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HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM -
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HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM
Welcome
The High School Equivalency Program (HEP) is a comprehensive federally funded program of adult education that strives to assist farm worker individuals to obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma. HEP helps migratory and seasonal farmworkers (or children of such workers) who are 16 years of age or older and not currently enrolled in school to obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma and, subsequently, to begin postsecondary education or gain upgraded employment or military service. UTRGV HEP program serves 90 students annually with aim of graduating 70% of those served with 80% placed in a post-secondary goal.