(a) A student entering a High School Equivalency Program (HSEP) must take:
- (1) the Grade 9 assessment required by Texas Education Code, §39.025(a), prior to entering the program;
- (2) each grade level assessment instrument administered during the period in which the student is enrolled in the program; and
- (3) the assessment instruments required by this subsection before taking the high school equivalency examination.
- (b) A student entering an HSEP by order of the court pursuant to the Code of Criminal Proceedings, Article 45.054, or by order of the Texas Youth Commission (TYC), is exempt from the assessment requirements specified in subsection (a) of this section.
- (c) The school district or open-enrollment charter school operating an approved HSEP must present to the General Educational Development (GED) testing center, on a form provided by the agency, proof that a student has been administered the assessment instruments required by TEC, §39.025(a) and §39.023(a). GED testing centers will not allow an HSEP student to take the high school equivalency examination without proof from the approved HSEP that the student has been administered the required assessment instruments. A student who is enrolled in an HSEP as described in this section and withdraws from the HSEP before taking the assessment instruments required by this subsection cannot take the GED until after the individual's 18th birthday.
- (d) The school district or open-enrollment charter school operating an approved HSEP must inform each student who has completed the program of the time and place at which the student may take the high school equivalency examination as authorized by TEC, §7.111. A student must be over 17 years of age or meet other requirements specified in TEC, §7.111, to take the high school equivalency examination.
Source Note:The provisions of this §89.1409 adopted to be effective November 27, 2001, 26 TexReg 9620; amended to be effective May 2, 2004, 29 TexReg 3957; amended to be effective September 18, 2006, 31 TexReg 7988.