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High School Courses Taken in High School

1. In accordance with Florida Statute § 1003.4282(5), the following section addresses when
courses can be forgiven: Students may repeat a course taken in Grades 9-12 for forgiveness
if a grade of “F” or “D” (“D” on a space-available basis) is earned in a course.
2. A course may be forgiven only if a student receives a grade of “C” or higher on a
subsequent attempt. However, a subsequent transfer grade of “P” (passing) may be used
to forgive a “D” or “F” earned previously in the same course. Grade forgiveness cannot be
done for a “T” earned through the Credit Acceleration Program (CAP).
3. A required course may be forgiven by the same or a comparable course taken
subsequently. A regular level course may be used to forgive the same course at the honors,
AP/IB/AICE, or dual enrollment level. A lower level of the same course is considered
comparable because the benchmarks and/or course objectives are similar.
4. A required course may be forgiven by a Dual Enrollment course of the same subject area
and topic. This is considered a comparable course.

5. A non-specific course requirement may be forgiven by another course within the same
subject area. For example, Physics may be forgiven by Ecology.

6. An elective course may be forgiven by another course taken subsequently. Any course that
is not being used to fulfill a subject area requirement is considered an elective for
forgiveness purposes. When using a different course to forgive an elective, that course
does not have to be taken during the same semester. Examples:
 A second semester “F” in World Languages may be forgiven by a subsequent first
semester “C” in Art.

 An “F” in law studies (semester long course) taken first semester may be forgiven by a
“C” in weight training (semester long course) taken second semester.
 An “F” second semester in intensive reading (a yearlong course) may be forgiven by a
“C” in law studies (a semester course) taken either semester.

7. Students earning a grade of “D” on the repeat effort earn credit for that course; however,
the initial failing grade is not forgiven. Students may again choose to repeat the same
course, and upon earning a grade of “C” or higher, all earlier grades will be forgiven.

8. In all cases of grade forgiveness, only the new grade, of “C” or higher, shall be used in the
calculation of the student's grade point average. Any course grade not replaced, according
to a district school board forgiveness policy, shall be included in the calculation of the
cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) required for graduation.

9. In all cases where courses are forgiven under the provisions above, the initial “F” or “D”
grade(s) will remain as part of the academic history. Students should be advised that many
universities calculate GPAs based on all courses attempted.
Seniors deficient in credits or in need of grade forgiveness may take Grade Forgiveness Courses
through Edgenuity. These seniors can take courses for original credit. If the student’s final

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