SECTIONS 56390-56392 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 56390-56392

56390. Notwithstanding Section 51412 or any other provision of law,
a local educational agency may award an individual with exceptional
needs a certificate or document of educational achievement or
completion if the requirements of subdivision (a), (b), or (c) are
met.
(a) The individual has satisfactorily completed a prescribed
alternative course of study approved by the governing board of the
school district in which the individual attended school or the school
district with jurisdiction over the individual and identified in his
or her individualized education program.
(b) The individual has satisfactorily met his or her
individualized education program goals and objectives during high
school as determined by the individualized education program team.
(c) The individual has satisfactorily attended high school,
participated in the instruction as prescribed in his or her
individualized education program, and has met the objectives of the
statement of transition services.

56391. An individual with exceptional needs who meets the criteria
for a certificate or document described in Section 56390 shall be
eligible to participate in any graduation ceremony and any school
activity related to graduation in which a pupil of similar age
without disabilities would be eligible to participate. The right to
participate in graduation ceremonies does not equate a certificate or
document described in Section 56390 with a regular high school
diploma.

56392. It is not the intent of the Legislature by enacting this
chapter to eliminate the opportunity for an individual with
exceptional needs to earn a standard diploma issued by a local or
state educational agency when the pupil has completed the prescribed
course of study and has passed the proficiency requirements with or
without differential standards.