IHF Graduation Requirements

IHF 

Graduation Requirements 

The board may adopt graduation requirements exceeding the minimums set forth by state regulation.  Unless otherwise provided herein, in order to qualify for graduation, students must earn 26 academic credits and complete two accomplishments that demonstrate the student will be a successful high school graduate that meet state and district requirements.  This credit requirement shall apply beginning with those students who will enter the ninth grade in the school year following the effective date of the additional requirement.

Exceptions may be granted by the board to waive local graduation requirements that are in excess of the state minimum requirements for students on a case-by-case basis.

The board shall award a student a diploma if the student is at least 17 years old; is enrolled or resides in the district; was in custody of the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC), the Secretary for DCF, or a federally recognized Indian tribe in this state at any time on or after the student’s 14th birthday; and has achieved at least the minimum high school graduation requirements adopted by the state board of education.

Other situations which may warrant waiver of graduation requirements in excess of the minimum requirements adopted by the state board include, but may not be limited to, the following circumstances:

• If such student is an adult learner whose four-year cohorts have graduated; or
• if such student is attending an alternative school or program and has experienced high mobility, teen pregnancy, long-term illness, or other hardship conditions.

Policy Reference: JFCA

Adoption Date: 12/08/2003, Revised: 06/08/2009; 08/10/2015, 12/2025; 7/2026