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Mansfield School Committee adopts new graduation competency policy after MCAS change
Summary
The committee approved a revised local competency-determination policy (IKF) after Massachusetts’ 2024 ballot change removed MCAS as an automatic graduation requirement. Administrators said the policy clarifies which courses satisfy the new local determination for classes through 2026 and establishes transcript review rules for transfers.
The Mansfield School Committee on Jan. 28 adopted a revised graduation competency determination policy (IKF) spelling out how students will meet local competency now that statewide Question 2 removed MCAS as an automatic graduation requirement.
Principal Booth and Director of School Counseling Tina Caridionis told the committee the policy was written to protect students in the classes of 2025 and 2026 and to give clearer course-based pathways for future classes. Under the district’s approach, students who previously met competency by passing MCAS remain credentialed; for others, competency will be certified by completion of specific courses mapped to the 2023 state standards.
Why this matters: Massachusetts’ 2024 ballot change (Question 2) shifted the mechanism for competency determination from an automatic MCAS pass to a locally…
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