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Board hears proposals on carpentry-for-geometry credit, HB 340 device policy and economic-development designation
Summary
Staff asked the board to consider allowing a carpentry pathway to count for a semester of geometry for Technical College System students, to place an HB 340-related student-device policy on the 30-day table, and announced a district economic development designation and $3,500 grant from Georgia Power.
District staff presented three academic and policy items for board consideration: a proposed pathway credit for geometry tied to the carpentry Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) pathway; a proposed student-device policy in response to state law (House Bill 340); and recognition for the district’s economic development partnership designation along with a small grant.
Career-technical education staff (presenter identified in the transcript as Mr. Benson) outlined a proposal that, beginning in the 2025–2026 school year, students who complete the carpentry pathway could be awarded one semester of geometry credit (recorded…
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