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60852.2
. (a) For purposes of this chapter, "eligible pupil with a
disability" means a pupil who meets all of the following criteria:
(1) The pupil has an operative individualized education program
adopted pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.) or a plan adopted
pursuant to Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. Sec. 794(a)) that indicates that the pupil has an anticipated
graduation date and is scheduled to receive a high school diploma by
that date.
(2) The pupil has not passed the high school exit examination.
(3) The school district or state special school certifies that the
pupil has satisfied or will satisfy all other state and local
requirements for the receipt of a high school diploma by his or her
anticipated graduation date.
(4) The pupil has attempted to pass those sections not yet passed
of the high school exit examination at least twice after grade 10,
including at least once during the current enrollment of the pupil in
grade 12, with the accommodations or modifications, if any,
specified in the individualized education program adopted pursuant to
the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C.
Sec. 1400 et seq.) or the plan adopted pursuant to Section 504 of the
federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 794(a)) of the
pupil.
(b) Upon the state board's determination pursuant to subdivision
(b) of Section 60852.3 that the alternative means have been
implemented, an eligible pupil with a disability may participate in
the alternative means of demonstrating the level of academic
achievement in the content standards required for passage of the high
school exit examination in the manner prescribed by the regulations
adopted pursuant to Section 60852.1.
(c) An eligible pupil with a disability shall be deemed to have
satisfied the requirements of Section 60851 for those parts of the
high school exit examination that the eligible pupil with a
disability has not passed if the school district in which the
eligible pupil with a disability is enrolled is notified that the
eligible pupil with a disability has successfully demonstrated the
same level of academic achievement in the statewide content standards
as the level of academic achievement that is necessary to pass the
high school exit examination through one or more of the alternative
means prescribed in the regulations adopted pursuant to Section
60852.1.