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Board approves course-book language change after state law requires grades on high-school transcripts
Summary
The board approved revisions to middle-school course-book language after officials said a law change now requires courses recorded on a high-school transcript to include a grade and count toward GPA; the district will no longer record certain middle-school courses on high-school transcripts as originally planned.
The Ball Chatham CUSD 5 board approved a revision to the district’s middle- and high-school course book after administrators said a change in state law requires any course recorded on a high-school transcript to include an accompanying grade and be counted in the student’s grade-point average.
A district official identified in discussion as Dr. Lateman explained the law change and the district’s response. “The law now states that a course recorded in any manner on the high school transcript must come with an accompanying grade and must be counted into the grade point average,” Dr. Lateman said. He explained the district had planned language to award middle-school students transcript credit for NCAA purposes without recording a grade on the high-school transcript, and that change is no longer permissible under the law.
As a result, the district revised the course-book language so those middle-school courses will no longer be recorded on the high-school transcript. The board moved to approve the suggested changes and voted in favor.
Board members did not expand on funding or operational details in the recorded discussion. The change affects how the district will record middle-school students’ high-level coursework and aligns district practice with the new statutory requirement.
