{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-18-8-12","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 18-8-12","heading":"Issuance of a diploma or other appropriate credential by public, private, home","body":"school, microschool, or learning pod administrator.\nA person who administers a program of secondary education at a public school, private school, home school, microschool, learning pod, or individualized instructional program pursuant to the Hope Scholarship Act that meets the requirements of this chapter may issue a diploma or other appropriate credential to a person who has completed the program of secondary education. Such diploma or credential is legally sufficient to demonstrate that the person meets the definition of having a high school diploma or its equivalent. No state agency or institution of higher learning in this state may reject or otherwise treat a person differently solely on the grounds of the source of such a diploma or credential. Nothing in this section prevents an institution, once a student has been fully admitted, from administering placement tests or other assessments to determine the appropriate placement of students into college-level course sequences or to assess the content thereof for the purposes of determining whether a person meets other requirements for a specific program.","path":["CHAPTER 18. EDUCATION.","ARTICLE 8. COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/18-8-12/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:24:42Z","sha256":"b9910d139d501f14b9bc28455f458125b2be0eb13f2252320520a72d1f106c63","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-18-8-11","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-18-8a-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}