1. Additional Graduation Option for Students with Disabilities

12
th
Grade Options
 
The Department of Education has developed an assistance initiative, called
12
th
Grade
Options,
specifically to provide information to the 12th grade students who did not pass the
FCAT and who will receive a Certificate of Completion.
Students who fall into this category will receive a personal letter delivered to their home
address from Commissioner Horne.
  
The letter is scheduled to be mailed from the DOE
on May 9
th
.
The letter will direct students to the web site, which will be launched on May 9, 2003:
www.12thgradeoptions.org, a hotline for questions: 1-800-315-0833, and a designated e-
mail address for online questions and answers.
The letter will provide students a pin number that is assigned to them. Students may use
this number to access online FCAT remediation, a GED pretest and GED prep
instruction.
The website will direct students to the adult education providers in their area who can
assist them in accessing the educational program that best meets their needs.
The local adult education providers at the Community College and School Districts will
be sent the list of students in their area that will be receiving the Commissioner’s letter.
When the students present themselves at the local adult education program they will be
given preferential treatment.
The Office of Workforce Education will follow these students and work closely with
local adult education providers to ensure these students are provided every service
available to them.
 
 

 
 
Graduation Options
 
School districts have several options for assisting students who do not meet all graduation
requirements. These options include:
providing the student with remediation activities in summer school (e.g., accelerated credit or
competency-based instruction for students with credit deficiency, grade forgiveness for
students with a grade point average of less than 2.0, skills remediation for students who do
not earn passing scores on the FCAT),
providing the student with remediation activities as a 13th year student, and
 
allowing the student to participate in the district's
GED Exit Option Model
.
The GED Exit
Option Model is
an alternative route to graduation that is provided to students who are at risk
of not graduating with their peer group, who do not have the required credit hours or GPA, or
who have not passed the FCAT. The GED Exit Option Model requires that student are
enrolled in courses leading to a standard diploma and participate in a GED pre-test. If
students are enrolled in this program, take and pass the GED prior to the end of the school
year, they can graduate with a State of Florida Diploma and participate in all graduation
activities.
 
Additional Graduation Option for Students with Disabilities
Certain students with disabilities who did not pass the FCAT, but have met the other
requirements for graduation with a standard high school diploma (academic credits and GPA),
may still be eligible to receive a standard high school diploma, because of recent legislation
signed by Governor Jeb Bush (April 2003). This new law requires that the student’s individual
educational plan (IEP) team meets to make certain decisions. More detailed information about
this additional graduation option is available from your district’s director of exceptional student
education.
 
 
 
 

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