California High School Exit Examination Repeal (K-12)

October 20, 2017

On October 10, 2017, Governor Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 830, which eliminated the California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE) and removed the passage of the CAHSEE as a condition of receiving a regular high school diploma or of graduating from high school. The bill also repealed all mention of the CAHSEE from the Education Code. Finally, the bill added Section 51413 to the Education Code, which requires the governing board of any local educational agency to grant a regular high school diploma to any student who completed twelfth grade in any of the school years 2003-2004 through 2014-2015, and met all applicable graduation requirements other than the passage of the previously required high school exit examination.

LEGAL UPDATE

October 20, 2017

To: Superintendents, Member School Districts (K-12)

From: Jennifer E. Nix, Assistant General Counsel

Subject: California High School Exit Examination Repeal

Memo No. 29-2017

On October 10, 2017, Governor Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 830, which eliminated the California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE) and removed the passage of the CAHSEE as a condition of receiving a regular high school diploma or of graduating from high school. The bill also repealed all mention of the CAHSEE from the Education Code. Finally, the bill added Section 51413 to the Education Code, which requires the governing board of any local educational agency to grant a regular high school diploma to any student who completed twelfth grade in any of the school years 2003-2004 through 2014-2015, and met all applicable graduation requirements other than the passage of the previously required high school exit examination.

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