It is reported that Ms Mansfield had dropped out of school after becoming pregnant but later gained her GED or high school equivalency qualification.
It's been the only thing in town for high school equivalency testing.
"The national situation is definitely fluid, " said Tom Robbins, Missouri's director of adult education and high school equivalency, noting that other states plan to use the GED for now and bid later.
He highlights a bright spot: A building in the community converted to a makeshift classroom and library where residents can get tutoring help and then take the GED --- the high school equivalency exam.
The responsibility for issuing high school equivalency certificates or diplomas rests with states, and they've relied on the General Education Development exam since soon after the test was created to help returning World War II veterans.
Last month, New York, Montana and New Hampshire announced they were switching to a new high school equivalency exam, and California officials began looking into amending regulations to drop the requirement that the state only use the GED test.
One reason for the relatively large high school completion rate is that the United States offers a number of "second chances" for students to obtain a high school diploma, including attendance at special school-based programs and obtaining a General Education Credential (GED) credential, usually by passing a high school equivalency examination.
But people also qualify who are older than 17, some of whom didn't graduate from high school but possess the high-school equivalency credential known as the GED.
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"It's really yet to be determined, " said Amy Riker, director of high-school equivalency testing at ETS. An estimated 40 million American adults don't have high-school diplomas, and in 2011, about 723, 000 people took at least part of the GED test.
She was applying for an AmeriCorps job to help adults earn high-school equivalency diplomas.
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