Committee updates instructional goals policy to add dual‑enrollment 'passport' participation and extend reading plan notice to parents

The committee reviewed additions to the instructional goals and objectives policy that explicitly recognize the division’s participation in a community college “passport” program for dual enrollment and expand literacy planning and notification requirements.

Staff said the passport agreement allows certain courses and dual‑enrollment credits to transfer among partnering community colleges when students take the courses in their junior and senior years. The policy also incorporates elements of the state’s college‑and‑career readiness and accreditation model, including the use of industry‑recognized credentials as substitutes for certain credits.

On literacy, staff described the division’s plan to codify a science‑of‑reading‑based literacy program and require that parents receive a copy of their child’s reading plan and sign it. “At the very end that parents will be given notice on a copy of their child's reading plan, and they'll sign off on it,” a staff presenter said; staff noted the requirement is being extended through grade 8 this year.

Why it matters: The passport language clarifies transferability of dual‑enrollment credits and supports pathways toward an associate degree; the literacy‑plan notice creates a documented parent notification step and makes the division’s reading intervention plan explicit in policy.

Next steps: Committee members had no objections in the meeting and staff will incorporate the language into the policy revision packet for board review.