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Board permits specific seniors to graduate with state-minimum 23 credits despite district's 26-credit requirement
Summary
The Bethany Public Schools Board approved waivers allowing specific seniors who meet the state minimum (23 credits) but not the district requirement (26 credits) to graduate. The board said the exemptions apply to students from alternate programs and transfers whose schedules prevented meeting the district standard.
The Bethany Public Schools Board on May 20 approved a motion allowing specific seniors to graduate with fewer than the district’s normal 26 credit-hour requirement because they meet the state minimum of 23 credit hours.
Board members discussed the rationale during the meeting: the exemptions apply to students enrolled in alternate education programs and at least one student who transferred into the district with different prior-course requirements. District staff said the group of affected students is small; one presenter recalled the count at about 13 students and described that number as typical year to year.
District staff noted the board’s local graduation requirement is higher than the state minimum to encourage additional coursework and attendance in the district, but they also stated the district uses the state minimum as a fallback for students who meet alternate-program criteria or who transferred into the district late. The motion to allow the named seniors to graduate under the state minimum passed on a recorded roll-call vote.
Formal action: the board’s motion authorized exceptions for specific seniors who meet the state minimum of 23 credit hours but not the district’s 26-hour requirement; recorded roll-call votes showed approval from the board members present.
Sources: board meeting discussion and roll-call vote.
