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 EndorsementsThe 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.aspxTexas A&Mhttp://admissions.tamu.edu/freshman/admittedUniversity of Texas

http://catalog.utexas.edu/general-information/admission/undergraduate-admission/freshman-admission/

Baylor Universityhttp://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/134838.pdf

Questions?