<p>If I've completed all the credits...can the school arbitrarily decide whether or not a student receives a diploma?</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of that before…I guess it would have to depend on the reason. I suppose if you got suspended/expelled, but that’s about the only reason I can think of.</p>
<p>Each state/school district has different laws regarding this. While I wouldn’t try to get kicked out/not graduate a way to find out the rules is to look at the district bylaws (boring, I know)</p>
<p>However, state education laws also come into play (i.e. in CA any teacher can fail a student for ANY reason.)</p>
<p>For not meeting Phys Ed requirements. >.<</p>
<p>For not passing the health class requirement. For not passing the state competency exams. For not passing gym class. For forgeting to show up for graduation (though in this case you’ll graduate, just not get your diploma on time).</p>
<p>wait, I mean
<strong><em>private school</em></strong> </p>
<p>does this change everything?</p>
<p>Well, I can’t think of any reasons. I go to a private school, and it’s never happened before.</p>
<p>Not completing all requirements/failing a requirement
Expulsion</p>
<p>But I really hope your school won’t not give you a diploma if you’ve done nothing wrong…</p>
<p>Private schools operate under their own rules. I know a kid whose diploma was withheld because he didn’t pass a final exam in one class. Another kid was given demerits for conduct off campus that put him over the accepted limit to graduate, that one was resolved by a threatened lawsuit. Another had credits taken online from the public school district not counted towards meeting graduation requirements, wrong course code.</p>
<p>Lol…
How would not having a diploma affect you though? Do you actually need it for anything? I don’t think colleges ask for it…just end of year reports, right?</p>