Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 200 - Board of Education
Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education
Subchapter 10 - Academic Standards, Programs and Operations
Part 4 - Regulations Governing the Rhode Island High School Equivalency Program (200-RICR-20-10-4)
Section 200-RICR-20-10-4.4 - Eligibility for testing
Universal Citation: 200 RI Code of Rules 20 10 4.4
Current through September 18, 2024
A. To be eligible for high school equivalency testing a person must be a Rhode Island resident or a member of the Armed forces stationed in Rhode Island when application is made, and one of the following conditions must be met:
1. Candidate is at least eighteen years of
age and not enrolled in secondary school; or
2. Candidate is sixteen or seventeen years of
age and has an approved Alternative Learning Plan on file pursuant to R.I. Gen.
Laws §
16-19-1 and
which provides that the student is pursuing a high school equivalency diploma;
or
3. Candidate is sixteen or
seventeen years of age and has been home schooled. A home schooled candidate
aged 16 or 17 must provide:
a. A letter from
the parent or guardian that the home schooling has been discontinued;
and,
b. A signed Alternative
Learning Plan from the student's resident district superintendent stating that
the student has permission to attend the adult education program to pursue
their high school equivalency diploma.
4. Candidate is sixteen or seventeen years of
age and is detained in a juvenile facility or is incarcerated.
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