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World Life Education Centre & High School BSID # 665040

Online Learning Graduation Requirement- Opt-Out Form

About The Online Learning Graduation Requirement

Students of World Life High School are required to earn two online learning credits to graduate from secondary school, beginning with every student who entered Grade 9 in the 2020-21 school year. Adult learners entering the Ontario secondary school system in 2023-24 or later will be required to meet this graduation requirement and may opt themselves out of the requirement. The graduation requirement is intended to support students in developing familiarity and comfort with working and learning in a fully online environment, as well as developing digital literacy and other important transferable skills that will help prepare them for success after graduation and in all aspects of their lives.

Meeting the online learning graduation requirement should not pose a barrier to graduation for World Life High School students. As with all learning, our students taking licenced online courses with our organization will have access to the support systems they need through World Life High School, (e.g., guidance, nutrition programs, extra-curricular activities and services for English-language learners). If a student in a publicly funded school has an Individual Education Plan, the plan should be shared, when appropriate, with an educator instructing an online course delivered by a privately funded school, such as World Life High School, with the necessary consent being granted.

Parents/guardians may choose to opt their student out of the mandatory online courses required for graduation. Students aged 18 years of age or older or students who are 16 or 17 years of age and have withdrawn from parental control can also opt out of the graduation requirement. School boards must also allow for students and parents/guardians to opt back into the online learning graduation requirement should their decision change.

Student First Name

Student Last Name

Date of Birth

Email

School

I agree with the following statements:
Having reviewed the online learning graduation requirement and the availability of supports for online learning through my student's/my school, I would like to opt my student/myself out of this requirement.

The benefits of online learning have been shared with me by the school, including how the development of digital literacy and other important transferable skills are intended to help prepare students for success after graduation and in all aspects of their lives.

I understand the following statements:
Upon receipt of this form by my student's school/my school, my student /I will not be required to earn two online learning credits to earn an Ontario Secondary School Diploma.

My student /I will face no academic penalties for opting out of this graduation requirement.

My student /I will continue to complete all other applicable graduation requirements.

This will be recorded on my student's/my transcript as 'Online Learning Graduation Requirement - Non-Appl'

Signature of Student

Please Note: Upon receipt, this form will be included in the student’s/your Ontario Student Record. You will receive an email acknowledgement from the school. If you do not receive an acknowledgement, please contact our office at the school email address: admin@worldlifeedu.ca

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World Life Education Centre & High School BSID # 665040

Online Learning Graduation Requirement- Opt-Out Form

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