§ 1049 - Programs - Vermont Statutes

§ 1049. Programs

(a) The commissioner of education may provide programs designed to fit the individual needs and circumstances of adult students. Programs authorized under this section shall give priority to those adult persons with the lowest levels of literacy skills.

(b)(1) Fees for general educational development shall be $3.00 for a transcript.

(2) The adult diploma program (ADP) means an assessment process administered by the Vermont department of education through which an adult can receive a local high school diploma granted by one of the program's participating high schools.

(3) General educational development (GED) means a testing program administered jointly by the Vermont department of education, the GED testing service, and approved local testing centers through which an adult can receive a secondary school equivalency certificate based on successful completion of the tests of general educational development.

(c) Fees collected under this section shall be credited to a special fund established and managed pursuant to chapter 7, subchapter 5 of Title 32, and shall be available to the department to offset the costs of providing those services. (Added 1977, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.); 1997, No. 59, § 25, eff. June 30, 1997; 1999, No. 49, § 196.)