approved board examinations.
These students may retake the board examinations at the next available
examination administration. Students may choose to return to a traditional
academic program without completing the board examination system
curriculum.
F. A student who
remains in a board examination system curriculum through grade 12 and does not
pass the board examination may graduate with a standard diploma provided that
the student meets the following requirements:
1. The student has passed the Arizona
Instrument to Measure Standards assessments in mathematics and English or
received a sufficient score as determined by the State Board of Education on
the ACT, SAT, or an approved board examination in mathematics and
English.
2. The student has earned
at least 22 credits and has passed a State Board of Education approved sequence
of courses within the board examination system curriculum. For the purpose of
this requirement the private organization and the Department of Education shall
recommend for State Board of Education approval a sequence of courses for each
approved board examination system. The sequence of courses for each board
examination system shall ensure that students receive instruction in all State
Board of Education approved academic standards encompassed in R7-2-302.02(1)(a)
through (e).
G. A
student who is enrolled in a school district or charter school that does not
offer a board examination system curriculum may earn a Grand Canyon Diploma by:
1. Obtaining a passing score on the
assessments of an approved board examination system in each of the subject
areas delineated in
R7-2-315.01(B)(1) through
(6), and
2. Completing a high school course in
economics.
