785 KAR 1:010. GED Testing Program.
RELATES TO: KRS 151B.125(1)(a)
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 151B.125(1)(a), 151B.410
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 151B.410(1) requires the Kentucky Adult Education Program to administer a statewide adult education and literacy program, and to promulgate administrative regulations to effect this mandate. KRS 151B.125 recognizes the Tests of General Educational Development or GED Tests for high school equivalency purposes in Kentucky and authorizes Kentucky Adult Education to establish fees for the issuance of a duplicate high school equivalency diploma and for issuance of a duplicate score report. This administrative regulation establishes the procedure for testing an adult for the GED diploma.
Section 1. Test Purpose. The GED Tests 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 to that of high school graduates. The tests 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. The Defense Activity for Nontraditional Education Support, DANTES (as the repository of score reports issued by the U.S. Armed Forces Institute).
(2) In order for an applicant to be issued a Commonwealth of Kentucky High School Equivalency Diploma and an official GED transcript, an applicant shall achieve the minimum standard score on each subtest and the minimum overall average score on the Official GED Tests as set by GED Testing Service.
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) For test on or before June 30, 2009, the testing fee shall be a uniform fee of:
(a) Forty (40) dollars, if the applicant is taking all five (5) subtests in a test session; or
(b) Ten (10) dollars per subtest, except as provided in subsection (5) of this section.
(2) Effective July 1, 2009, The testing fee shall be a uniform fee of:
(a) Fifty (50) dollars, if the applicant is taking all five (5) subtests in a test session; or
(b) Twenty-five (25) dollars per subsession, except as provided in subsection (5) of this section.
(3) Effective July 1, 2010, the testing fee shall be a uniform fee of:
(a) Fifty-five (55) dollars, if the applicant is taking all five (5) subtests in a test session; or
(b) Twenty-five (25) dollars per subsession, except as provided in subsection (5) of this section.
(4) Effective July 1, 2011, the testing fee shall be a uniform fee of:
(a) Sixty (60) dollars, if the applicant is taking all five (5) subtests in a test session; or
(b) Thirty (30) dollars per subsession, except as provided in subsection (5) of this section.
(5) A person who retests shall be assessed the fee established in subsection (1)(b), (2)(b), or (3)(b) of this section as appropriate to the date of the retest, but subject to the limitation that the total amount assessed shall not exceed the limit established in subsection (1)(a), (2)(a), or (3)(a) of this section regardless of the number of subsession retests attempted.
(6) A request for a duplicate 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 ten (10) 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; 35 Ky.R. 1285; 2431; eff. 6-5-09.)