6145.6P Travel and Exchange Programs

6145.6P
                                                                                  INSTRUCTION

                          TRAVEL AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

                       DRAFT January 2022 - First Reading 1/26/2022


The Colchester Board of Education will accept one year of study in another country as credit
toward a Bacon Academy Diploma. Any Colchester Public School student planning on going
to a foreign country as an exchange student shall, prior to leaving, request permission from
the school principal to have course work completed in the foreign country applied to
his/her Colchester Public Schools education record. The principal shall notify the
Superintendent and the Board of Education of his/her decision. If permission is granted, if
the following conditions are to be adhered to:

  1. Successful completion of all subjects at their respective grade level; i.e., Freshman,
     Sophomore, Junior or Senior.

  2. Twenty-one (21) credits must be completed (including those taken in the other country),
     and the math competency exam passed at 80%.

  3. Reports of work must be sent to the Principal or Guidance Director by the school official
     where the student is studying.

  4. Subjects studied during the exchange program must be passed to receive Bacon
     Academy credit. The student must present a transcript from the school upon his/her
     return. The transcript will be evaluated in terms of credit to be granted by the Bacon
     Academy High School principal. The decision of the high school principal in such cases
     shall be final.

  5. Students who do not bring a transcript with them at the time they register for their
     courses upon their return will resume their education at the grade level/graduation
     requirements status at which they were on at their departure.

The Colchester Board of Education cannot be certain that all colleges will accept credit for
subjects studied in another country and, therefore, encourages early investigation and
application to selected colleges.




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(cf. 6146- Graduation Requirements)

Policy adopted:            January 14, 2003                 Colchester Public Schools
Revised:                                                    Colchester, Connecticut




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