Relevant: Students, Staff
Introduction
For home-schooled or private-schooled students who need to provide proof of high school completion as part of their application for matriculated study.
Students who have completed their secondary education at a non-public school or home-school that falls into these categories:
· is not registered with the State Education Department;
· is not recognized, authorized, or approved by the state educational entity in which the school is located to issue high school degrees;
· is not located in the state which the students resides,
These applicants must submit either:
· a High School Equivalency Transcript (GED/TASC Test Scores)
OR
· a letter from the superintendent of the school district in which they studied attesting that such a program is substantially equivalent to a four-year high school program pursuant to the requirements of section 100.10 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education.
Note: The Board of Regents does not approve correspondence study, including online, as equivalent to a high school diploma for NYS residents.
Correspondence study and on-line diplomas are not valid for individuals who were NYS residents at the time they received the online diploma.
The individual would need to have been a resident of the state issuing the online diploma at the time they earned the diploma, where such online high school is recognized by that state.