B. If a committed youth regularly attends and is making satisfactory progress in educational classes as prescribed in this section, the committed youth shall be required to work at least twenty hours a week with up to ten hours of homework a week counting toward this requirement.
C. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a committed youth who is at least sixteen years of age, has not received a high school diploma, a high school certificate of equivalency or an exception from the director and who is functionally literate may take the general equivalency diploma test or an equivalency test approved by the state board of education prior to release from a secure care facility. The committed youth may be required to demonstrate readiness for the general equivalency diploma test through an assessment or by completion of a practice test in order to request administration of the general equivalency diploma test or an equivalency test approved by the state board of education.