The first of our district's current additional diploma options was GED Option #2 (GEDO2), which began operation in the Winter of 2017. Originally operated as an after-school program, the program's early success led to it operating during the school day to allow for more students to take part.  The program saw increases in enrollment each of it's first 4 years in operation and helped over 50 students earn their High School diplomas. 

With GEDO2 in place, we implemented a DPI policy which allows students who earn their HSED from the Wisconsin Challenge Academy to return to their home districts and convert their HSED into a High School Diploma through a district's GEDO2 program. Several cadets now return to Racine Unified and convert their HSEDs into High School diplomas consistently each year.

In 2019, RUSD announced a partnership with the YWCA and Gateway Technical College to award High School Diplomas to any graduating students of their 5.09 HSED program whom are by-age legally eligible to attend school. Over 25 students have already turned their success in the 5.09 program into High School diplomas through the first two years of this partnership, with many more anticipated in the years to come.

In the Fall of 2020, RUSD began operation of a School Board approved Competency-based Diploma program, with graduation parameters largely similar to those of the 5.09 HSED Program the district partnered with in 2019. In order to better facilitate the process of referring and placing students in these various pathways, they were condensed into a single program- Additional Diploma Options- with a common referral and screening process to determine the best option for the student in question.

Starting in Fall 2021, Competency-based Credit Recovery Pathway classrooms are operating in Case, Horlick, Park and RAL with increased synergy between RUSD and the YWCA's HSED program. Since then, over 500 students have graduated through this pathway.