Bellingham Public Schools will adopt core academic course equivalences for high school Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses, provided that the course has been reviewed and approved for equivalent credit by a district team appointed by the superintendent or designee.
The district team (Equivalency Committee) will ensure that CTE聽courses approved for equivalency meet the following criteria:
A. Alignment with the state鈥檚 essential academic learning requirements and grade level expectations; and
B. Align with current industry standards, as evidenced in the curriculum frameworks.
The CTE聽Advisory Committee and聽CTE聽director shall certify that courses meet industry standards. CTE courses determined by the district to be equivalent to academic core courses, in full or in part, shall be accepted as meeting core requirements, including graduation requirements if the courses are recorded on the student鈥檚 transcript using the equivalent academic high school department designation and title. Full or partial credit shall be recorded as appropriate.
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Policy 2170 鈥 Career and Technical Education |
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RCW 28A.230.010 Course content requirements鈥擜ccess to career and technical course equivalencies鈥擠uties of school boards of directors鈥擶aivers RCW 28A.230.097 Career and technical high school course equivalencies WAC 180-51 High school graduation requirements |
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Policy News, December 2023 Credit for Work Experience Policy News, February 2021 Equivalency Credit Opportunities Policy News, December 2020 Mastery-based learning and equity: engaging with each and every student Policy News, July 2019 Measles, mumps and rubella vaccine-removing an exemption Policy News, May 2018 Equivalency Credit for Career and Technical Education Courses Policy News, September 2013 Legislature requires boards to approve AP computer science courses as equivalent to high school math or science Policy News, August 2006, Legislature Codifies Course Equivalency聽for Career and Technical Courses |