785 KAR 1:010. GED Testing Program.

 

      RELATES TO: KRS 151B.125

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 151B.023, 151B.410, EO 2004-725

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 151B.410(1) requires the Department for Adult Education and literacy to promulgate necessary administrative regulations and administer a statewide adult education and literacy system throughout the state. KRS 151B.023 requires the Department for Adult Education and literacy to implement the twenty (20) year state strategy to reduce the number of adults at the lowest levels of literacy and most in need of adult education and literacy services. KRS 151B.125 recognizes the General Educational Development or GED test for high school equivalency purposes in Kentucky. EO 2004-725 abolished the Department for Adult Education and Literacy and transferred its duties to the Council on Postsecondary Education. This administrative regulation establishes the procedure for testing an adult for the GED diploma.

 

      Section 1. Test Purpose. The GED test shall provide a valid means of measuring the educational achievement of an adult who is a nonhigh school graduate and of comparing the adult's competency with that of high school graduates. The test shall be a high school level battery consisting of five (5) comprehensive examinations covering:

      (1) Language arts, writing;

      (2) Social studies;

      (3) Science;

      (4) Language arts, reading; and

      (5) Mathematics.

 

      Section 2. Test Centers. Official GED testing centers shall be established under contract with the GED Testing Service. Kentucky Adult Education shall authorize the location of these centers.

 

      Section 3. Test Scores. (1) Kentucky Adult Education shall:

      (a) Administer the scoring of the tests;

      (b) Accept scores as official if reported by:

      1. A state, territorial, or provincial department of education;

      2. A GED testing center;

      3. The GED Testing Service; or

      4. DANTES (as the repository of score reports issued by the U.S. Armed Forces Institute).

      (2) An applicant shall score the minimum standard score on each subtest and the minimum overall average score on the Official GED Test as set by GED Testing Service. If an applicant passes the five (5) subtests with a minimum standard test score on each subtest, but does not attain an overall average standard score, he shall be eligible to retake any subtest in an attempt to raise the overall standard score.

 

      Section 4. GED Diploma. Kentucky Adult Education shall provide a high school equivalency diploma to an applicant who meets all the provisions of this administrative regulation and the eligibility requirements established by 785 KAR 1:130.

 

      Section 5. Test Fees. (1) The testing fee shall be:

      (a) Forty (40) dollars, if the applicant is taking all five (5) subtests in a test session; or

      (b) Ten (10) dollars per subtest. The testing fee shall be a uniform fee of forty (40) dollars per test or ten (10) dollars per subtest.

      (2) A request for a transcript or diploma shall be in writing and shall carry the signature, birth date, and Social Security number of the examinee and shall be accompanied by the payment of:

      (a) A five (5) dollar processing fee assessed for the issuance of a duplicate transcript request; or

      (b) A twenty-five (25) dollar fee assessed for the issuance of a duplicate diploma. (22 Ky.R. 639; eff. 11-2-95; 23 Ky.R. 1679; 2480; eff. 12-5-96; 24 Ky.R. 407; 894; eff. 10-2-97; 25 Ky.R. 2673; 26 Ky.R. 62; eff. 7-14-99; 28 Ky.R. 1214; 1636; eff. 1-14-2002; 31 Ky.R 614; 934; eff. 11-8-04.)