General Information

Attendance

Students must be in attendance a minimum of 90 percent of the days in order to receive credit in a course.  The State of Texas has provided means of appeal for extenuating circumstances should a student’s absences exceed the maximum allowed each semester.  Students may be required to attend afternoon, evening, or Saturday classes to make up absences.  See the Student Handbook for more information.

Course Offered

Required Courses 

These courses are required to fulfill state educational guidelines.  A course may or may not have a prerequisite; a prerequisite is a course that must be taken prior to the course under consideration.

Elective Courses 

In addition to these required courses, students may choose other courses to complete their schedules.  The number of elective courses that students may choose varies from year to year.  

Dual Credit (DC) Courses 

Eagle Pass ISD juniors and seniors may take certain courses with Southwest Texas Junior College for high school credit and/or college credit.  Some of these courses will be taught at high school campuses.  More information will be available through the high school counseling departments. 

Pre-Advanced Placement  (Pre-AP) & Advanced Placement (AP) Courses

Pre-AP/AP courses have recommended specific entry criteria for highly motivated students.  A differentiated curriculum includes a wider range and greater depth of subject matter than that of the regular course.  Emphasis is placed on higher-level and critical thinking skills, creative and productive thinking, and independent guided research. The primary goals of the Advanced Placement Program are to enrich the secondary school experience of students ready to apply themselves to college-level courses and provide the means by which colleges may grant credit or placement, or both, to students with satisfactory AP test scores.

Local/No State Credit Courses 

Local credit courses are approved by the Board of Trustees for local credit only.  These courses do not count toward state graduation requirements.  Local credit courses cannot be used to fulfill the minimum number of credits on any graduation plan.  Local credit courses are not included in the calculation of the Grade Point Average (GPA). 

Instructional Materials

Textbooks are state-owned (the property of the state of Texas) and are issued to students in Eagle Pass ISD free of charge.  Each student is responsible for his/her textbooks issued by their school and is responsible for payment for lost and/or damaged textbooks occurring in the school year.  No textbooks are distributed from the campuses for the following: Credit by Exam, Correspondence Courses, and Dual Enrollment Courses.

Instructional Technology Devices (ITDs)

Revised: March 1, 2022