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§ 37-16-15. High school diploma granted to persons who withdrew from school before graduation; completion of requisite graduation course work requirements and passing score on assessment reasonably comparable to assessments in existence at the time student would have graduated required

MS Code § 37-16-15 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) Any person who has withdrawn from high school before graduation may be granted a diploma from the Mississippi public high school that the person last attended if the person has:

(a) Completed all requisite graduation course work requirements and has achieved a passing score on an assessment reasonably comparable to the respective assessments that would qualify the person for high school graduation as such assessments existed at the time that the student would have graduated; and

(b) Made a request to the public high school district that the person last attended in Mississippi that includes relevant transcripts of course work completed.

(2) The State Department of Education is authorized to determine and/or develop any reasonably comparable assessment to be administered to persons seeking to obtain a diploma from the last Mississippi public high school of attendance under the authority granted under subsection (1) of this section.

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§ 37-16-15. High school diploma granted to persons who withdrew from school before graduation; completion of requisite graduation course work requirements and passing score on assessment reasonably comparable to assessments in existence at the time student would have graduated required