1. Individual Graduation Committees IGC
SB 149
Individual Graduation Committees
IGC

2. Purpose
Addresses the needs of students who have completed all other graduation requirements, but fell short of passing one or two End-of-Course Exams
Allows students to use an IGC recommendation to override one or two EOCs
Has specific details for eligibility

3. Requirements Student must be a 12th grader
Must complete additional remediation
Must have taken the exam at least two times
Must complete an approved project or portfolio that exhibits proficiency in the EOC content area

4. SB 149 Eligibility Flowchart
Is the student at the end of his/her 11th grade year OR
Is the student a 12th grader in the school year?
Yes No
Has the student completed all
required coursework?
Student cannot
graduate.
Students do not qualify before 12th grade. No
Yes
Student
retakes
EOCs.
Has the student passed all 5
EOCs or substitute assessments?
Has the student attempted to pass
the EOCs at least twice? No No
Yes
Yes No
Does the student need to
pass more than 2 EOCs?
Student cannot
graduate under
an IGC.
Student may graduate.
Yes
Student is eligible for
An Individual Graduation
Committee (IGC).
Student cannot
graduate and the
decision may not
be appealed.
Did the student complete all the requirements outlined by
the IGC, and the IGC unanimously recommends graduation?
Yes No

5. Timeline for 2015 April 2015 May 2015 Late May/Early June 2015
Identified students who could benefit from the passage of SB 149
Pulled data as identified in the SB 149 drafts
May 2015
Campuses made aware of passage.
Campuses select IGCs.
Campuses determine Portfolio/Project requirements
EOC results on May 21.
Letters and phone calls May 22
Late May/Early June 2015
IGCs convene to determine recommendation determinations for eligible students
Graduation

6. As written
Commissioner may make changes that will impact the classes of 2016 and 2017.
As written, this law will sunset September 2017.