Underage Youth Information

  • An Underage Youth is an individual who is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age who has officially withdrawn from public, private, or home school.

    Eligibility for Program Enrollment

    Underage Youth are eligible for enrollment into a state approved adult education program provided they do the following:

    1. Complete the first page of the Underage Youth Application for Program Enrollment application and submit it with one of the following documents.
      1. Public School and Private School applicants:
        1. An official withdrawal document from the last school attended by the applicant
        2. A letter from the superintendent or designee indicating that the applicant is not currently enrolled or was never enrolled in the local school system
      2. Home School applicants:
        1. The Underage Enrollment Affidavit for Home School Students

    The following documents will be accepted in lieu of an official school withdrawal form or letter.

      • Court Order/Adjudication (e.g., documentation of an assignment from Juvenile Justice)
      • Approved Special Program (e.g., enrollment documentation from Job Corps, Youth Challenge)

     

    1. Provide a completed Parent/Guardian Permission to Enroll/Take the GED® Test or HiSET® Exam section. The following are exemptions to the parental signature requirement:
      1. The applicant is married (documentation required);
      2. The applicant is emancipated (documentation required);
      3. The applicant is court ordered/adjudicated (documentation required); or
      4. The applicant is enrolled in a special program for at-risk students, e.g., State and Federal Social Service Agencies, Youth Challenge and private providers (documentation required).

     

    1. Provide legal identification with proof of age.  Identity and age must be verified using photographic identification. The acceptable forms of identification are driver’s licenses, passports, identification cards (military, school and government issued) including forms of identification provided by the Department of Driver Services to non-drivers which shows name, address, date of birth, signature and a photograph.  Exceptions to the requirement for a photograph may be made on religious grounds when sufficient documentation for such an exemption is provided to the Program Administrator or Designee. Other exceptions must be approved by the Program Administrator.

    Applicants need to complete the Underage Youth Application for Program Enrollment and Permission to Take the GED® Test or HiSET Exam® form and provide the supporting documentation only once. Originals of these documents should remain in the student permanent record at the adult education program. 

    Requirements for obtaining approval for GED or HiSET testing 

    GED® Test recommendation criteria:

    HiSET® Exam recommendation criteria:

    OPTION ONE: Score at least a 6.0 GE on TABE 11&12 in Reading (536+) and Math (537+) and  Score at least 150 on two GED Ready™ Tests or 75% on two of Aztec’s GED Practice Tests (Aztec summary reports must be submitted with the Approval Log).

     

    OPTION TWO: Complete TABE 11&12 Reading and Math pretests and Score at least 150 on all four GED ReadyTM Tests or 75% on all four of Aztec’s GED Practice Tests.

     

    Student agrees to maintain enrollment in the adult education program through the successful completion of GED® Test.

    OPTION ONE: Score at least a 6.0 GE on TABE 11&12 in Reading (536+) and Math (537+) and Earn a minimum score on any two subjects from the  HiSET® Official Practice Tests chart below:

     

    OPTION TWO: Complete TABE 11&12 Reading and Math pretests and Earn a minimum score on five subjects from the HiSET® Official Practice Test chart below:   

    Subject

    OPT10

    OPT9

    OPT8

    OPT7

    Reading

    18

    16

    17

    15

    Writing +Essay

    15+2

    16+2

    11+2

    15+2

    Math

    10

    8

    7

    10

    Social Studies

    16

    16

    12

    16

    Science

    15

    16

    13

    15

     

    Student agrees to maintain enrollment in the adult education program through the successful completion of HiSET® Exam.