380.1278d STEM endorsement; requirements.
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380.1278d STEM endorsement; requirements.
Sec. 1278d.
If a pupil successfully completes all of the following credit requirements while in grades 7 to 12, a school district or public school academy may notate a pupil's transcript or diploma to indicate that the pupil has earned a STEM endorsement:
(a)All applicable requirements of the Michigan merit standard for a high school diploma under sections 1278a and 1278b.
(b)At least 6 credits in mathematics. At least 5 of these credits must be in courses that are either listed in section 1278a(1)(a)(i) or that cover the same content standards as a course listed in section 1278a(1)(a)(i), including a credit for precalculus or calculus.
(c)At least 6 credits in science. At least 4 of these credits must be in courses that are either listed in section 1278b(1)(b) or that cover the same content standards as a course listed in section 1278b(1)(b).
(d)At least 1/2 credit featuring significant course work involving technology activities and at least 1/2 credit featuring significant course work involving engineering activities. These credits may be gained through separate technology and engineering course work or in conjunction with course work associated with the credits required under subdivisions
(b)and (c).
History: Add. 2018, Act 241 , Eff. Sept. 26, 2018
Popular Name: Act 451