Technical and Career Education

GED + Two

 

In the State of Tennessee a person can take the General Equivalency Diploma (GED) test at the age of 18. However, after the State changed the compulsory school attendance age from 17 to 18 they developed a GED preparation program for 17 year olds. These 17 year olds MUST be at risk for dropping out of school.

An example of an at-risk student would be a 17 year-old freshman, a teen parent, someone who has been through the juvenile court system or someone who has been expelled from school due to disciplinary reasons. In Hamblen County we have what we call our 17 year-old GED program that is housed at the Technology Center. The instructor is Ms. Vicki Jarvis.