November 2022 Group Watch: Alabama Adds New High School Graduation Requirement For Class Of 2028
The Alabama Board of Education recently voted 5-2 to add a new requirement that students must complete to eventually earn their Alabama high school diploma. Prior to dropping the graduation exam, the state adopted different types of accomplishments – called college and career readiness (CCR) indicators – that would serve as evidence that a student had what it takes to head to college or start their career, but they did not make it a graduation requirement at the time. The new rule takes effect in 2028 and will give students four years to attain at least one of the 10 indicators, which include a benchmark score on the ACT college entrance exam, earning college credits while in high school and being accepted into a branch of the military before graduation, to name a few. Students who do not earn an indicator before they graduate have two years following when they were supposed to graduate to attain an indicator.
