Levy County School Board members approved revisions to the district pupil progression plan after a presentation from district staff explaining changes to assessment thresholds, promotion language and English-language-learner references.
The changes, the board was told, include replacing references to local newspaper publication with posting on the district website, clarifying academic measures to specify reading and math, changing certain scoring thresholds to align with Skyward, and updating ELL assessment terminology to WIDA ACCESS.
District presenter Mister McClellan, identified in the meeting as a staff member, walked the board through the proposed edits and said the new language was developed with school administrators. "The new language proposed is in red," McClellan said, and he described multiple technical edits: removing a "2 hours daily" phrase where a 120-minute minimum already appears; changing a reference from "final" to "quarterly" so that a quarterly grade below 50 is set to a 50 for the quarter; and splitting a standard so that a prior 16-out-of-20 expectation becomes 17 out of 21 after separating alliteration and initial sounds into two standards.
McClellan also described changes to assessment terminology and state-aligned requirements. "Access for ELLs 2 is no longer used by the state. That is now addressed as WIDA access," he said. He said the plan now lists remediation for "level 1" students as required under state law and recommends (but does not require) additional tiered interventions for "level 2" students because some schools lack enough staff for intensive reading for every level-2 student.
During public discussion among board members, one board member asked for an example of a "state-approved course in career and education planning" referenced in the promotion language for eighth and ninth grade. McClellan said the district uses online career-research tools and lessons that let students research occupations and pay ranges, and noted the statute requires that eighth graders complete a career-education planning activity.
After discussion, the board voted to approve the updated pupil progression plan. Mister Lott moved to approve the plan; a second was recorded, and the motion passed by voice vote.
The revisions also include aligning reading endorsement and micro-credential supervisory language to current state expectations and replacing references to the FSA with broader "state English" assessment language where multiple assessments are used, McClellan said. Administrators worked through the summer to craft the language, he told the board, so the district would have clearer, implementable steps for promotion and remediation.
Board members did not request further revisions at the meeting; the plan will be posted as the approved version and used for the coming school year.