Step 1: Seniors who have 6 or more unexcused tardies to school must take ALL of their exams.

Step 2: The senior cannot have been absent from the class more than ten times (excused or unexcused) during the school year (semester class - not more than five times). Religious holidays and school-related absences (field trips, SODA, DSF athletics, documented college visits, etc.) do not count within those absences.

Three unexcused tardies to class equals one absence as related to the exam exemption criteria.

• Six unexcused tardies to school immediately removes the senior from exam exemption eligibility.

• Six unexcused tardies to an individual class eliminates the student from exam exemption eligibility in that class.

The senior must attend at least 75% of a class to be counted present in that class as related to exam exemption eligibility.

Step 3: Any integrity violation which results in disciplinary action removes the student from eligibility in the class in which the violation occurred.

Step 4: The senior must have a cumulative course average of at least 80 when grades and other specified criteria are compiled to determine exam exemption near the close of the fourth nine weeks. The senior must maintain a minimum fourth nine-week average of 80 in the course to be exempt.