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601 ACADEMIC POLICIES

A. Purpose The Board of Education of District #363 is dedicated to the assurance of student mastery in the areas of communications (reading) and mathematics. The district supports the need for each student (excluding special education students) to achieve, at the minimum, basic competency in these skills before high school graduation and to provide the student with the opportunity to gain the necessary knowledge, concepts, and appreciation in communications and mathematics. This policy assures that each student's progress toward mastery in these curriculum areas will be evaluated at least once during grades K-3, once during grades 4-6, once during grades 7-9, and once during grades 10-12. When a student is not making sufficient progress toward mastery in either communications or mathematics, a parent conference will be held to establish a "Special Learning Plan" for communications or mathematics for the student. The student will then be given instruction geared toward remediating the specific deficits outlined in the "Special Learning Plan." B. Equal Educational Opportunity The board supports equal educational opportunity for students, free from limitations based on ethnic, racial, economic, social or religious background and conditions. This concept of equal educational opportunity serves as a guide for the board and the staff in making decisions relating to school facilities, employment of personnel, selection of educational materials, purchase of equipment, and development of curriculum and regulations affecting students.

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