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Board approves graduation-rule change to help CTE students complete pathways
Summary
After debate about student choice and long-term program impacts, the Santa Rosa board approved a revision to BP 6146 to allow students pursuing CTE industry certifications to waive certain course requirements so they can complete pathways; the second reading passed in a 4-1 roll-call vote.
The Santa Rosa City Schools board voted Feb. 25 to adopt revisions to Board Policy 6146 (high-school graduation requirements) intended to make Career and Technical Education (CTE) pathways easier to complete. The change allows students pursuing an industry-recognized CTE completion to waive the third year of math and the second year of visual and performing arts or world language when that waiver helps them meet pathway completion requirements.
A staff presenter explained the revision "allows any student who wishes to pursue CTE all…
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