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Committee pauses action, asks staff for clarification on secondary completion and packets
Summary
Committee members asked staff for clarification on R277-705 (secondary school completion and diplomas) and moved the item to a follow-up meeting after concerns about how the rule treats packets, grade replacement, accreditation and the statutory standard language.
Discussion about R277-705 (secondary school completion and diplomas) identified confusion about how the rule treats packets used for original credit and credit recovery, accreditation requirements, and whether a packet can be used to replace a grade earned through a nonaccredited source. Committee members asked staff for more detail on the criteria and rubric USBE will use to review packets if LEAs ask USBE to do so.
Staff advised that HB 191 (referenced in committee) directs that some packets be reviewed; LEAs may also follow their local instructional-review process. Committee members asked whether USBE should establish a clearer rubric that defines what "adheres to standards prescribed in state board rule" means for packets; staff said an instructional-review rubric exists for curricular materials and could be adapted for packets, but that statute also allows LEAs to conduct their own review processes.
Committee action: Given the ambiguity about whether and how packets could carry grades and how state review would apply, the committee delayed action and moved R277-705 to the committee's June 24 agenda for additional clarification and staff work.
Ending: Staff will prepare clarifying language about the state review pathway, the relationship to LEA processes, and whether packets are eligible for grade replacement, along with a draft rubric or criteria for packet review to present at the follow-up meeting.
