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3301-41-01 Standard for issuing an "Ohio High School Equivalence Diploma"Eligibility: The minimum requirements for taking the tests of general educational development are: (1) the applicant must be officially withdrawn from school and (2) be nineteen years of age or older. However, exceptions to the age requirement may be granted as follows:(1) An applicant who is eighteen years of age is eligible if the class of which he/she was last a member has graduated; or(2) An applicant who has been sworn into active military service in one of the armed forces is eligible if a statement, indicating the date of the swearing-in ceremony, is submitted with the application;(3) An applicant who is at least sixteen years of age, but is less than eighteen years of age, is eligible to take the tests with written approval from a parent, guardian or court official and the school superintendent or his/her designee, from where the applicant last attended school or presently resides; or(4) An applicant who has reached the age of majority (eighteen years old) is eligible with written approval from the superintendent or his/her designee, from where the applicant last attended school. The applicant may sign the approval form instead of the parent, guardian or court official. |