Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Chapter 81 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM
Section 92-81-005 - Issuance of the Diploma
Universal Citation: 92 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 81 ยง 005
Current through March 20, 2024
005.01 The Commissioner of Education shall issue a High School Equivalency Diploma based upon the following requirements:
005.01A
Minimum test scores: The minimum individual and battery passing scores are as
determined by the GED® Testing Service and in effect at the time of taking
the test. The individual and battery passing scores for the GED® tests can
be viewed at Nebraska Department of Education's webpage:
http://www.education.ne.gov/ADED/index.html
and are also available from the Department.. Test scores are accepted as
official only when reported directly by Official GED® Centers, the Defense
Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES), directors of Veterans
Administration hospitals, or the GED® Testing Service.
005.01A1 Persons that took the GED
examination prior to the effective date of this Chapter but on or after January
1, 2014, who did not meet the minimum scores in effect under this Chapter at
that time, but whose scores do meet the minimum scores described in Section
005.01A, will be deemed to have met the minimum score requirements under this
Chapter for purposes of issuance of the High School Equivalency
Diploma.
005.01B Age and
Class membership:
(1) The diploma candidate
has attained his or her eighteenth birthday and is unable to secure a diploma
from the high school he or she last attended; or
(2) the class of which he/she was a member at
the time of withdrawal from school has been graduated for one year.
005.01C Residence: The diploma
recipient has been a resident of Nebraska for at least 30 days immediately
preceding application, or the final period of high school attendance during
which credit was earned toward graduation was in a Nebraska high school.
005.
01DFees:
005.01D1 The diploma candidate has paid a fee
of $ 5.00.
005.01D2 A duplicate of
the diploma maybe acquired by the remittance of the fee of $ 2.00.
005.01D3 An official transcript of scores may
be acquired by the remittance of a fee of $ 2.00.
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