Licensure Exemption Chart

2021-22 Basic Skills Licensure Exemption List

Licensure exemptions are listed as Certification Codes from the Division of Career and Adult Education Industry Certification Descriptions.  If a student is unable to meet the basic skills requirements on the post-test for basics skills requirements, they may sit for one of the related exams listed below and if they earn that industry certification, they may be counted as a program completer (s. 1004.91, F.S.).

Guidelines for requesting TABE exception based on licensure:

The licensures or certifications below are the exclusive licenses that a student may obtain to exempt from the TABE, for graduation purposes only. The student still has to take the initial TABE, or be exempt from taking it by other options such as holding an associate’s degree or higher, passing the respective developmental education course(s), transferring in English and/or math courses, achieving specific scores on an approved College entrance exam within 2 years, or exempt per Florida Statute 1008.30. If the student is required to take the TABE and does not pass all subtests, the student should seek remediation to improve their skill deficiencies. Tutors and academic support staff in the campus Learning Labs are available to assist.  If the student has any of the designated licensures or certificates indicated, earned within six months of program completion, the student may request exemption from the TABE and be awarded the diploma (if they submitted and paid the fee for an Intent to Graduate application.).

A student may request a licensure exemption from any testing personnel, the registrar’s office, or the student may go to a program specialists who can verify the information and forward to one of the above mentioned persons a copy of the license and a request to process the exemption.

Student must present a photo ID and an original of the license, from one of the agencies listed, when requesting a licensure exemption. The person processing the exemption should make a copy and attach it to the completed exemption form.