EJ - ACADEMIC GUIDANCE PROGRAM

HIGHER EDUCATION COUNSELING

Each counselor of an elementary, middle, or junior high school student, as appropriate, shall advise the student and the student's parents or guardians regarding the importance of higher education, coursework designed to prepare students for higher education, and financial aid availability and requirements.

During the first school year a student is enrolled in high school, and again during a student's senior year, a counselor shall provide information, as appropriate, about higher education to the student and the student's parent or guardian. The information must cover:

1. The importance of higher education;
2. The advantages of completing the recommended or advanced high school program;
3. The disadvantages of taking courses to prepare for a high school equivalency examination relative to the benefits of taking courses leading to a high school diploma;
4. Financial aid eligibility;
5. Instruction on how to apply for federal financial aid;
6. The center for financial aid information established under Education Code 61.0776;
7. The automatic admission of certain students to general academic teaching institutions as provided by Education Code 51.803; and
8. The eligibility and academic performance requirements for the TEXAS Grant.

Education Code 33.007; 19 TAC 61.1071

NOTICE OF GRANT PROGRAMS

The School shall notify students, as appropriate, in middle school, junior high school, and high school and those students' teachers, counselors, and parents of:

1. The Toward Excellence, Access, and Success (TEXAS) program and the Teach for Texas program;
2. The eligibility requirements of each program;
3. The need for students to make informed curriculum choices to be prepared for success beyond high school; and
4. Sources of information on higher education admissions and financial aid in a manner that assists a district in implementing its strategies, contained in a district improvement plan, for resources needed to implement identified strategies.

NOTATION ON TRANSCRIPT OR DIPLOMA

In addition, the School shall ensure that each student's official transcript or diploma indicates:

1. Whether the student has completed or is on schedule to complete the recommended or the advanced high school curriculum required for grant eligibility.
2. That the School has certified to the Commissioner of Education that the high school did not offer all the necessary courses for a student to complete all parts of the recommended or advanced high school curriculum, but that the student completed all courses offered at a district's high school that would apply toward the completion of the recommended or advanced high school curriculum.

Education Code 56.308

Adopted: 4/1/05

Amended:

Reviewed:

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