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Board approves alternative pathway to diploma for students with significant cognitive disabilities
Summary
The board approved coursework and a local implementation plan under AB 181 allowing eligible students who take the California Alternate Assessment to earn a state-recognized high school diploma using modified, standards-aligned coursework.
The Amador County Board of Trustees voted unanimously March 12 to approve an alternative pathway to a high school diploma for students with significant cognitive disabilities, adopting course descriptions and a local plan to implement requirements established by AB 181.
The pathway gives eligible students — those who are eligible for the California Alternate Assessment — a route to earn a standard high school diploma by completing California’s minimum coursework requirements using modified, standards-aligned curriculum. Joshua Brock, Amador County director of special education, said the local plan uses the Unique Learning System curriculum to provide tiered, accessible instruction linked to the state’s core content connectors.
The board adopted the plan after presentations from district…
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