
Uniform Grading Policy
The South Carolina State Board of Education adopted a new Uniform Grading Policy (UGP) for South Carolina’s public schools for all students beginning in the 2016-17 school year.
Other Grading Policies in the Uniform Grading Policy
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The criteria for determining honor graduates, to include valedictorian and salutatorian and Top 10, is a local decision.
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Life Scholarships are determined at the end of the senior year,
however, local boards may establish earlier cut-offs (i.e. 7th semester
or 3rd 9 weeks of the senior year) for determining a rank for any local
purpose.
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Beaufort County School District will use only the SC Uniform
Grading Scale for determining GPA, class rank and local recognition.
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Using the first day of enrollment as a baseline, students who withdraw from a course
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With the first day of enrollment in the course as the baseline,
students who withdraw from a course within three days in a 45-day
course, five days in a 90-day course, or ten days in a 180-day course
will do so without penalty.
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Students who withdraw from a course after the deadline will be
assigned a WF (50) and the F will be calculated in the student’s overall
grade point average/ratio.
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The limitations for withdrawing from a course without penalty do
not apply to course or course level changes initiated by the
administration of a school.