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District outlines how state '306' competency changes will reshape graduation requirements and courses
Summary
Administrators described New Hampshire '306' competency‑based graduation changes that increase minimum credits from 22 to 25, add embedded competencies (logic and rhetoric, data analysis, financial literacy), and require a capstone for the class of 2030. Departments are revising curricula and flagged substantial summer and PD work to comply.
School leaders told the board on Dec. 17 that statewide changes to graduation requirements (often called the '306' changes) will require curricular and scheduling changes at Oyster River High School and will take several years to phase in.
Administrators said the new requirements apply beginning with the rising ninth grade (class of 2030) and shift toward competency‑based demonstration of learning rather than seat time. "It is competency‑based education. It is not seat time," Rebecca Noi said, adding that the district has increased its graduation minimum from 22 to 25 credits under the new standards.
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