§668.141. Scope.
34 C.F.R. § 668.141
This subpart sets forth the provisions under which a student who has neither a high school diploma nor its recognized equivalent may become eligible to receive title IV, HEA program funds by—
Achieving a passing score, specified by the Secretary, on an independently administered test approved by the Secretary under this subpart; or
Being enrolled in an eligible institution that participates in a State process approved by the Secretary under this subpart.
Under this subpart, the Secretary sets forth—
The procedures and criteria the Secretary uses to approve tests;
The basis on which the Secretary specifies a passing score on each approved test;
The procedures and conditions under which the Secretary determines that an approved test is independently administered;
The information that a test publisher or a State must submit, as part of its test submission, to explain the methodology it will use for the test anomaly studies as described in § 668.144(c)(17) and (d)(8), as appropriate;
The requirements that a test publisher or a State, as appropriate—
Have a process to identify and follow up on test score irregularities;
Take corrective action— up to and including decertification of test administrators—if the test publisher or the State determines that test score irregularities have occurred; and
Report to the Secretary the names of any test administrators it decertifies and any other action taken as a result of test score analyses; and
The procedures and conditions under which the Secretary determines that a State process demonstrates that students in the process have the ability to benefit from the education and training being offered to them.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Source
Source: 75 FR 66960, Oct. 29, 2010, unless otherwise noted.
Authority
Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1001-1003, 1070g, 1085, 1088, 1091, 1092, 1094, 1099c, 1099c-1, 1221e-3, and 1231a, unless otherwise noted.