I had a chance to be part of a discussion with the Nebraska Commissioner of Education today in Fremont. Here are some of the changes that are coming in Rule 10. Rule 10 contains the rules and procedures that schools in Nebraska need to follow to be accredited.
1. 7-12 teaching endorsements will be able to teach grade 6.
2. Districts must adopt a policy on date violence. (I'm not sure that it is our responsibility to educate students on how to date.)
3. Adopt the new state math standards.
4. Minimum graduation requirements will be 200 credits, including four years of Language Arts, 3 years of Math, 3 years of science, and 3 years of social studies. The requirement that one year of math be during the senior year was removed.
