Confirm the student's graduation cohort and official requirement set.
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High School Graduation Audit Checklist
Use this checklist to organize a graduation-progress conversation. Official requirements vary by state, district, school and graduation cohort, so always reconcile the checklist against the student's official record.
USE THIS FRAMEWORK
A practical structure you can use now.
Reconcile earned, in-progress and still-needed credits.
Identify non-credit requirements or pathway milestones.
Document approved credit-recovery or alternative completion plans.
Use this as a conversation framework, then verify every requirement in the official student record.
Turn the audit into a specific completion plan.
Separate confirmed requirements from assumptions.
Assign follow-up for every unresolved requirement.
Give the student a plain-language summary of the next steps.