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The following guidelines apply to the admission of those persons who do not meet general admission requirements.

Policy:

Students under the age of 18 who have not earned a diploma or the equivalent from an accredited high school may be admitted only upon appropriate release from their high school. Home-schooled and Running Start students are also subject to the special admission requirements outlined below. Students will be required to submit a High School Release Form or Running Start Authorization signed by the appropriate high school official when they apply for admission. Applications for underage students must have a signed release form attached in order to be processed.

Students under the age of 16 normally will not be admitted. If a potential student will not turn 16 during their first quarter of enrollment, the student must contact the Director of Career and Advising Services to seek an exception.

Procedure: 

Exemption decisions will be made according to the following criteria:

• The student must be referred to Green River by an academic institution or educator. This referral must include a release form from the student’s school district of residence, signed by the counselor (referring agency) and the student’s parent or guardian. The high school release form must be submitted each quarter with an annotation by the high school counselor identifying specific class(es) the student is recommended to take.
• Students who are admitted must complete formal enrollment prior to the first day of the quarter.
• If it is determined that the student is eligible for courses available through the public school system, the student should not be enrolled.
• Students must meet course prerequisites and demonstrate academic preparedness through COMPASS placement or an independent evaluation by a full-time faculty member from the appropriate division(s).
• An evaluation of the student’s maturity/college readiness must be conducted. This can be accomplished through a personal interview between the student, the Director of Career and Advising Services, the dean of the appropriate academic division, or the instructor of record for the course(s) to be taken. It may be appropriate to include the parent/guardian of the student in these discussions.
• Exemption requests must be made at least 15 working days prior to the start of the academic quarter in which the applicant wishes to enroll.

Students not complying with these procedures will be disenrolled.