INDIANA — The Indiana Dept. of Education has been working with school districts across the state to help prepare Indiana students for new high school diploma requirements as early as next year after a State Board of Education vote last week.
The new graduation rules offer three pathway seals that students could earn on top of a base diploma. The pathways lead either to enrollment in college, employment, or enlistment in the military. The rules also allow students to complete more work experience or more rigorous academic requirements to earn a second “plus” tier of each seal.
The new diploma requirements will go into effect for all Indiana students by 2028-29, but schools could adopt the revised requirements as early as 2025-26. Students can opt in early starting in 2025.