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Board adopts temporary independent-study changes to expand short-term online access for quarantined students
Summary
To conform with new state rules and immediate needs related to COVID, the board adopted amendments to the independent-study policy that allow students in quarantine or waiting for online-program placement to access short-term independent study (some online-waiting provisions time-limited to Sept. 7). Special-education advocates urged clarity that FAPE requirements remain.
The board voted to suspend certain rules and adopt an amendment to the independent-study policy to expand eligibility for short-term independent study. Under the adopted changes, students quarantining for COVID or students awaiting placement into the district's online-learning option may access independent study; the…
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