who even has access to their high school report card? I suppose maybe I could contact my high school? But I didn't keep a copy of my own grades for more than a week maybe even in school.

I was signing up for EMT classes and they required proof of English comp and algebra. My highschool takes 3 weeks to approve a records request. The community college would not accept my passing grades in differential equations or tech writing and I had to pass tests instead. Turns out the emt class doesn't even require those competencies but the comm college did.

So they are actively discriminating against those who have suffered a life shattering event in which personal documents were lost? (Eg house fire)

Sounds rather evil....

Report card??? This utterly stinks of ageism. I wonder if my school district even has that, approaching 30 years later...

What a strange requirement. I can't imagine how I'd get that card. I'm guessing the record doesn't exist anywhere. Another commenter talked of how this is not ok for people who lose their paper records in a disaster. But is "high school report card" even the sort of record people have and keep? I have nothing like it in my personal records. I don't think I have anything at all from my school days.