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Board accepts Division 22 compliance report and discusses essential‑skills waiver
Summary
The board accepted the district’s Division 22 state standards compliance report for the 2023–24 school year and discussed the state action to waive the essential‑skills assessment while Oregon redesigns its state test; administrators noted graduation remains driven by credits for most students.
Superintendent Andy presented the Division 22 compliance report required annually by state administrative rule and recommended the board review and accept the district's report for the 2023–24 school year. The board voted to accept the report after a second reading.
During discussion a director asked why the district had temporarily waived assessment of essential skills for diploma requirements; the superintendent responded that the state (ODE) placed the requirement on hold while the Oregon state assessment is redesigned, and that districts continue to provide opportunities for students to take assessments and alternatives such as SAT/ACT/work keys or classroom work samples. The superintendent also noted district graduation requirements remain credit‑based (25 credits for the district vs. a 24‑credit statewide standard), and that in the district’s recent experience failure to graduate was driven by missing credits rather than essential‑skills scores.
Administration described the report as a standard annual review with many compliance checkboxes and said corrective action plans have been infrequent in recent years. The board accepted the Division 22 report, recording the acceptance as Resolution 100924‑6.3.
