Despite having graduation requirements lowered two years ago, Florida superintendents are again pleading with the state’s Department of Education to delay a scheduled increase in graduation requirements.
On April 20, 2021, then-Florida Department of Education (DOE) Commissioner Richard Corcoran issued an emergency order (pdf), waiving required state assessments for graduation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Two years later, superintendents across the Sunshine State are again pleading with the Florida DOE to keep the state’s graduation standards low, claiming thousands of students would fail due to learning loss during the pandemic.
