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State Board of Education Rules (SBER) included in the Florida Administrative Code (FAC) govern the operation of General Educational Development Programs. These rules include:

• 6A-6.014, FAC, General Requirements for Adult General Education Program requires academic skills tests for Adult General Education. The purpose of this initial assessment is to place adult education students in the appropriate literacy level.
• 6A-1.0943, FAC. Modification of the State Student Assessment Test Instruments and Procedures for Exceptional Students and Other Eligible Handicapped Students provides examples of allowable testing procedure modifications which may include, but are not limited to, flexible scheduling, flexible setting, flexible recording of answers, mechanical aids, revised format and flexible timing.
• 6A-6.021, FAC, State of Florida High School Diploma The Commissioner shall award a State of Florida high school diploma to a candidate who meets all the requirements prescribed herein and has attained a standard score of four hundred ten (410) or above on each of the five (5) General Educational Development Tests, and a total minimum score of 2250 {an average of four hundred fifty (450)} effective January 1, 2002.
• 6A-6.021, FAC, State of Florida High School Diploma also defines those eligible to take the General Educational Development Tests in the State of Florida. Candidates must be 18 years of age or older and a resident of Florida.
• 6A-6.021, FAC, State of Florida High School Diploma, also provides educational agencies the guidelines for establishing an age waiver policy for implementation at the local level and defines extraordinary reasons for granting an age waiver to a Florida student under the age of 18. Candidates ages 16 or 17 must be granted an age waiver by their district or local educational agency. Candidates may be required to score at a specific level on the Official Practice Test in order to be granted the Waiver. Candidates ages 16 or 17 must be legally withdrawn from the regular high school program prior to age waiver approval.

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