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Superintendent says DESE voluntary compliance plan paused as statewide admissions debate continues
Summary
Superintendent Watson told the committee that the district’s voluntary compliance plan (VCP) in response to a DESE letter of findings has been placed on indefinite pause while statewide changes to vocational admissions, including a proposed weighted lottery, are resolved at the state level.
Superintendent Watson updated the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical School Committee on ongoing state discussions about vocational school admissions and said the district’s voluntary compliance plan (VCP) tied to a DESE letter of findings has been placed on an “indefinite pause.”
Watson said the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is advancing a proposal for a…
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