Policy 2418 - Waiver of High School Graduation Credits

The board seeks to provide all students with the opportunity to complete graduation requirements without discrimination and without disparate impact on groups of students. In doing so, the board acknowledges that circumstances may arise that prevent a student from earning all twenty-four credits required for high school graduation. Such circumstances may include, but are not limited to, the following:  

• Homelessness;
• A health condition resulting in an inability to attend class;
• Limited English proficiency;
• Disability, regardless of whether the student has an individualized education program or plan, under Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973;
• Denial of an opportunity to retake classes or enroll in remedial classes free of charge during the first four years of high school;
• Transfer during the last two years of high school from a school with different graduation requirements;
• In or have been released from an institutional education facility; and
• Other circumstances (e.g., emergency, natural disaster, trauma, personal or family crisis) that compromised a student’s ability to learn.  

The board delegates to the superintendent or designee discretion to grant a waiver of a maximum of two elective credits required for graduation. A student’s parent/guardian or an adult student will follow the accompanying Procedure 2418. In order to graduate, students granted a waiver must earn seventeen required subject credits (four English, three Math, three Science, three Social Studies, two Health and Fitness, one Arts, and one Career and Technical Education).  

All building principals shall provide the Superintendent or their designee with a report of all waivers granted during any school year. This report must detail which courses were waived.  This report shall be submitted two weeks after the end of each school year. 

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