§ 49-6-412. Interest or Career Inventories — Career Aptitude Assessment
An LEA shall make an interest inventory such as the Kuder assessment, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator(R) personality inventory, the ASVAB, the College Board Career Finder, or other interest or career inventory available to public middle schoolers or ninth graders to assist students in determining the students’ interests and in making career decisions. In order to help […]
§ 49-6-413. Voluntary Participation in Community Service
A student attending a public high school is encouraged to participate voluntarily in at least ten (10) hours of community service each semester that the student is in attendance. The community service shall comply with the rules promulgated by the state board of education under subsection (c). The public high school from which a student […]
§ 49-6-414. Early Postsecondary Credit Courses — Notification of Early College and Career Experiences
Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, every LEA shall make available to students enrolled in its high schools opportunities to take at least four (4) early postsecondary opportunities, as defined by the department of education. These opportunities may be provided through traditional classroom instruction, online or virtual instruction, blended learning, or other educationally appropriate methods. […]
§ 49-6-405. Promotion and Graduation
Upon the completion of a junior high school course of study, pupils shall be given certificates of promotion to the next grade of the school system. On completion of a course of study in a senior high school, as provided in this part, pupils shall be given diplomas of high school graduation. If a high […]
§ 49-6-401. “Junior High Schools” and “Senior High Schools” Defined
“Junior high schools” are schools in which are taught any combination of grades corresponding to grade seven through grade ten (7-10); however, the school must include grade nine (9). “Senior high schools” are schools in which are taught any combination of grades corresponding to grade nine through grade twelve (9-12); however, the school must include […]
§ 49-6-402. Schools Authorized
Local boards of education are authorized and empowered to establish and maintain junior and senior high schools when, in the judgment of the boards, the system of public schools over which they exercise lawful control will, by the employment of this type of school organization, better serve the educational needs of the pupils enrolled in […]
§ 49-6-403. Attendance
There shall be maintained in each county of the state one (1) senior high school, which shall give at least one (1) full course of study approved by the state board of education. Local boards of education may establish additional high schools. No junior high school shall be established and maintained with fewer than one […]
§ 49-6-404. Teacher Qualifications
All teachers of any type of high school provided in this part shall be qualified by education or otherwise for giving instruction in the subjects of the course of study, and no person shall be employed to teach any subject or subjects in the schools who does not hold a license issued by the commissioner […]