HB 2868 - DIGEST |
Requires, rather than encourages, each school district board of directors to adopt an academic acceleration policy for high school students. |
Requires each school district to enroll a student in a dual credit course or program if he or she wants to enroll in the course or program. |
Modifies the following areas of education statutes to include all eligible high school students rather than only certain grades: (1) College in the high school program and the running start program; |
(2) The requirement to provide general information to students about the running start program; and |
(3) Cooperative agreements between the state's school districts and the community colleges in Oregon and Idaho that allow a student to earn high school and college credit concurrently. |
Allows a school district to expend a portion of its learning assistance program allocation: (1) To develop a dropout early warning and intervention data system; and |
(2) On interventions for students identified as at risk of not graduating using the dropout early warning and intervention data system. |
Includes migrant students and English language learners in the definition of "vulnerable student." |