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2022  \nAcknowledgements  \nThe Washington State Board of Education (SBE) staff would like to acknowledge the Student Information Office staff at the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) for providing certain data to the Board about the Washington school district graduation requirement emergency waiver usage.  \nThe SBE also wishes to acknowledge and thank the school districts’ staff for providing additional and detailed information to the SBE regarding the student-initiated waiver requests and other qualitative information regarding the school districts’ good faith effort to help students meet graduation requirements.  \nPlease direct questions regarding this report to the following SBE staff:  \nAndrew J. 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D., Research Director  \nWashington State Board of Education  \n[Andrew.Parr@K12.wa.us](Andrew.Parr@K12.wa.us)  \nTable of Contents  \nExecutive Summary .................................................................................................................................................... 1  \nIntroduction and Background................................................................................................................................ 2  \nAuthority.................................................................................................................................................................... 2  \nBackground on Waiving Graduation Requirements ................................................................................. 3  \nKey Findings .............................................................................................................................................................4  \nLimitations ................................................................................................................................................................ 5  \nPart 1: Emergency Waiver Usage by School Districts ................................................................................... 6  \nCredit or Course Waivers Granted by School Districts ............................................................................ 6  \nStudent-Initiated Requests for Credit or Course Waivers ......................................................................7  \nGraduation Pathway Waivers Granted by School Districts ....................................................................7  \nStudent-Initiated Requests for Graduation Pathway Waivers ..............................................................7  \nDemographics of Waiver Recipients............................................................................................................... 8  \nPart 2: Analysis School Districts’Good Faith Effort..................................................................................... 15  \nSummary and Background .............................................................................................................................. 15  \nGood Faith Effort ................................................................................................................................................. 18  \nEquitable Administration of the Program.................................................................................................. 20  \nConclusion.................................................................................................................................................................. 23  \nAppendix A ................................................................................................................................................................ 24  \nWaivers Granted by School Districts and LEAs ........................................................................................ 24  \nStudent-Initiated Waiver Requests by School Districts and LEAs .................................................... 42  \nDetails-Good Faith Effort .......................................","cbCaipFI6bFJ7BeM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipFI6bFJ7BeM","pdf",5157058,74,"English","# Executive Summary\n# Introduction and Background\n## Authority\n# Background on Waiving Graduation Requirements\n# Key Findings\n# Limitations\n# Part 1: Emergency Waiver Usage by School Districts\n## Credit or Course Waivers Granted by School Districts\n## Student-Initiated Requests for Credit or Course Waivers\n## Graduation Pathway Waivers Granted by School Districts\n## Student-Initiated Requests for Graduation Pathway Waivers\n## Demographics of Waiver Recipients\n# Part 2: Analysis School Districts’Good Faith Effort\n## Summary and Background\n## Good Faith Effort\n## Equitable Administration of the Program\n# Conclusion\n# Appendix A","[{\"question\":\"What is the emergency waiver program described in the report?\",\"answer\":\"The report explains a program authorized to let school districts waive certain high school graduation requirements for individual students after the district makes a good faith effort to help the student meet the requirements.\"},{\"question\":\"What data and topics does the report provide to the Legislature?\",\"answer\":\"It covers the total number of emergency waivers requested and issued by districts, including which requirements were waived, and it analyzes concerns about implementation and evidence of districts’ good faith efforts identified during SBE review.\"},{\"question\":\"How many students and districts participated in the final waiver data?\",\"answer\":\"Based on the final OSPI data file, 150 school districts and LEAs waived one or more course and/or pathway requirements for 9,079 unduplicated students in the final adjusted graduation cohort.\"}]","Final Report to the Legislature - 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