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Oyster River board outlines how New Hampshire's "306s" will change graduation requirements and course planning
Summary
District officials told the school board that New Hampshire's new minimum standards (the "306s") shift graduation requirements to a competency-based model, add requirements such as financial literacy and statistics, and will require accelerated planning so incoming freshmen meet the new rules next year.
The Oyster River Cooperative School District on Oct. 16 heard a detailed briefing on New Hampshire's new minimum standards for public schools, often referred to as the "306s," and what the changes mean for high-school graduation requirements and local course offerings.
Assistant Superintendent Suzanne told the board the state's shift removes the traditional time-based Carnegie unit and moves to competency-based credits, a change that will mean "we will have kids that are working under different graduation requirements," with incoming freshmen subject to the new rules. She said the state diploma remains a 20-credit minimum but the 306s add and reorganize requirements including explicit financial-literacy content, New Hampshire history, a civics component tied to the naturalization exam, a new…
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