Registration

• If your ID says TEMPORARY, please provide a second proof of identification (Employment Authorization Card, U.S. Permanent Resident Card, Passport with a valid U.S. Visa)

• Along with the OCPS Florida Residency Verification Form, please mail the two documents used to complete the form.

Students in the following categories are exempt from the academic skills assessment:

1. Students who entered the 9th grade in a Florida public school in the 2003-2004 school year, or any year thereafter, and earned a Florida standard high school diploma.
2. Students with a degree at the Associate in Applied Science (AAS) level or higher.
3. Students enrolled in an apprenticeship program that is registered with the Department of Education in accordance with Chapter 446, F.S.
4. Students serving as an active duty member of any branch of the United States Armed Services.
5. Students who have demonstrated readiness for public postsecondary education by achieving or exceeding established test scores on the 2014 GED (RLA 145; Math 145).
6. Students who have demonstrated readiness for public postsecondary education by achieving or exceeding established test scores (scores must be no more than two years old).
   • Florida Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT): Reading 106; Writing 103; Mathematics 114.
   • Next-Generation ACCUPLACER, The College Board (Interim Scores) Through July 2022: Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics (QAS) 242; Reading 245; Writing 245.
   • Next-Generation ACCUPLACER, The College Board Since August 2022: Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics (QAS) 261; Reading 256; Writing 253.
   • SAT, The College Board: Reading Test 24; Writing and Language Test 25; Math Test 24.
   • Digital SAT, The College Board Since June 2023: Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Section 490; Math Section 480.
   • ACT with Writing or ACT, Inc.: Reading 19; Writing 17; Mathematics 19.
   • Classic Learning Test, Classic Learning Initiatives, LLC Since August 2023: Sum of the Verbal Reasoning and Grammar/Writing Sections 38; Quantitative Reasoning 16.
7. Students who take and pass a related licensure exam identified by the Department of Education, Division of Career and Adult Education. A list of eligible licensure exams can be found in the Department of Education list of eligible licensure exams.

Adult students with disabilities, as defined in Section 1004.02(7), Florida Statutes, may be exempted from meeting the Basic Skills requirements (Rule 6A-10.040). Students served in exceptional student education (except gifted), as defined in s.1003.01(3)(a), F.S., may also be exempted from meeting the Basic Skills requirement. Orange County Public Schools policy addressing procedures for exempting eligible students with disabilities from the Basic Skills requirement as permitted in Section 1004.91(3), F.S. is as stated below.

A student with disabilities, defined as an adult or high school student with a documented disability who is completing a postsecondary adult technical program but has been unsuccessful in obtaining the designated exit criteria on the CASAS (Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System), may have the basic skill requirement waived based on the following procedures:

Students must provide acceptable documentation of disability, take initial basic skill CASAS assessment, participate in a minimum of nine weeks of remediation and retest. If retest scores have not reached the designated exit criteria, a written request for a waiver review may be submitted to the student’s guidance counselor upon the student’s completion of the technical program. A review committee consisting of the remediation instructor, technical program instructor, guidance counselor and an administrator will convene to decide if exemption of the basic skill requirement is appropriate and warranted. If the committee agrees that the student possesses the necessary skills and knowledge to be successful in the workplace, basic skill requirements will be waived and an appropriate certificate will be awarded. Procedure and waiver form can be found online.