About the online learning graduation requirement
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Students are required to earn two online learning credits to graduate from secondary school, beginning with every student who entered Grade 9 in the 2020-21 school year. Adult learners entering the Ontario secondary school system in 2023-24 or later will be required to meet this graduation requirement. The graduation requirement is intended to support students in developing familiarity and comfort with working and learning in a fully online environment, as well as developing digital literacy and other important transferable skills that will help prepare them for success after graduation and in all aspects of their lives.
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Students in Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board may choose from a wide range of online courses offered across our district and from a catalog of options available from schools across the province. Online courses are also available to all students in summer school.
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Meeting the online learning graduation requirement should not pose a barrier to graduation for students. As with all learning, students taking online courses will have access to the support they need through their school, (e.g., guidance, nutrition programs, extra-curricular activities and services for English-language learners). If a student has an Individual Education Plan, the plan should be shared, when appropriate, with the educator instructing the online course.
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Parents/guardians and adult students may choose to opt their child or themselves out of the mandatory online courses required for graduation. Opting out of the graduation requirement does not prevent a student from being eligible to take an online course. Parents/guardians and adult students may also choose to opt back in to the online learning graduation requirement should their decision change.
Please click HERE for instructions on how to opt-out of the online learning graduation requirement.