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Policy subcommittee presents first reading on competency determination after Ballot Question 2
Summary
The Scituate School Committee held a first reading of a proposed policy to document pathways for graduation competency now that Ballot Question 2 removed MCAS as an automatic graduation requirement; the proposed policy includes a principal discretion clause for case-by-case review.
The School Committee heard a first reading on Feb. 10 of a proposed local policy to define student competency determinations in the wake of Ballot Question 2, which removed the requirement to pass MCAS as a condition to graduate.
A member of the policy subcommittee explained that, with the passage of Ballot Question 2, districts must establish local pathways to document whether students have met the competency-determination component of graduation. The subcommittee presented a draft policy that, according to the…
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