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Alma School District discusses expanded concurrent credit, earlier career planning and credentialing for teachers
Summary
Board heard a legislative update on a state "access" bill that would broaden concurrent-credit options and a district plan to move student success planning to middle school and expand career and technical education with a 50/50-funded career coach.
The Alma School District board heard an update on state and federal policy changes and several district initiatives intended to expand career and technical education and concurrent-credit opportunities for high school students.
Doctor Wood, a district administrator, told the board the state "access bill" has passed both committees and could reach the governor soon. "The major thing that impacts us is concurrent credit, and it is more flexible," Doctor Wood said, adding the bill changes definitions of "accelerated learning" and could create differentiated GPA weightings for advanced courses.
The report explained how the bill would broaden what counts as accelerated learning — listing Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, Cambridge programs and concurrent credit — and could standardize course codes across state universities so credits transfer more reliably among in-state institutions. Doctor Wood said the changes could make it possible for some students to accumulate…
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