PUSD: AB 104 Grade Change For Grades 9-11th In 2020-21

Press release from the Piedmont Unified School District:

August 9, 2021

AB 104 Grade Change for Grades 9-11th in 2020-21

AB 104 requires the school district to implement a supplemental policy regarding the retention of pupils who, in the 2020–21 academic year, received deficient grades, as specified, for at least 1/2 of the pupil’s coursework, except for pupils enrolled in grade 12 during 2020–21. For elementary students, a deficient grade is considered “significantly below standards” in several areas as noted on the report card. At the secondary level, a deficient grade is a D, F, a No Credit (NC), or No Pass (NP).

Grade Change Application Form

Please download and complete this Grade Change Application by August 19, 2021. Requests received after August 19, 2021 shall not be accepted. Grade changes will be made by PUSD no later than August 28, 2021.

Retention

The bill requires PUSD, within 30 calendar days of receiving a written retention consultation request from a parent, to conduct the consultation with the parent, the pupil, the administrator, and a teacher to discuss all available learning recovery options, including access to retake prior semester courses where the student received the deficient grades, and other interventions and supports. The school or district must notify the parent/guardian within 10 calendar days of the consultation of their final decision regarding the retention request.

Parents and guardians should note the research on the effects of pupil retention, including the research on retention collected by the CDE that retention “does not produce higher achievement.”

Retention Forms

To request a consultation for retention for a student in grades K-11, please complete this Parent TK-5 Request for Retention or Parent 6-11 Request for Retention (download form to your computer, save, then fill out). This form should be sent to the principal of the school that the student attended during the 2020-2021 school year.

Additional Piedmont Unified School District Board Policies and Administrative Regulations: PUSD BP 5123 and AR 5123.

This press release was produced by the Piedmont Unified School District. The views expressed are the author's own.