Graduation Requirements

These requirements apply to graduates in the Class of 2023 and later.

Clark County Schools/George Rogers Clark High School/Phoenix Academy Minimum Graduation Requirements

(Beginning with students who enter grade nine (9) on or after the first day of the 2019-2020 academic year)

1. Complete one or more of the following graduation qualifiers:

Satisfy precollege curriculum as established by the Council on Postsecondary Education in 13 KAR 2:020.
Achieve benchmark score as established by the Council on Postsecondary Education in 13 KAR 2:020 in one (1) section of a college admissions or placement examination.
Complete three (3) postsecondary credit hours or more of a Kentucky Department of Education approved dual credit course with a grade of C or higher.
Complete one (1) Advanced Placement (AP) course and score a three (3) or higher on the corresponding assessment.
Obtain an industry certification as approved by the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board.
Complete four (4) credits from valid courses within a single Kentucky Department of Education approved career pathway.
Complete a Kentucky Department of Education approved process to verify 500 hours of exceptional work experience or alternative requirements as determined by a student’s Admissions and Release Committee (ARC) and specified in a student’s IEP.
Complete two (2) years in an approved Kentucky Department of Education or Kentucky Labor Cabinet pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeship program.

2. Earn a total of at least twenty-five (25) credits including:

English I, English II, English III, English IV
Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, 1 additional math credit
Earth Space Science, Biology, Chemistry and/or Physics
Integrated Social Studies, World History, US History
.5 credit of Health (LET 2.0 counts for this)
.5 credit of Physical Education (Together, LET 1.1 and LET 1.2 counts for this)
.5 credit Word Processing
1 credit Senior Seminar
1 credit of Visual & Performing Arts (Any Art or Music class, Floral Design, Smoke Signals)
Academic and career interest standards-based learning experiences – seven and one-half (7.5) credits including four (4) standards-based learning experiences based on the student’s individual learning plan.

3. Demonstrate performance-based competency in technology as approved by the Kentucky

Department of Education.

4. Pass a civics test as required by KRS 158.141.

GEORGE ROGERS CLARK