HB1484

House Bill 1484 limits the number of course credits a high school student can obtain through credit recovery programs to a maximum of ten credits between grades nine and twelve. This restriction applies to students entering the ninth grade starting in the 2025-2026 academic year. The bill includes extensive exemptions for specific groups of students, including those with individualized education programs (IEPs), students in foster care or the custody of the Division of Youth Services, homeless students, and those in long-term medical or mental health placements. Further exemptions are provided for pregnant students, those requiring Tier III intensive interventions, students in statewide open-enrollment virtual charter schools, students in credit recovery charter schools, and students currently or previously served in English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. The legislation defines 'long-term placement' as having thirty or more cumulative days of absence in a single semester due to medical or mental health facility stays.