151B.125 Equivalents to standard high school diploma -- Diploma through examination -- External diploma program. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 1 151B.125 Equivalents to standard high school diploma -- Diploma through examination -- External diploma program. (1) For purposes of any public employment, a high school equivalency diploma or a regular high school diploma obtained through participation in the external diploma
program shall be considered equal to a high school diploma issued under the
provisions of KRS 158.140.
(a) A high school equivalency diploma shall be issued without charge upon successfully passing the test given by the Kentucky Adult Education
Program's approved testing centers in conformance with requirements of the
General Educational Development Testing Service of the American Council
on Education. A fee may be assessed by the Kentucky Adult Education
Program for the issuance of a duplicate high school equivalency diploma and
for issuance of a duplicate score report. All fees collected for duplicate
diplomas and score reports shall be used to support the adult education
program. (b) As an alternative to receiving a high school equivalency diploma, persons who are twenty-five (25) years or older may obtain a high school diploma through
participation in the external diploma program. The diploma shall be issued
upon achieving one hundred percent (100%) mastery on the competencies
established by the American Council on Education. The Kentucky Adult
Education Program may enter into agreements with local school districts to
confer the high school diploma on successful participants in the external
diploma program. (2) The Kentucky Adult Education Program is authorized to contract annually with an institution of higher education or other appropriate agency or entity
for scoring the GED examination essay. Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 36, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 13, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 63, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 145, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 363, sec. 6, effective July 15,
1994; and ch. 469, sec. 23, effective July 15, 1994. -- Repealed, reenacted and
amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 470, sec. 23, effective July 1, 1990; amended 1990 Ky.
Acts ch. 476, sec. 167. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 361, sec. 12, effective July 15,
1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 311, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. -- Created
1972 Ky. Acts ch. 192, sec. 1. Formerly codified as KRS 156.485
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/94). This section was amended by 1994 Ky. Acts chs. 363 and 469. Where these Acts are not in conflict, they have been
codified together. Where a conflict exists, Acts ch. 469, which was last enacted by
the General Assembly, prevails under KRS 446.250. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/13/90). This section was amended by two 1990 Acts which are in conflict. Pursuant to KRS 446.250, the Act which was last
enacted by the General Assembly prevails.