Grades 9-12 Course Catalog - Plano Independent School District

Local/No State Credit Courses
Local credit courses are approved by the Board of Trustees for local credit only. These courses do not
count toward state graduation requirements. Local credit courses cannot be used to fulfill the minimum
number of credits on any graduation plan. Local credit courses are included in the calculation of the Grade
Point Average (GPA) with the exception of all aide positions, Academic Decathlon and courses repeated for
local credit.
Promotion Policy
Promotion guidelines for students graduating in 2011 and after are as follows:
1. From the ninth grade, a student must have acquired six credits.
2. From the tenth grade, a student must have acquired 13 credits, including two credits of English
(English I and English II) and one credit of Algebra I, one credit of Geometry, one credit of
Biology, and one credit of social studies (World Geography or World History).
3. From the 11 th grade, a student must have acquired 19 credits.
Required Courses
These courses are required to fulfill state educational guidelines. A course may or may not have a
prerequisite; a perquisite is a course that must be taken prior to the course under consideration.
Textbooks
Textbooks are state-owned (the property of Texas) and are issued to students in Plano ISD free of charge.
Each student is responsible for his/her textbooks issued by their school and is responsible for payment for
lost and/or damaged textbooks occurring in the school year. No textbooks are distributed from the
campuses for the following: Credit by Exam, correspondence courses, eSchool courses and concurrent
enrollment courses.
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