(1) Each district school board shall establish standards for graduation from its schools which shall include as a minimum: (a) Mastery of minimum academic skills as measured by assessments developed and administered by the State Board of Education. (b) Completion of a minimum number of academic credits, and all other applicable requirements prescribed by the district school board. (c) By school, information on high school graduation rates. High schools with graduation rates lower than eighty percent (80%) must submit a detailed plan to the Mississippi Department of Education to restructure the high school experience to improve graduation rates. (2) A student who meets all requirements prescribed in subsection (1) of this section shall be awarded a standard diploma in a form prescribed by the State Board of Education. (3) The State Board of Education may establish student proficiency standards for promotion to grade levels leading to graduation. (4) The State Board of Education shall develop a curriculum related to the study of sign language. Any such class developed by the board may count as an academic credit for foreign languages for the purposes of high school graduation requirements. Laws, 1982, Ex Sess, Ch. 17, § 30(4, 6); Laws, 1987, ch. 446, § 2; Laws, 1999, ch. 421, § 2, eff. 6/1/1999 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965). Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 325, SB 2339,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024. Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 494, SB 2658, 2, eff. 7/1/2013. (1) Each district school board shall establish standards for graduation from its schools which shall include as a minimum: (a) Mastery of minimum academic skills as measured by assessments developed and administered by the State Board of Education. (b) Completion of a minimum number of academic credits, and all other applicable requirements prescribed by the district school board. (c) By school, information on high school graduation rates. High schools with graduation rates lower than eighty percent (80%) must submit a detailed plan to the Mississippi Department of Education to restructure the high school experience to improve graduation rates. (2) A student who meets all requirements prescribed in subsection (1) of this section shall be awarded a standard diploma in a form prescribed by the State Board of Education. (3) The State Board of Education may establish student proficiency standards for promotion to grade levels leading to graduation. (4) The State Board of Education shall develop a curriculum related to the study of sign language. Any such class developed by the board may count as an academic credit for foreign languages for the purposes of high school graduation requirements. Laws, 1982, Ex Sess, Ch. 17, § 30(4, 6); Laws, 1987, ch. 446, § 2; Laws, 1999, ch. 421, § 2, eff. 6/1/1999 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965). Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 325, SB 2339,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024. Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 494, SB 2658, 2, eff. 7/1/2013. (1) Each district school board shall establish standards for graduation from its schools which shall include as a minimum: (a) Mastery of minimum academic skills as measured by assessments developed and administered by the State Board of Education. (b) Completion of a minimum number of academic credits, and all other applicable requirements prescribed by the district school board. (c) By school, information on high school graduation rates. High schools with graduation rates lower than eighty percent (80%) must submit a detailed plan to the Mississippi Department of Education to restructure the high school experience to improve graduation rates. (2) A student who meets all requirements prescribed in subsection (1) of this section shall be awarded a standard diploma in a form prescribed by the State Board of Education. (3) The State Board of Education may establish student proficiency standards for promotion to grade levels leading to graduation. (4) The State Board of Education shall develop a curriculum related to the study of sign language. Any such class developed by the board may count as an academic credit for foreign languages for the purposes of high school graduation requirements. Laws, 1982, Ex Sess, Ch. 17, § 30(4, 6); Laws, 1987, ch. 446, § 2; Laws, 1999, ch. 421, § 2, eff. 6/1/1999 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965). Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 325, SB 2339,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024. Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 494, SB 2658, 2, eff. 7/1/2013. (1) Each district school board shall establish standards for graduation from its schools which shall include as a minimum: (a) Mastery of minimum academic skills as measured by assessments developed and administered by the State Board of Education. (b) Completion of a minimum number of academic credits, and all other applicable requirements prescribed by the district school board. (c) By school, information on high school graduation rates. High schools with graduation rates lower than eighty percent (80%) must submit a detailed plan to the Mississippi Department of Education to restructure the high school experience to improve graduation rates. (a) Mastery of minimum academic skills as measured by assessments developed and administered by the State Board of Education. (b) Completion of a minimum number of academic credits, and all other applicable requirements prescribed by the district school board. (c) By school, information on high school graduation rates. High schools with graduation rates lower than eighty percent (80%) must submit a detailed plan to the Mississippi Department of Education to restructure the high school experience to improve graduation rates. (2) A student who meets all requirements prescribed in subsection (1) of this section shall be awarded a standard diploma in a form prescribed by the State Board of Education. (3) The State Board of Education may establish student proficiency standards for promotion to grade levels leading to graduation. (4) The State Board of Education shall develop a curriculum related to the study of sign language. Any such class developed by the board may count as an academic credit for foreign languages for the purposes of high school graduation requirements. Laws, 1982, Ex Sess, Ch. 17, § 30(4, 6); Laws, 1987, ch. 446, § 2; Laws, 1999, ch. 421, § 2, eff. 6/1/1999 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
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