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Board adopts updated equivalency-credit policy to allow paid work experience as CTE credit
Summary
The board approved revisions to board policy 24-13 to allow elective credit for paid work experience under recently approved state legislation; mastery-based credits will be added after further staff work.
The board voted to adopt revisions to Board Policy 24-13 (equivalency credit opportunities), updating how students may receive elective credit for paid work experience under new state legislation. District leadership said the redlined changes reflect recent legislative changes that permit work-based credit and that a further revision addressing mastery-based credits will be brought back after staff meet with building-level leaders.
During discussion the superintendent explained possible models for awarding partial credit based on state assessments: "a student who, passes the Smarter Balanced assessment in their 10th grade year could recover, 0.5 credit of English if they failed English because that would demonstrate that they've made that," and board members asked for additional language on mastery pathways before those elements are finalized.
