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Committee receives first read of competency-determination policy; questions focus on equity and appeals
Summary
Policy IKF-A, the district's draft implementing language for the state's new competency-determination graduation requirement, was presented; members asked how the policy will handle students with high needs, alternate coursework, appeals and timing of notifications.
The School Committee received a first reading March 12 of proposed policy IKF-A (Competency Determination), a district-level implementation of the state's recently changed graduation requirements.
Miss Elliott, district staff member, described the policy language presented to the committee. The draft ties competency determination to three elements: (1) receiving a passing grade in the grade-10 equivalent English course or an equivalent approved by the high school principal or designee; (2) a passing grade in Algebra I and a…
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