EGP Performance-Based Requirement 

​(effective beginning 2024-2025 and beyond) 

Any​ EGP student who chooses to enroll in the​​ EGP for the 2024-2025 academic year and beyond ​must meet all state and local graduation requirements specified under 704 KAR 3:305, Section 5, including the successful completion of a performance-based project, portfolio, or capstone.​

​​​704 KAR 3:305, Section 5(6), requires local boards ​of education to establish a policy by​ July 1, 2024, "requiring high schools to determine performance descriptors and evaluation procedures for an EGP performance-based project, portfolio, or capstone, required for students who intend to complete the EGP beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year."​

Required Capstone Design Elements

For EGP students to have adequate opportunities to practice, grow and demonstrate attainment of critical skills required for postsecondary and career success, 704 KAR 3:305(5)(6) requires schools to integrate, at minimum, the following four design elements:

1. Attainment of essential workplace ethics program components as established by the board of education pursuant to KRS 158.1413;

2. Demonstration of an ability to apply the Kentucky Academic Standards, established in 704 KAR 3:303 and 704 KAR Chapter 8, as a life-long learner and contributing member of society;

3. Demonstration of written and verbal communication skills needed for postsecondary success; and

4. Demonstration of an ability to think critically, synthesize information and draw conclusions.

In order to support local schools in implementing the 2024-2025 performance-based requirement, the Kentucky Department of Education has developed the Early Graduation Program Performance-Based Requirement Implementation Guidance for Schools and a sample performance-based rubric for school leaders, counselors and other staff responsible for determining performance descriptors and evaluation procedures for the EGP performance-based project, portfolio, or capstone, prior to its implementation in the 2024-2025 academic year. 

Questions

For questions related to the EGP regulatory requirements provided in 704 KAR 3:305, Section 5, contact policy advisor, Sarah Peace, at sarah.peace@education.ky.gov​.  

For support in implementing or participating in the EGP, contact comprehensive school counseling coordinator, Damien Sweeney, at damien.sweeney@education.ky.gov​.