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Standard Certification of Completion

Standard Certification of Completion is awarded to students who meet all criteria established
by the School Board and State law, except for meeting satisfactory performance or earning a
Level 3 or higher on the required state assessments and/or the required minimum 2.0
cumulative GPA. [Florida Statute § 1003.4282(7)(c)]

Any student who is otherwise entitled to a Certificate of Completion may elect to remain in the
high school either as a full-time student or a part-time student for up to one additional year
and receive special instruction designed to remedy his/her identified deficiencies, in
accordance with Florida Statute § 1003.4282(7)(c).

A student who has received a Certificate of Completion who subsequently meets the
requirements for a Standard High School Diploma shall be awarded a Standard High School
Diploma dated the school year in which the requirements are completed.

Students who receive a Standard Certificate of Completion will have the following options:
1. take the Grade 10 FSA ELA/End-of-Course (EOC) Assessments;

2. take ACT or SAT and earn the scores concordant with the Grade 10 FSA/ELAand/or take the
Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (P.E.R.T) and earn the score comparative with the
Algebra 1 EOC;

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3. return to school for a 13 year to remediate the Grade 10 FSA ELA/EOC Assessment and/or
GPA;
4. stay in school and enroll in a Performance-Based Exit Option Model;

5. enroll in an Adult GED Program or credit program; or
6. take the Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (P.E.R.T.) and attend Palm Beach State
College while continuing to take the Grade 10 FSA ELA/EOC Assessment, if the only
graduation deficiency is Grade 10 FSA ELA/EOC Assessments.

RECOGNITION OF VALEDICTORIAN/SALUTATORIAN

To be eligible for valedictorian or salutatorian recognition, a student must have attended the
same SDPBC public school for three complete years, two of which must be the junior and
senior years. A student who is required to change schools due to a District initiated boundary
change will be eligible to share the recognition as valedictorian or salutatorian with a fully
eligible student, without meeting the three-year attendance requirement in the same school.
For example, if a student does not meet the three-year attendance requirement in the school
due to a boundary change and is ranked number one, that student will share the recognition of
valedictorian with the student with the next highest rank who meets the three-year
attendance requirement. Furthermore, if a student does not meet the three-year attendance
requirement in the school due to a boundary change and is ranked number two, that student

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