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4.3 Student Transfers ........................................................................................................ 44
4.3.1 Students Transferring between Schools within Ontario ................................. 44
4.3.2 Students Transferring from Home Schooling, a Non-Inspected
Private School, or a School outside Ontario .................................................... 45
5 School and Board Information: Admissions, Publishing, and Sharing ....... 46 5.1 Admission to School ................................................................................................... 46 5.1.1 Admission to a French-Language School Board ............................................. 47 5.1.1.1 Information to Be Provided by English-Language School Boards ..... 47
5.2 Elementary Schools: Information for Selecting a Secondary School ..................... 47
5.3 Secondary Schools ...................................................................................................... 48 5.3.1 The School Program and Course Calendar ..................................................... 48 5.3.2 Outlines of Courses of Study .......................................................................... 50
Part Two: Policy and Program Requirements for Secondary Schools ............... 53
6 Diploma and Certificate Requirements and Related Procedures ................ 54 6.1 The Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) .................................................... 54
6.1.1 Compulsory Credits (total of 18) ..................................................................... 54
6.1.2 Optional Credits (total of 12) .......................................................................... 56
6.1.3 The Secondary School Literacy Graduation Requirement ............................. 56
6.1.3.1 The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) ............................. 57
6.1.3.2 The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course (OSSLC) ....................... 58
6.1.3.3 The Adjudication Process ........................................................................... 59
6.1.4 The 40-Hour Community Involvement Requirement ................................... 60
6.2 Substitutions for Compulsory Credit Requirements .............................................. 61
6.3 The Ontario Secondary School Certificate (OSSC) ................................................. 62
6.4 The Certificate of Accomplishment ........................................................................... 62
6.5 The Granting of the Diploma and Certificates ......................................................... 63
6.6 The Ontario Scholar Program ................................................................................... 63
7 Secondary School Courses and Related Procedures ........................................ 64
7.1 Secondary School Credits ........................................................................................... 64
7.2 Secondary School Courses in the Ontario Curriculum .......................................... 65
7.2.1 Grade 9 and 10 Courses .................................................................................... 65
7.2.2 Grade 11 and 12 Courses .................................................................................. 66
7.2.3 Course Prerequisites ......................................................................................... 67
7.2.4 Procedures for Students Who Wish to Change Course Types ........................ 67
7.2.5 Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) ..................................... 68
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