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Beloit School District committee adopts edited third-to-fourth grade promotion policy under state guidance
Summary
The policy committee advanced Policy 345.4 on third-to-fourth grade promotion and retention — aligning district language with Wisconsin law and removing an unnecessary appeals section — and sent the edited policy and the retirement of Rule 345.4-1 to the full board for a first reading.
The Beloit School District Policy Committee voted to approve edits to Policy 345.4 (promotion and retention) and to retire Rule 345.4-1, sending the edited policy to the full board for a first reading.
The edits were discussed in detail after staff presented the policy framework and explained that it was built from a Department of Public Instruction model and the district's Equitable Multi-Level Systems of Support (EMLSS) guidance. Board member Amy Levy moved approval of the edited policy and the retirement of the rule; a second was recorded and the committee approved the motion by voice vote.
Committee members pressed staff on several procedural points. Staff said the policy implements the minimum requirements of Wisconsin Act 20, and members asked that the policy reference state law rather than a single named statute so future legal changes would be reflected by updating the legal reference rather than rewriting policy language. Staff agreed to…
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