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Committee rejects simple switch from "AND" to "OR" for Hathaway eligibility
Summary
The Joint Education Committee voted down a proposed eligibility change that would allow students to qualify for Hathaway by meeting either GPA or ACT requirements, rejecting the draft by 2‑11 after LSO and department analysis projected thousands of newly eligible students and multi‑million‑dollar fiscal implications.
A proposal to change initial Hathaway eligibility language from an "and" requirement (GPA and ACT) to an "or" option (GPA or ACT) failed to secure committee sponsorship on Nov. 13.
LSO staff presented 26LSO0195 and shared a Department analysis using 2023–24 student data that estimated roughly 2,517 additional students would qualify for the honors tier under an "or" standard — increasing honors eligibility from about 1,724 to about 4,241 students. The analysis estimated approximately $9.5 million…
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