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Rock Hill board unanimously approves competency-based education waiver to submit to state
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The Rock Hill School Board voted 7-0 to approve submission of a competency-based education waiver allowing high-school credit to be awarded by demonstrated mastery rather than strict seat-time; the district will submit the application to the state and monitor implementation closely.
The Rock Hill School District Board voted unanimously to approve a competency-based education waiver for submission to the South Carolina Department of Education, a move the district says would allow students to earn high-school credit based on demonstrated mastery rather than seat-time requirements.
Alicia Johnson, executive director of secondary education, told trustees the waiver seeks an exemption from the student attendance regulation (43-2-747(b)) that currently ties one Carnegie unit to at least 120 hours of seat time. "This is an approach that is going to award credit to a student based on mastery of academic…
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