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Early Graduation Program – Flag Clean Up and ACT Scores
Per the Early Graduation Program Data Standard, at this point in the year it is time to clean up Intent for Early Graduation (IEG) flags in Infinite Campus. All updates must be made by Tuesday, June 30, 2026, as a final list of eligible students will be sent to KHEAA on Wednesday, July 1, 2026.
Flag Clean Up
Run the Intent for Early Graduation Report (KY State Reporting | KDE Reports | Intent for Early Graduation) to identify students who were marked with the IEG flag in the fall. Any student who no longer wants to participate in the Early Graduation Program (EGP), or those who are not able to meet the requirements, should have the End Date and Eligibility End Date fields updated and should have an exit reason entered into the Participation Details field. Note: Please do not add an Eligibility End Date for students who have successfully completed the requirements for the EGP as this will mark them as "Withdrawn" on the EGP report, and they will not receive their EGP Scholarship.
Assessment Scores
The Kentucky Department of Education is in the process of updating the Early Graduation Report to include student SAT scores to help determine student eligibility. In the meantime, schools can manually check student SAT scores to determine eligibility using the SAT benchmarks on the Council for Postsecondary Readiness' Academic Readiness Indicators document.
ACT scores may also be used to determine eligibility, and ACT scores that were available prior to June 30, 2025, will remain on the report. As reported in the March 2026 KSIS Newsletter, ACT scores are no longer available for KDE to publish to school districts. Therefore, if an EGP student has taken the ACT on their own since June 30, 2025, to meet the assessment benchmarks for the program, the KDE does not have access to those scores.
If you have any students in this situation, please email Caryn Davidson with their SSIDs. So long as the district has entered the student ACT scores into Infinite Campus, they can be manually checked and included in the final list of eligible students sent to KHEAA in July.
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Mark Your Calendar
The Annual Career and Technical Education (CTE) Kentucky CTE Summer Program (KACTE) will be held July 20 – 23 at the Galt House in Louisville and registration for the conference is now open as well as room reservations. If you plan to stay at the Galt House reserve your hotel room immediately as they go fast.
As with last year, the Office of Continuous Improvement and Support has allocated funds to pay the registration fees for 200 attendees from the groups of School Counselors, Alternative Educators and Homeless Coordinators. If you are in this group when you get to the payment section, select “Check or Money Order” and in the Purchase Order Number section write the appropriate code found in the table located above the payment method section.
Once you receive your registration confirmation email, please forward the email to John Paise (john.paise@education.ky.gov) in the Office of Career and Technical Education.
If you need support, contact:
Michelle Sircy, Ed.D.
Kentucky Department of Education
300 Sower Blvd.
Frankfort, KY 40601
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