(a) A student entering a High School Equivalency Program (HSEP) must take:
  (1) each state assessment instrument required for the student's applicable grade or cohort prior to entering the program; and
  (2) each state assessment instrument required for the student's applicable grade or cohort during the period in which the student is enrolled in the program.
(b) A student entering an HSEP by order of the court under Texas Family Code, §65.103, or by order of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, is exempt from the assessment requirements specified in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The school district or open-enrollment charter school operating an approved HSEP must present to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) proof that a student has been administered the assessment instruments required by subsection (a) of this section. The TEA will not allow an HSEP student to take the high school equivalency examination without proof from the approved HSEP that the student has been administered the required assessment instruments. A student who is enrolled in an HSEP as described in this section and withdraws from the HSEP before taking the assessment instruments required by this subsection cannot take the high school equivalency examination until after the individual's 18th birthday.
(d) The school district or open-enrollment charter school operating an approved HSEP must inform each student who has completed the program of the time and place at which the student may take the high school equivalency examination as authorized by the TEC, §7.111. A student must be over 17 years of age or meet other requirements specified in the TEC, §7.111, to take the high school equivalency examination.

Source Note: The provisions of this §89.1409 adopted to be effective November 27, 2001, 26 TexReg 9620; amended to be effective May 2, 2004, 29 TexReg 3957; amended to be effective September 18, 2006, 31 TexReg 7988; amended to be effective April 28, 2010, 35 TexReg 3259; amended to be effective February 14, 2017, 42 TexReg 555