1. (a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school operating a High School Equivalency Program (HSEP) must comply with all assurances in the program application. Approved HSEPs will be required to submit annually at least two progress reports (midyear and final) on forms to be provided by the agency. The data in the progress reports must be disaggregated by ethnicity, age, gender, and socioeconomic status.
2. (b) Enrollment in an HSEP may not exceed by more than 5% the total number of students enrolled in a similar program operated by the district or charter school during the 2000-2001 school year.
3. (c) A student enrolled in an HSEP must be offered a seven-hour school day and a 180-day instructional year calendar.

Source Note:The provisions of this §89.1417 adopted to be effective November 27, 2001, 26 TexReg 9620.