New Jersey § 18a:50a-1

Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 18a:50a-1, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 18a:50a-1.

A State-issued high school diploma shall be provided by the New Jersey Department

of Education to persons 16 years of age or older and no longer enrolled in school

to document the attainment of academic skills and knowledge equivalent to a high school

education. Demonstration of the appropriate level of academic competency for receipt of the

State-issued high school diploma shall include, but need not be limited to, passage

of the Tests of General Educational Development (GED) of the American Council on Education.

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