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SBOE Tweaks Graduation Requirements as Requested by TIVA
The State Board of Education (SBOE) met May 18-21, 2010. In addition to approving new social studies curriculum standards they also “tweaked” the new graduation requirements that go into effect this fall....
On Tuesday the 18th, TIVA Executive Director Linda Holcombe once again gave testimony asking the SBOE to approve extending to the 2010-11 seniors the ability to use their 2-3 hour work-based CTE courses to substitute for the required PE credit....
On Friday night, May 21st, the board made a slight but important adjustment to the state’s high school graduation requirements. The board voted to allow students who successfully complete a two or three-credit career and technical education work-based training course prior to the 2011-2012 school year to count the class towards physical education graduation requirements.
Recent updates to the graduation requirements had eliminated the ability to receive a P.E. substitution for these CTE classes, which caused some upperclassmen to be without the required P.E. credits. Friday’s action allows them to receive the credit they believed they would receive when they began these multi-year graduation programs.
The board also agreed that “science and physical education graduation requirements successfully completed prior to the 2010-2011 school year shall count toward graduation in the manner established at the time the credit was earned.” This change is particularly helpful to students who took the Integrated Physics and Chemistry class.
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