22 CREDIT DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION
The requirements for a student to earn a diploma shall be those in effect when the student enters the ninth grade for the first time. To graduate from high school, students shall meet the minimum requirements for the standard diploma as outlined below including 22 standard credits, 6 of which must be verified credits. A standard credit is earned when a student passes a course. Students in grades 7-12 receive credit toward graduation for high school courses taken in middle school. These courses count toward credits in the required sequences as well as toward the total number of credits required for graduation and calculation of the grade point average (GPA). Middle school parents may request that grades for any high school credit-bearing course taken in the middle school be omitted from the student’s high school transcript, and therefore the student will not earn high school credit for the course. In addition, the student will not be eligible for a verified credit in any course which is omitted from the transcript. The request to remove a course from the transcript must be made in writing to the middle or high school the student will attend prior to the beginning of the next school year. Standard Diploma: 22 Units of credit for Those Students Entering 9th for the first time in 2000-2001, 2001-2002, and 2002-2003 respectively (Graduation Classes of 2004, 2005, 2006)
Standard Diploma: 22 Units of Credit for those Students Entering 9th Grade for the first time in 2003-2004 or later (Graduation Classes of 2007 and Beyond)
8 VAC 20-131-50: A. The requirements for a student to earn a diploma from a Virginia High School shall be those in effect when that student enters the ninth grade. 1 Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall be at or above the level of Algebra and shall include at least two course selections from, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, or other mathematics courses above the level of algebra and geometry. 2 Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall include course selections from at least three different science disciplines: Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, or Physics. 3 Courses completed to satisfy this requirement are U.S. and Virginia History, U.S. and Virginia Government, and World History/Geography I and, World History/Geography II. AP World History satisfies the requirement for World History/Geography II. 4 Courses to satisfy this requirement shall include at least two sequential electives. ADVANCED STUDIES DIPLOMA 24 CREDIT DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION The requirements for a student to earn a diploma shall be those in effect when the student enters the ninth grade for the first time. To graduate from high school, students shall meet the minimum requirements for the advanced studies diploma as outlined below including 24 credits, 9 of which must be verified credits. A standard credit is earned when a student passes a course. Students in grades 7-12 receive credit toward graduation for high school courses taken in middle school. These courses count toward credits in the required sequences as well as toward the total number of credits required for graduation and calculation of the grade point average (GPA). Middle school parents may request that grades for any high school credit-bearing course taken in the middle school be omitted from the student’s high school transcript, and therefore the student will not earn high school credit for the course. In addition, the student will not be eligible for a verified credit in any course which is omitted from the transcript. The request to remove a course from the transcript must be made in writing to the middle or high school the student will attend prior to the beginning of the next school year. Advanced Studies Diploma: 24 Units of Credit for Those Students Entering 9th Grade for the first time in 2000-2001 or Later (Graduation of 2004 and Beyond)
8 VAC 20-131-50: A. The requirements for a student to earn a diploma from a Virginia High School shall be those in effect when that student enters the ninth grade. 1 Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall be at or above the level of algebra and shall include at least three different course selections from ,Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, or other mathematics courses above the level of Algebra II. 2 Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall include course selections from at least three different science disciplines: Earth Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, or Physics or completion of the sequence of science courses required for the International Baccalaureate Diploma. 3 Courses completed to satisfy this requirement are U.S. and Virginia History, U.S. and Virginia Government, and World History/Geography I and, World History/Geography II. AP World History satisfies the requirement for World History/Geography II. 4 Three years of one language or two years of two languages.
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