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EVENT CALENDAR

Seven Semester Waivers

511 IAC 6-7-4 -Authority: IC 20-1-1-6 Affected: IC 20-10.1

  1. To be graduated from a high school, a pupil shall attend at least seven (7) semesters in grades 9 through 12.
  2. A school corporation may, under procedures adopted by the governing body, waive the seven (7) semester requirement if:
    1. failure to waive the requirement would effectively prevent the student from graduating from high school; or
    2. the student likely would have qualified for a gifted and talented education program waiver had it been available, and:
      1. the waiver is for the purpose of enrolling in an accredited postsecondary educational institution, and the student has been accepted for enrollment; or
      2. the waiver is for the purpose of furthering the student's education through military enlistment and the student has an enlistment contract that contains an educational component.
  3. A decision of a high school to deny a request for waiver may be appealed to the superintendent, and a decision of a superintendent to deny a request for a waiver may be appealed to the governing body of the school corporation.
  4. Local decisions on requests for waivers shall be documented.

(Indiana State Board of Education; Rule G-1, Sec 2; filed May 8, 1978, 3:21 p.m.: Rules and Regs. 1979, p. 120; filed Jun 29, 1981, 4:30 p.m.: 4 IR 1493; filed Aug 26, 1983, 3:04 p.m.: 6 IR 1921; filed Mar 24, 1987, 3:00 p.m.: 10 IR 1696; filed Oct 6, 1997, 5:20 p.m.: 21 IR 386) NOTE: Transferred from the commission on general education (510 IAC 9-2-2) to the Indiana state board of education (511 IAC 6-7-4) by P.L.20-1984, SECTION 206, effective July 1, 1984.