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High School: Exemption Policy

Exemption Policy

October 29, 2007

 

Stockdale High School
Exemption Policy
2006-2007
Board Policy EIAA(LOCAL)

MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAMS

Each instructional department (defined same subject) shall determine whether required to give midterm and final required, the department shall decide exemptions from those exams.

EXEMPTIONS

If a department decides to allow exemptions from required mid-term or final exams, any student in grades 9-12 shall be exempt from the midterm and final exams in a course for which the student meets the following conditions, subject to the limits established in this policy:

 

  1. No more than three absences (excused or unexcused) from the class.
  2. A cumulative grade average of 85 or higher for all applicable grading periods of the course.
  3. No unexcused tardies to the class.
  4. No discipline referrals to the office from the class.

A total of three discipline referrals to the office shall make the student ineligible for an exam exemption in any course.

LIMITS

A student meeting these criteria in grade 9 shall be granted no more than one exemption per semester from a midterm exam and no more than one exemption per semester from a final exam.

A student meeting these criteria in grade 10 shall be granted no more than two exemptions per semester from midterm exams and no more than two exemptions per semester from final exams.

There shall be no limit on the number of exams from which a student meeting these criteria in grade 11 or in grade 12 may earn exemption.

EXCEPTIONS

Absences for religious holy days or for documented health care appointments for which a student has made up the required work shall not be counted as absences for the purpose of determining exemptions under this policy.

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