345.61

EARLY GRADUATION

The Board will permit any student to graduate prior to the student’s normally scheduled graduation date if the student meets the credit requirements set by the State of Wisconsin and the Board of Education, and has the approval of the school’s principal. Any student desiring early graduation must notify the school principal, or principal’s designee, through completion and submission of the Early Graduation Application, by October 1st of the school year desired for early graduation.

Cross References:
Early Graduation, 345.61-Rule
Graduation Requirements, 345.6 & 345.6-Rule

Legal References:
Wisconsin State Statute 118.33
Wisconsin Administrative Code PI 18

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Adoption Date: January 23, 1989

Amended Date: May 23, 2022

 

 

345.61-Rule

EARLY GRADUATION

Procedures

Any student considering graduation prior to the students’ regular graduation time will contact the appropriate school counselor as soon as he/she makes that decision, but at least a semester before the proposed graduation date, and begin the following steps:

1. The student must plan to earn the minimum credits for graduation, per the Board of Education Graduation policy, and fulfill any other graduation requirements as outlined in Graduation Requirement Policy 345.6. The student will review the proposed plan with the building principal, or the principal’s designee.
2. The student will arrange a conference among the student’s parents, counselor, and the student prior to the proposed date of graduation to consider the following:
   1. Progress of the early-graduation plan
   2. Staff recommendations of his/her social and academic maturity
   3. Other options to early graduation
   4. Parental consent

 

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Adoption Date: January 23, 1989

Amended Date: May 23, 2022