Colchester school board discuss possible new graduation requirements from the state

COLCHESTER — The Colchester school board met Tuesday, Nov. 3 to talk about new state graduation standards and upcoming budget work. Due to the legislature’s passage of education reform law Act 73 in 2025, the state board of education is mandated to have uniform statewide graduation requirements. The graduation requirements will likely begin to go into effect for next year’s high school freshmen, the class of 2031, but go fully into effect for the class of 2033. “In order to graduate high school, the credits vary across the state,” Superintendent Amy Minor said. “This is part of the concern in Vermont around education: is that depending on where you are attending school, you may have a different educational experience.” The number of credits required to graduate high school in Vermont range from 16.5 to 28.5 and the national average is 21. Each credit represents a year of successful study in one subject.

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