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Board authorizes Instructional Services to approve extracurricular activities for new arts diploma endorsement
Summary
Trustees voted to let Instructional Services evaluate and approve the extracurricular hours students submit to earn the newly created Arts Proficiency diploma endorsement, aiming to avoid delays in certification near graduation deadlines.
Dr. Marlow, an Instructional Services staff member, asked the Henderson County Board of Public Education on March 10 to allow the Instructional Services department to approve arts‑related extracurricular activities that count toward a new state Arts Proficiency diploma endorsement.
The endorsement requires students to meet coursework standards and to document 40 hours of arts‑related extracurricular activities that occur outside the school day; the state guidance says such activities should be approved locally. Dr. Marlow told trustees the…
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