Board considers adopting DeKalb County virtual graduation policy, moves to require 22 credits

The South Carroll Special School District Board of Education discussed and moved to adopt a virtual-program graduation policy based on DeKalb County guidance and to require 22 credits for graduation for virtual students.

Why it matters: Tennessee law requires 22 credits to graduate from high school; the board discussed aligning the district’s virtual high school and adult education programs with that standard.

During the Aug. 22 meeting, Dr. Christy Blount moved to accept the DeKalb County policy as the district’s policy with corrections to remove an ACT/SAT requirement and to change the credit requirement from 17 to 22; Mr. Colton Moore seconded the motion. The agenda notes that Tennessee requires 22 credits to graduate and that the proposed policy would cover the district’s virtual high school and adult education program (CVA). The minutes record the motion and second; a formal roll-call vote is not included in the transcript excerpt provided.

Discussion versus decision: The item was listed as “Discussion/Direction” on the agenda; the recorded motion sought to adopt the policy “as our own with corrections.” The minutes do not include a detailed debate transcript or a recorded vote tally in the excerpt.

Technical and procedural note: The transcript references a DeKalb County policy as the template and explicitly states that the district should require 22 credits for virtual programs. The motion included removing any ACT/SAT testing requirement from line four of the policy language.

Next steps: The minutes do not list follow-up tasks or an implementation timeline in the provided excerpt.