Final Exam Exemption Policy 2024-2025 |
The final exam exemption policy aims to incentivize students for grades, attendance, and behavior.
ELIGIBILITY
Students may earn a specific course exam exemption by meeting the following criteria in that course:
- Semester average of 80 or above in the class/course seeking exemption
- 3 or fewer absences for the semester
- Students must be clear of fines, fees, or holds
- Student meets campus-specific deadlines related to exemption submission
Students CAN NOT exempt from any final exam if the following DISCIPLINE occurs:
- A student received an In-School Suspension (ISS), Out of School Suspension(OSS) during the semester-assigned
- A student received a DAEP or JJAEP placement during the semester-assigned
Students are eligible for the following number of final exam exemptions:
- 9th graders - 1 final exam exemption each semester
- 10th graders - 2 final exam exemptions each semester
- 11th graders - 3 final exam exemptions each semester
- 12th graders - 4 fall final exam exemptions & ALL spring final exam exemptions
Absences that DO NOT count against exemptions | Absences that DO count against exemptions |
School sponsored trip/activity (including UIL) | Parent Note OR Truancy (Unexcused Absence) |
Class absence initiated by school personnel | |
College Visits (2 per year for 11th and 12th graders) with official note from college campus | |
DPS license appointment, Court, Funeral, Religious Holiday, Workplace visit (up to 2 days) | |
Partial Day Medical - doctor’s visit during part of the day, in class the rest of the day | |
Entire Day Medical - doctor’s note for illness |
Final exam exemption clarifiers:
- Students must be present in class on the day of the final for the exemption.
- Students may NOT be exempt from dual credit (DC) final exams.
- If a student registers and sits for an AP exam, they are exempt from the spring semester final exam. The final exam exemption in which the student successfully takes the AP exam does not count toward the maximum number of exemptions for that student’s grade level.