HB 5 High School Graduation Requirements White Oak ISD presented by Kelley Hamm, Counselor.
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Transcript of HB 5 High School Graduation Requirements White Oak ISD presented by Kelley Hamm, Counselor.
HB 5 High School Graduation
Requirements
White Oak ISDpresented by Kelley Hamm, Counselor
New Graduation Requirements
• During the 83rd Texas Legislature, House Bill 5 was signed into law and changed high school graduation requirements for the students who will be freshmen during the 2014-2015 school year.
• The plan provides more flexibility for students to pursue
higher education or a career pathway.
Foundation Plan
• The law established one graduation plan - the Foundation High School Program - with an opportunity to earn at least one of five endorsements, along with distinguished and performance acknowledgements.
• The Foundation program requires 22 credits and earning one endorsement requires 4 credits, for a total of 26 credits.
District RequirementsWhite Oak HS will require students to graduate with
28 credits.
Foundation – 22 credits (which includes: a required ½ credit of Professional Communications (Speech) and a required ½ credit of Health) plus
Endorsement – 4 credits (includes 1 advanced math and 1 advanced science and 2 electives required to complete endorsement) plus
Other Electives – 2 credits of choice from CTE, Fine Arts, Journalism, LOTE, Technology Applications.
District Requirements
• High school students will be on an 8 period day and can earn up to 32 credits while in high school (which allows for student flexibility to take courses of interest, credit recovery, and/or earn multiple endorsements.)
Overview of HB 5 Graduation Plan
HB 5 Endorsements
The state provides for five endorsements.
White Oak ISD will offer four endorsements with a total of 13 Pathways.
• Business & Industry - 2 pathwayso CTE Clusters - 6 clusterso Debate, Advanced Journalism - Newspaper &
Yearbook
• Multidisciplinary - 3 pathwayso Four Credits in each of the four core areas including
English IV, Chemistry and/or Physicso Four Advanced Courses - as determined by the
districto Four Dual Credit and/or AP courses
• Arts & Humanities - 6 pathwayso Two additional Social Studies creditso Two additional LOTE courseso Two different LOTE courseso American Sign Languageo Fine Arts: Four credits from Music (Band & Choir), Art,
Theatreo Three additional English credits
• STEM - 2 pathways o Math - 5 total Math Courses, including Alg. 1, Geometry
and 1 advanced math in foundationo Science - 5 total Science Courses, (IPC does not count
as one of the five)
CTE Clusters with
Course Sequences
Animation is no longer
an option.
(Pending)
Game Design
Sample 4 year plans
How to be Admitted to CollegeFactors for Admission to College
http://www.nacacnet.org/studentinfo/articles/Pages/Factors-in-the-Admission-Decision.aspx
Courses to take in HS to be admitted to many Colleges:
http://www.nacacnet.org/studentinfo/articles/Pages/Your-High-School-Classes.aspx
Texas A&M
http://admissions.tamu.edu/freshman/admitted
University of Texashttp://catalog.utexas.edu/general-information/admission/undergraduate-admission/freshman-admission/
Baylor Universityhttp://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/134838.pdf
Questions?