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STUDENT PROMOTION
POLICY


The Department of Education shall establish a system of student promotion which is based on academic performance and successful student progress toward identified benchmarks specified in the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards.

The Department shall provide for successful student progress by offering educational experiences of increasing difficulty and complexity. Students shall be provided appropriate remedial experiences within the regular classroom as well as through coordinated supplemental services which meet individual student needs. Each student’s progress shall be systematically assessed and reported.

Grade placement of students shall be based upon developmental assessment and academic performance as specified in the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards.

Approved: 10/70; Amended: 8/84, effective 9/85, 5/86, 3/88 (renumbered), 12/96