Assume, unless there is evidence to the contrary, that the following public schools in the United States are EIs:

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  Elementary schools;

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  Middle schools;

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  Junior high schools; and

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  High schools.

NOTE: United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Guam.

Assume, unless there is evidence to the contrary, that the following schools outside the United States are EI's:

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  Elementary schools operated by the U.S. Government;

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  Junior high schools operated by the U.S. Government; and

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  High schools operated by the U.S. Government.

Many penal and correctional institutions conduct academic and vocational programs for inmates. These programs are often comparable to programs at regular schools.

Consider the confinement facility to be an EI if:

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  The program is conducted by the department of education of the State in which it is located;

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  The department of education of the State in which the facility is located grants diplomas or certificates of course completion, or recognizes diplomas or certificates of course completion granted by the confinement facility;

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  Other schools in the State's public school system grant a diploma for work completed in the program of the confinement facility; or

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  The confinement facility meets the requirements in RS 00205.200.

See RS 00205.275 for policy and procedures for developing the EI status of home school.

See RS 00205.285 for policy and procedures for developing the EI status of an independent study program.