Austin ISD



Austin ISD

227901

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: EIC

CLASS RANKING (LOCAL)

The purpose of the District’s class rank policy is to support the District’s goal of increasing the percentage of students who complete the Recommended High School Program.

VALEDICTORIAN The valedictorian and salutatorian shall be the eligible students

AND with the highest and second highest ranking as determined by the

SALUTATORIAN District’s class ranking procedure described in this policy and who

complete the Recommended High School Program or the

Distinguished Achievement Program.

ELIGIBILITY A candidate for valedictorian or salutatorian honors must:

1. Meet all course requirements or demonstrate subject mastery

(course proficiency) through state-approved placement examinations, and

2. Have been enrolled and attending classes at the same District

high school for the entire semester in which the graduation requirements are met.

2. Effective for students in 11th grade in school year 2001-2002, a

candidate for valedictorian must Have been enrolled and attending classes at the same District high school for the entire school year in which the graduation requirements are met consecutive fall and spring semesters immediately prior to the student’s graduation in May.

CO-HONORS In case of a tie for the position of valedictorian, the students who tie shall be recognized as covaledictorians and the position of salutatorian shall remain vacant.

In case of tie for the position of salutatorian, the students who tie shall be recognized as cosalutatorians.

STATE RECOGNITION For purposes of awarding the state certificate

AS HIGHEST RANKING entitling a student to receive a college tuition grant

GRADUATE under Section 54.201 of the Texas Education Code,

the highest ranking graduate shall be the eligible student who graduates with the highest ranking in his or her graduating class.

ELIGIBILITY For purposes of awarding the state certificate entitling a student to receive a college tuition grant under Section 54.201 of the Texas Education Code, the highest ranking graduate shall not be subject to the valedictorian eligibility requirements. However, the highest ranking graduate must be enrolled and attending classes at the same District high school for at least two consecutive regular semesters immediately prior to the student’s graduation. Regular semesters do not include summer school.

CALCULATION OF For purposes of identifying the valedictorian, salutatorian

CLASS RANK and highest ranking graduate, class rank shall be calculated at the end of the sixth six weeks and shall be based on all grades earned by the end of the regular school year in May.

DISTRICT HONOR District honor graduates shall include:

GRADUATES

1. Students whose class rank is within the top two percent of the graduating class. These students shall be designated “Graduates with Highest Honors.”

2. Students whose class rank is within the next three percent of the graduating class. These students shall be designated “Graduates with Higher Honors.”

3. Students whose class rank is within the next five percent of the graduating class. These students shall be designated “Graduates with High Honors.”

EARLY GRADUATES A student who completes the high school program requirements in fewer than four years shall be ranked in the class with which he or she actually graduates.

CREDIT BY Scores earned through credit by examination, with or without prior

EXAMINATION instruction, shall be used in computing the student’s grade point average (GPA) and class rank. [See EEJA and EEJB]

CLASS RANK / TOP Class ranking shall be determined by ranking all students in the

TEN PERCENT / graduating class together, except for LBJ High School. All

AUTOMATIC students whose grade point averages comprise the top ten

ADMISSION percent of the graduating class and qualify for automatic admission under Education Code 51.803 shall be recognized. Eligibility standards required by the local procedure for determining the valedictorian or salutatorian or other local honor positions shall not apply to the procedure for determining the top ten percent.

The grade point average (GPA) shall be reported on the student's transcript as required by TEA and made available in accordance with the application deadline when requested by the student. [See EIC(LEGAL)]

LBJ HIGH At LBJ High School, as authorized by H.B. 1387, a separate class

SCHOOL ranking shall be determined for host students by grade point average (GPA). For purposes of Education Code 51.803, the top ten percent of the graduating class shall be determined by apportioning students from each program separately, host and magnet.

Ten percent of the magnet student population in the senior class and ten percent of the host student population in the senior class shall be declared the top ten percent of the graduating class for purposes of Education Code 51.803.

The grade point average (GPA) required by TEA and class rank shall be reported on the student’s transcript and made available in accordance with the application deadline when requested by the student.

The valedictorian and salutatorian of LBJ High School shall be determined in the same manner as all other high schools in AISD.

The highest ranking graduate of LBJ High School entitled to receive the state certificate for a college tuition grant under Section 54.201 of the Texas Education Code shall be determined in the same manner as all other high schools in AISD.

DISTRICT At LBJ High School for its graduating class, In the event that the

RECOGNITION highest ranking and second highest ranking eligible students

OF HOST in the graduating class of LBJ High School are not host

STUDENTS students, the highest ranking student and the second highest ranking student among the eligible host students shall be designated the “host school valedictorian” and the “host school salutatorian,” respectively., subject to the same eligibility requirements as apply to other AISD students for these honors. The host school valedictorian shall qualify for a tuition credit from the District. The tuition credit shall be comparable to the state valedictorian grant.

In the event the LBJ High School student who is awarded the state certificate for a college tuition grant is not a host student, the highest ranking host students in the graduating class of LBJ High School shall be awarded the tuition grant from the District that shall be comparable to the state tuition grant, subject to the same eligibility requirements as apply to other AISD students for the state tuition grant.

At LBJ High School, the District shall prepare a separate ranking of host graduating students. Students who rank in the District-designated top ten percent of the host graduate ranking shall be recognized as honor graduates and designated as “host graduates with highest honors,” “host graduates with higher honors,” and “host graduates with high honors.”

At LBJ High School, host students who rank in the District-designated top ten percent of the host graduate ranking and who earn the required grade point average shall receive the Trustee Scholar Award. Host graduates who receive the Trustee Scholar Award shall be accorded all recognitions received by Trustee Scholars.

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