moving in high school to new state vent

[Mama25]

I am upset for my sister and nephew. My nephew has a hard time in school even has an IEP but is in regular ed. calsses. He is to be a senoir this year and was on schedule to graduate. Well, now they just moved this summer to GA to help my mom. They went to enroll him and they say he has enough credits but not the right kind of credits to graduate in GA. For example in Oregon he took 1 yr Spanish but GA requires 3 yrs of a language. There is also some other things they require more of and he doesn't have. So basically they said he will be half way through 10th grade in GA and would not have enough time to take the required classes to graduate on time. He was so upset. School is hard for him and he was proud of himself to make it this for and now to have this blow. My sister doesn't know what to do but is thinking abou sending him back to Oregon to live with someone to graduate on time. Of course she hates the idea of this and not being able to parent him so far away at such an important time. Plus they have no money so they would not be able to see each other during this time because of the cost to fly cross country.

I also feel bad because when they offered to move to help my mom I encouraged them and never thought his schooling would be a problem. It just seems so wrong to do this to a kid who doesn't have a choice about moving and it is not his fault he was following another state's guidelines and it wasn't good enough.

Thank you for listening.

[elmh23]

That really sucks. If I were her, I'd call the superindendant and try to work out a deal. It's not there fault that Georgia has different requirements than Oregon.

[shelbean91]

Any way he could get a GED instead?

[lifeguard]

Could he finish the year through distance ed & graduate under the Oregon system?

My DH actually did live with a friend for his senior year in high school 'cause his family had moved to a different province. It worked out well for him.

[JElaineB]

You might take a look at this website to see if you can find anything that might help your sister and nephew:

http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/pea_board.a...=PEABoardRules

and

http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ci_services.aspx

ETA: Looks to me like he would fall under these graduation rules, as he entered 9th grade in his previous state Fall 2002 or later (but before the new Fall 2008 rules).

http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/...60-4-2-.47.pdf

which state 2 years of the same foreign language is necessary for the college prep curriculum. I don't see anything about 3 years being needed.

[supervee]

That sounds frustrating.

Will he be able to participate in the free-college-tuition program in GA if he takes these extra courses? That would be a great benefit of doing it. I believe he would need a B average, and there may be requirements for number of years in HS in GA.

NC has 4 different types of high school diplomas. I believe the GA system is somewhat similar to NC's in many ways. Before dropping out to get a GED, see if GA has something like this. Here is NC's:
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/...reqaug2006.pdf

Good luck to him.