Committee sends Board of Education regulation on grades 9–12 graduation requirements to full committee with recommendation to withdraw

The committee voted to send Regulation 5371, related to grades 9–12 and graduation requirements, to the full committee with a recommendation that staff withdraw the rule and perform a more thorough review before resubmitting it next year.

Philip, the department official presenting the item, said staff would request withdrawal so they could update the regulation to reflect legislation that passed prior to the current administration. "This we are gonna, request to withdraw, in the process of submitting this and have staff looking over," he said, adding there were other areas needing updates based on prior legislation.

A committee member moved to send the regulation to full committee with the recommendation to withdraw and resubmit; Representative James Stiefel seconded and, since the members present were in agreement, the motion carried. The committee recorded no separate roll-call vote in the transcript of this meeting.

Next steps: staff will review Regulation 5371, update it to reflect changes from prior legislation, and target resubmission next year.