4 AAC 06.718 - College and career readiness assessment after student receives a certificate of achievement

(a) A district shall provide a secondary school diploma to a person who

(1) holds a certificate of achievement issued by the district on or after July 1, 2014 and before June 30, 2016;

(2) takes a college and career readiness assessment; and

(3) pays applicable fees charged by the district or the test vendor.

(b) A person may satisfy the requirement of (a)(2) of this section by taking a college and career readiness assessment

(1) offered through a school district, whether during or outside regular school hours; or

(2) offered outside the state's public school system.

(c) A district shall permit a person who has exited secondary school to take a college and career readiness assessment, when the assessment is administered by the district during school hours or outside school hours, if the person

(1) holds a certificate of achievement issued on or after July 1, 2014 and before June 30, 2016 by the district or provides evidence to the district that the person holds a certificate of achievement issued on or after July 1, 2014 and before June 30, 2016 by another school district in the state;

(2) meets all test registration requirements of the district and the test vendor; and

(3) pays applicable fees charged by the district or the test vendor.

(d) Only the district that issued the certificate of achievement may issue a secondary school diploma to the person under this section.

(e) To obtain a secondary school diploma under this section, a person must submit to the district that issued the person a certificate of achievement

(1) a written request for a secondary school diploma;

(2) a score report issued by the test vendor for a college and career readiness assessment taken by the person; and

(3) any fee that the district assesses for the issuance of a diploma under this section.

(f) A district may assess a fee for the issuance of a diploma only if the fee is required under a written district policy adopted by the governing body of the district.

(g) Not later than 90 days after receiving a request that complies with (e) of this section, a district shall issue a secondary diploma to a person who submits a request under (e) of this section.

(h) In this section,

(1) "certificate of achievement" means a certificate earned by a student on or after July 1, 2014 and before June 30, 2016 who met all local graduation requirements but did not take one of the college and career readiness assessments and is therefore ineligible for a diploma;

(2) "college and career readiness assessment"

(A) means the SAT or ACT within the meaning given in AS 14.03.075(e)(l) as that provision read before June 30, 2016;

(B) with respect to the WorkKeys assessment, within the meaning given in AS 14.03.075(e)(1) as that provision read before June 30, 2016, means the following sections of that assessment:

(i) applied mathematics;

(ii) reading for information; and

(iii) locating information;

(3) "takes a college and career readiness assessment" means receives a valid score on the assessment as reported by the vendor of the assessment.

Notes

4 AAC 06.718

Eff. 12/25/2015, Register 216, January 2016; am 6/1/2018,Register 226, July 2018

Authority:AS 14.03.060

AS 14.03.075

AS 14.07.020

AS 14.07.030

AS 14.07.060

AS 14.07.165