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Meeting Date:
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4/23/2020 - 6:30 PM
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Category:
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Regular Items of Business
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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2. Action on a Request to Seek a Waiver of the Graduation Requirement for Civics from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 1 Academic Achievement
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Attachments
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Executive Order #72
Emergency Order # 28
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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On March 12, 2020, Governor Tony Evers signed Executive Order #72, declaring a public health emergency for Wisconsin in response to the Covid-19 Coronavirus.
On March 13, 2020 Governor Evers announced the closure of all Wisconsin schools in response to the COVID-19 pandemic situation.
On March 23, 2020, Governor Evers issued statewide and local "safer at home" orders, which indicated that individuals are allowed to go out in public only for essential needs.
On April 16, 2020, Governor Tony Evers issued Emergency Order #28 – Safer at Home Order, which will remain in effect until May 26, 2020. Also by way of this order the Governor ordered the closure of all public and private K-12 schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year.
Wis. Stat. sec. 118.33 (1m)(a)1, Section 3266R, requires that students graduating from a Wisconsin high school take and pass a 100-question civics test. To pass the test, the student must correctly answer 65 of the 100 questions.
Some students may not have passed the graduation requirement before Wisconsin schools were closed by Governor Evers on March 18, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which may prohibit their ability to graduate in 2020.
In response to the extenuating circumstances during this ongoing health emergency that would prohibit students’ ability to graduate in 2020 because they have not passed the civics graduation requirement, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is providing an expedited waiver process for the Civics Graduation Requirement. Per state law, school boards will need to hold a public hearing (s. 118.38 (1) (b) and document the date of the public hearing. The public hearing can be virtual or teleconferenced.
Due to the extended school closure as a result of the public health emergency, the Administration is requesting that the Board authorize the Administration to seek a Civics Graduation Requirement COVID-19 Waiver from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for the 2019-2020 school year.
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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This item does not authorize expenditures.
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Implementation and Assessment Plan
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Upon approval by the Board, the Administration will submit a request for a waiver of the graduation requirement for Civics from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Recommendation:
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The Administration recommends that the Board approve this request to seek a waiver of the graduation requirement for Civics from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic for the 2019-2020 school year.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Keith Posley, Ed.D. - Superintendent
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