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Lynn schools adopt separate competency determination and revised graduation requirements aligning with DESE guidance
Summary
Lynn Public Schools on Oct. 9 moved two education policies — a revised graduation requirement (IKF) and a new competency determination policy (IKFE) — from the policy subcommittee to the full committee and approved both in the regular meeting.
Lynn Public Schools on Oct. 9 moved two education policies — a revised graduation requirement (IKF) and a new competency determination policy (IKFE) — from the policy subcommittee to the full committee and approved both in the regular meeting.
The revisions to IKF retain the district’s February 2024 adoption of the MassCore framework for graduation coursework but remove competency-determination provisions that had been added in January 2025. The new IKFE policy codifies how the district will determine a student’s competency for a diploma under recent guidance from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).
DESE’s guidance requires districts to separate the two policies. Under IKFE,…
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