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Richland One seeks waivers for instruction and credit for students in residential treatment
Summary
District staff said they will submit a seat-time waiver to the state for students placed in a residential treatment facility in the district's footprint so those students (many from the Department of Juvenile Justice) can earn credit despite limited daily instructional minutes; staff also outlined a districtwide proficiency-based seat-time option to accelerate credit recovery.
At the April 14 CNI meeting, Dr. Miner told the committee that Richland One will submit a seat-time waiver for students at a residential treatment facility in the district's footprint (referred to in the transcript as "Buyers") because therapy and facility rules limit students to about two supervised instructional hours per day.
"We need to put in a waiver because their instruction will look like possibly two hours a day," Dr. Miner said, explaining the facility's clinical requirements and the district's plan to provide computer-based instruction aligned to students' IEPs and to coordinate with adult education and GED providers for older…
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