N.Y. Education Law § 3307: Graduation

§ 3307. Graduation. In order to facilitate the on-time graduation of

children of military families, states and local educational agencies

shall incorporate the following procedures:

1. Local educational agency administrative officials shall waive

specific courses required for graduation if similar coursework has been

satisfactorily completed in another local educational agency or shall

provide reasonable justification for denial. Should a waiver not be

granted to a student who would qualify to graduate from the sending

school, the local educational agency shall provide an alternative means

of acquiring required coursework so that graduation may occur on time.

2. States shall accept (a) exit or end-of-course exams required for

graduation from the sending state, (b) national norm referenced

achievement tests or (c) alternative testing, in lieu of testing

requirements for graduation in the receiving state. In the event the

above alternatives cannot be accommodated by the receiving state for a

student transferring in his or her senior year, then the provisions of

subdivision three of this section shall apply.

3. Should a military student transferring at the beginning or during

his or her senior year be ineligible to graduate from the receiving

local educational agency after all alternatives have been considered,

the sending and receiving local educational agencies shall ensure the

receipt of a diploma from the sending local educational agency, if the

student meets the graduation requirements of the sending local

educational agency. In the event that one of the states in question is

not a member of this compact, the member state shall use best efforts to

facilitate the on-time graduation of the student in accordance with

subdivisions one and two of this section.