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Medford School Board approves one-year waiver for personal finance graduation requirement
Summary
The Medford School District board voted unanimously to allow staff to apply for a one-year waiver of the personal finance graduation requirement; the motion passed 6–0 with one absence. The waiver application will be submitted to the Oregon Department of Education.
The Medford School District board voted to allow the district to apply for a one-year waiver of the personal finance graduation requirement.
Board Director Suzanne Messer moved the motion, which was seconded by Director Jeff Kinsella. The motion passed on a roll-call vote: Messer: Yea, Caballero: Yea, Atkinson: Yea, Williams: Yea, Kinsella: Yea, Ferguson: Yea, Wright: Absent (Yea: 6, Nay: 0, Absent: 1).
The vote authorizes district staff to prepare and submit the waiver application to the Oregon Department of Education. The minutes do not state the district's rationale for seeking a waiver beyond the motion language; no further deadlines or estimated timelines for state action were recorded in the minutes.
