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Senate panel seeks language to let adult-education students claim diplomas after program transition
Summary
Members of the Senate Education Committee discussed adding language to a miscellaneous education bill to allow students who completed the former high-school-completion program to receive diplomas after a delayed transition to a new adult diploma program.
The Senate Education Committee on April 8 discussed adding language to H.480 to ensure adult-education students who completed the prior high-school-completion program can receive their diplomas after a delayed program transition.
Committee members and counsel described a cohort of students caught in a transition between the state's sunset of the high-school-completion program and the later start of the Adult Diploma Program. Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Council, told the committee the provision had been placed in the House budget adjustment (BAA) and was supported by providers. She said the change would let students who met the old program's requirements access diplomas without being forced to meet additional conditions tied to the new program.
The committee heard that the transition created a gap: the…
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