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Board amends rule to bar packets from replacing a prior high-school course grade
Summary
The board amended and then approved R277-717 (high school course grading requirements) to specify that students and LEAs may not use packet methods to replace a previous high-school course grade; debate focused on whether students can obtain credit outside LEA processes and on how existing statutes govern acceptance of external transcripts.
The State Board of Education amended and approved R277-717, the high school course grading requirements, clarifying that “a student may not use a packet, and an LEA may not designate a packet as original credit to improve a previous course grade of a high school student consistent with R277-705-39.” The amendment and the final rule passed unanimously with one member absent (Member Davis).
Member Lear proposed the amendment to line 62 after raising concerns that the draft language could be read as naming only LEAs as actors and could leave students or parents unclear about whether packets could be used to replace…
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