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The Virginia Department of Education (“VDOE”) annually proposes updates to the Board of Education Approved Courses to Satisfy Graduation Requirements for the Standard, Advanced Studies, and Modified Standard Diplomas in Virginia Public Schools document. The proposed changes, found in the proposed document, include the following: updated language regarding the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma and advanced diploma requirements; updated to include additional International Baccalaureate (IB) courses for non IB Diploma students to satisfy Virginia graduation requirements for advanced diplomas; updated PE requirement to include all JROTC branches; and updated school year for approved courses to 2021-present to allow current high school students to get credit for courses completed in high school. The proposed updates are necessary to ensure appropriate notation of course enrollments in the Master Schedule Collection (MSC) by school divisions and that appropriate credits are used to satisfy graduation requirements, as well as to clarify answers to common questions.

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Virginia Department of Education (“VDOE”) staff have identified documents currently on Town Hall that fall outside the definition of a “guidance document.” This action will remove four documents from the list of guidance documents that the agency certifies as currently operative and makes available for public inspection on the Virginia Town Hall. By doing so, the agency will better serve stakeholders—including students, parents, teachers, and schools. This will ensure that the Board's guidance is accurate and up-to-date and will also avoid confusion about how statutes and regulations are interpreted and implemented. VDOE staff have engaged in a thorough review of the documents identified for removal in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) in order to ensure that the documents may be removed. By removing these documents from the list of guidance documents, the agency will eliminate 168,105 words, which will count toward the agency’s regulatory reduction goals as outlined in Executive Order 19.

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