CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMAS
MISSION: To ensure that all students who have successfully completed requirements for elementary school promotion and high school graduation receive certificates and diplomas
Certificates and diplomas shall be provided by the DeKalb County Board of Education and shall be issued to students who meet the requirements for promotion or graduation.
Certificates of promotion shall be issued to members of the promotional classes who have completed the instructional program satisfactorily.
Diplomas shall be signed by the Chair of the Board, the Superintendent of Schools, and the principal of the high school. High school graduates shall receive diplomas and transcripts showing the courses completed and the grades earned.
Legal References
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0154 — Remedial education program (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0282 — Georgia Academic Placement and Promotion Policy (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0283 — Georgia Academic Placement and Promotion Policy-Criteria; specific requirements for students in grades three, five and eight; implementation (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0284 — Criteria for local boards of education; model placement and promotion policy (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-03-0496 — Definitions. Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen (REACH) Scholarship Program. (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-03-0497 — Establishment of REACH scholarship; student requirements. (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-14-0025 — Office of Student Achievement-Creation; director; authority; seal; administrative assignment (Lexis)
- Rule 160-7-1-.01 — Single Statewide Accountability System
- 20 USC 7116 — 21st Century Schools-Local educational agency applications