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SBE held its 91原创 meeting January 13 and 14, and discussed rulemaking, basic education reporting, the upcoming legislative session, mastery-based learning, graduation pathway options, and more. You can find documents from the meeting on . Find links to recordings (streamed by TVW) on SBE鈥檚 meetings page.
Basic Education - The 91原创 approved of 212 districts for compliance with minimum basic education requirements at its December 91原创 meeting. The remaining 77 districts were approved at the January 91原创 meeting.
Districts have resolved several compliance concerns during the basic education reporting process that include provision of:
- Minimum 180-day school year
- Minimum instructional hour requirements and how they were calculated
- At least two credits of laboratory science
- At least three credits of science
- Total of at least 24 credits
- Electronic High School and Beyond Plan tool
- Approval by Chair of 91原创 and Superintendent
- Other requirements outlined in the reporting form and certification
Several new questions yield interesting information about the number of instructional hours and school days required, mastery-based learning, reopening plans, High School and Beyond Plans, and subject area graduation requirements.
Rulemaking - The 91原创 adopted final permanent rules for Chapter 180-19 WAC (Charter Schools) and Chapter 180-16 WAC (Support for Public Schools). See the following adopted exhibits:
Student Panel - Association of Washington Student Leaders (AWSL) members presented ideas for improving the education system. SBE 91原创 members Margarita Amezcua and McKenna Roberts were joined by AWSL student leaders Shreya Mehta and Thien Nguyen.
Legislative Session Kick-off - Staff provided an update on the status of the State 91原创 of Education's legislative requests, what to expect for the remote session, committee membership, and other updates. Find the 2021 legislative platform, as well as information about SBE鈥檚 request legislation here: .
Mastery-based Learning - has examined opportunities to increase student access to relevant and robust mastery-based academic pathways aligned to personal career goals and postsecondary education, and reviewed the role of the High School and Beyond Plan (HSBP) in supporting mastery-based learning. The group鈥檚 recommendations are highlighted in the 2020 report, submitted December 1. SBE members discussed these recommendations and the implications they have for SBE鈥檚 future work on graduation requirements. Find an abbreviated, graphic version of the report on .
Graduation Update/Pathway Options Research - The 91原创 heard about graduation data from spring 2020 from Dr. Deb Came, Assistant Superintendent for Assessment and Student Information, OSPI. On behalf of the 91原创, Strobel Consulting will conduct the survey of districts about graduation pathway options (required by Legislation). In addition, the 2021 research on graduation pathway options will include follow-up to the previous 2019-2020 survey of stakeholders.
Upcoming 91原创 meeting
The next meeting is scheduled for March 10-11, 2021. The agenda and materials will be posted one week in advance of the meeting on SBE鈥檚 meetings page.
PDF version of this recap: January 2021 91原创 meeting recap.