Early Graduation Pathway
Early Graduation
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:
Attainment of essential workplace ethics program components as established by the board of education pursuant to KRS 158.1413;
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;
Demonstration of written and verbal communication skills needed for postsecondary success; and
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.