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Board hears update on new "Option B" graduation pathway that boosts CTE requirements
Summary
District staff briefed the board on a state option (Option B) for high-school graduation that keeps the 24-credit requirement but reduces math/science credits and raises career and technical education (CTE) and elective credits; the board was told it has 120 days to adopt an implementation plan.
District staff presented an update on a new state graduation pathway, called Option B, which the Alabama State Department of Education now allows districts to adopt.
Dr. King (title given in the meeting as the presenter) explained that both Option A (the district's current plan) and Option B require 24 credits to graduate, but Option B shifts the distribution of those credits. "Instead of four credits for science and four credits for math,"…
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