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<p>Not necessarily.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, I looked up the graduation requirements for the New Jersey school district where we lived when my kids were little and compared them to the graduation requirements for the district in Maryland where my kids actually graduated.</p>
<p>Only three of the requirements (4 years of English, 1 of World History, 1 of Fine Arts or Performing Arts) were identical. Everything else differed.</p>
<p>The NJ district required 2 years of U.S. History but had no U.S. government requirement; the MD district required 1 year of U.S. History and 1 of U.S. government.</p>
<p>The NJ district required ALL students to have at least two years of foreign language; the MD district allowed several alternatives to foreign language, such as computer programming.</p>
<p>The NJ district required 1 year of humanities, 1/2 year of speech, and 1 year of “career education.” The MD district required none of these things.</p>
<p>The MD district required 4 years of math, which must include algebra and geometry; the NJ district required only 3 years and did not specify any courses.</p>
<p>The MD district required one year of “technical education” (such as computer applications or programming). The NJ district did not have such a requirement.</p>
<p>Both districts required 3 years of science, but the MD district specified that 1 of the years must be Biology and one must be a physical science. The NJ district did not specify the courses.</p>
<p>The NJ district required a full 4 years of physical education/health (the two subjects are taught as a combined course). The MD district required only one year of PE and 1/2 year of health.</p>
<p>The MD district had a substantial community service requirement for graduation (60 hours when my kids were in those schools, but I think it is soon to increase). The NJ district does not require community service.</p>
<p>In general, I think that it would be harder for a student from the MD district to transfer to the NJ district than the other way around, becuase the NJ district seems to have more requirements. However, Maryland has statewide tests in algebra, U.S. government, biology, and English that students must pass in order to graduate. The student from NJ, who would never have taken a U.S. government course, might be at a particular disadvantage when it comes to that test.</p>
<p>It is not unreasonable to think that kids transferring from one district to the other late in high school might face some difficulties.</p>