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Staff outlines revisions to independent-study (ISP) policy to allow flexible signing for short-term ISPs
Summary
Staff presented proposed edits to the district’s independent-study policy: for ISP assignments under 15 days, signed agreements may be completed at any point in the school year (not within 10 days of start), parents can request conferences, and minor changes may be updated rather than requiring a new written agreement.
Edwin presented the proposed edits to the district independent-study board policy for both traditional ISP and course-based instruction, saying the changes were redlined in board documents and would be brought as an action item. He summarized the primary change: "if a student was going to do ISP for less than 15 days, the written agreement had to be signed within 10 days of the commencement of the agreement. However... we have the opportunity to sign that agreement within the school year."
Edwin added that families may request a conference to review ISP parameters and that, following legal guidance, small changes to a written agreement (for example a curricular or teacher change) can be handled by updating the existing agreement rather than restarting it. The board indicated the edits were mostly self-explanatory and scheduled the item for action on the agenda.
