Section 5-A8499. DEFINITIONS

 

“Applicant” means the individual who is seeking to take the GED® test.

 

“Credential” means the certificate and/or the state diploma provided by OSSE for successfully passing the GED® test.

 

“GED® test” means the nationally recognized high school equivalency test.

 

“Module” means a single subject area being measured by the GED® test.

 

“OSSE” means the Office of the State Superintendent of Education.

 

“Residence” means the address where the applicant’s parent, legal guardian, custodian or other primary caregiver resides, if the applicant is under eighteen (18), or if the applicant is an adult, or emancipated minor, the address where the applicant actually resides.  

 

 

authority

Sections 3(b)(11), (15), and (17) of the State Education Office Establishment Act of 2000, effective October 21, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-176; D.C. Official Code §§ 38-2602(b)(11), (15), and (17) (2012 Repl. & 2015 Supp.)).

source

Final Rulemaking at 63 DCR 5227 (April 8, 2016).