The certificate of coursework completion was added as a district option in Senate Bill 1. In the past, the form of the Academic Achievement Record has been very prescriptive. The proposed revisions to the academic achievement form would allow more flexibility at the local district level, while still requiring certain key elements to be reported. Jerry Davis, Component Director, Information Systems Consulting Services, Region XX Education Service Center, who has chaired a group of educators advising the agency about the Academic Achievement Record, will report to the committee on the proposed revisions and will provide sample proposed new Academic Achievement Record forms for committee members to review. There should be little fiscal impact on school districts.
Most districts already purchase the forms from a variety of vendors.
Instead, it should provide districts with opportunities to obtain a form that meets their needs locally. The proposed revisions will allow greater flexibility to students and districts, while still maintaining standards that will assure accuracy and consistency in student transcripts for use in transfers or for application for admission to a college or university. Alternative types of forms for the Academic Achievement Record will be proposed. The instructions for completing the Academic Achievement Record form are in the process of being rewritten to provide alignment to the proposed revised forms. It is anticipated that the instructions would be pilot-tested at the same time as the forms.