Get Elective Credit through Work Experience, College Credit and/or Military Service

Bakersfield Adult School — Credit from Work Experience, College Coursework, or Military Service

Students working toward a high school diploma at Bakersfield Adult School (BAS) may be eligible to earn elective credits from work experience, college credit, and/or military service.

The student must do the following before submitting work experience:

✅ Eligibility Requirements

To qualify for work experience credit, you must:

• Be enrolled in BAS high school diploma program
• Have earned at least 100+ credits in non-elective classes
• Complete at least 5+ credits at BAS during the current quarter

 

Students may verify their work experience in ONE of the following ways:

 📄 Acceptable Proof of Work Experience

Upload one of the following official documents in PDF format: 

• W2 forms or tax returns  (after high school senior year employment)
• Social Security Statement (Request free statement) or online: www.ssa.gov, download PDF file statement
• If you are locked out of your account, you can go to the Social Security Office for your Earnings Report/Social Security Statement, which is given to you for FREE.  You only need to submit the free copy. Please make sure it has a stamp or signature from the Social Security Office.
• Official college transcripts

📤LINK TO UPLOAD DOCUMENTS: Work Experience Form

 

⚠️ DO NOT BUY AN EMPLOYMENT REPORT FROM THEM! THIS IS NOT THE REPORT WE NEED.

 

Each year of full or part-time work is analyzed on its own merits and may or may not qualify for credit. A maximum of forty credits are allowed from work exp., college credits, and/or military service combined. 

 

📧QUESTIONS?

Email the BAS Registrar, Mayra Sandoval at [email protected]. When  sending email, please include full name, birth date, phone number and student ID number.