GED PROGRAM
This school district shall provide a program of GED preparatory instruction as part of the Alternative School Program. The GED program shall be administered in accord with Senate Bill 2855 (1997) and with State Board Policy IDDI-2 -- Alternative Programs.
As mandated by Senate Bill 2855 the following shall apply:
1. Students enrolled in an approved GED Program shall not be classified as dropouts and the school district shall continue to receive Minimum Program funding for the students while they are enrolled in the GED Program.
2. Students placed in the GED Program shall not be eligible to participate in regular academic courses or other programmatic activities within the school district, including athletics, choir, band, or any other extracurricular activities; except that a GED student may participate in existing job and skill development programs or in programs developed in conjunction with the GED Program and the Vocational Education Director.
3. The school district is authorized to contract with a Community College for the purpose of preparing students for the GED testing process.
4. Should this district contract with a Community College to provide a GED Program, students placed in the program will be reported on the school district’s monthly attendance report and counted in the average daily attendance for funding purposes.
The GED Program shall meet the Minimum Guidelines for Implementing a GED Program in Mississippi School Districts@ specified in State Board Policy IDDI-2.
LEGAL REF.: MS CODE § 37-13-92 and § 37-35-1 through 11
CROSS REF.: Policies IB C Instructional Goals
JCD C Alternative School Program