MS SB2383

Clarifies that students participating in an approved General Educational Development (GED) Option program under a school district agreement with a community college or other local entity shall not be considered dropouts for funding purposes.

Students in GED Option programs are counted as enrolled in their school district of origin for minimum program funding only, but not for regular academic or programmatic purposes.

Requires individual career plans for GED Option program students that address academic/instructional needs, job readiness needs, and work experience program options.

Allows GED Option programs to be operated by single school districts or by two or more adjacent school districts under contract approved by the State Board of Education.

Establishes student eligibility criteria including minimum age of 16, being at least one full grade level behind ninth grade cohort or having fewer than four Carnegie units, and superintendent certification of eligibility.