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Beloit board committee reviews proposed policy to grant high‑school credits for Spanish proficiency
Summary
Administrators proposed a policy allowing high‑school credit for demonstrated Spanish proficiency — using ACTFL assessment or portfolio — to recognize DLI (dual‑language immersion) students who already have higher proficiency than traditional course progression indicates.
District administrators brought a proposed policy to the Teaching, Learning, Equity and Pupil Services committee on June 17 that would allow awarding high‑school credit for demonstrated Spanish proficiency, intended to align credits for students coming out of the district’s dual‑language immersion (DLI) K–8 pathway.
Teresa Moritek, who led the presentation with Dr. Anthony Bosco, said the policy is a follow‑up to a board action on graduation requirements and would establish a specific process and assessment for awarding credits via demonstration rather than course completion. ‘‘Our first kind of big need in all of this was to recognize awarding of high…
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