In 2021, the legislature authorized the State Board of Education to establish an emergency waiver program to allow school districts to waive certain high school graduation requirements in the wake of COVID-19. The waiver was designed to be used on an individual student basis after the district makes a good faith effort to help the student meet the requirements.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The Washington State Board of Education’s (SBE) July 10-11 meeting at Western Washington University in Bellingham, will mark the start of the Board and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction’s (OSPI) collaborative effort to revise the state’s Achievement Index.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington State Board of Education’s February 23 meeting at the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in Olympia will include a review of two schools’ applications for Innovation Waivers, the first to be granted in Washington state.

Stewart Middle School (Tacoma) and Odyssey High School (Highline) will be considered by the State Board for Innovation Waivers this year.