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Section 51423 Of Article 3. High School Equivalency Certificates From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 28. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 3.

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. (a) (1) The Superintendent may provide for the administration of the general educational development test to persons confined to state or county hospitals or to institutions maintained by state or county correctional agencies.
  (2) Those agencies, upon request, shall reimburse the Superintendent in an amount sufficient to pay the cost of administering the test.
  (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Superintendent may grant a waiver to a county office of education to provide a general educational development test preparation program, not to exceed one hour per schoolday, as part of any other instructional program during the regular schoolday to a person who is at least 17 years of age, has accumulated insufficient units of high school credit to graduate from high school by 18 years of age, and is confined to a state or county hospital or to an institution maintained by a state or county correctional agency.