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Board approves flexible rules for new arts-education diploma endorsement
2324336 · February 18, 2025
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Summary
The board voted to allow any outside-the-school-day arts activities — rehearsals, club events, field trips and comparable documented out-of-school experiences — to count toward the 40-hour requirement for a new state arts endorsement.
The Columbus County Board of Education voted to adopt a district approach to the State Board of Education’s new arts-education diploma endorsement, allowing students to count hours spent outside the regular school day toward the 40-hour out-of-school requirement.
Kelly Jones, the district’s presenter on the endorsement, told the board…
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