Credit Flex

What is credit flex?

Credit Flex is an optional program that allows students to earn high school credit in an alternative way. This program may be for students who have interests outside of the traditional courses offered at Milford High School. Another reason a student may pursue credit flex is that the student may wish to complete a credit requirement outside of the traditional school day. Please see below for more information.

The key to this option is that the student drives the request to learn differently as well as the plan to earn the credit. A specific interest of the student is the basis for the request. The family starts by listening to their child.

  1. Every school district has a policy on credit flexibility. The student and family should find and review the policy.

  2. The student and family talks with the principal, counselor and teachers about the way to fulfill the student’s request and to meet requirements for earning a high school credit or credits.

  3. The school approves the plan, which includes how the student will know he or she has succeeded. In some cases, the how could be a test, a project or a combination of several measures.

Credit Flex Policy and Application

Senate Bill 311 (the Ohio Core legislation) raised the graduation requirements for high school students, with the goal of increasing the number of students who are ready to meet the demands of our global and technological age. It included among its provisions a requirement that schools adopt a plan that enables “students to earn units of high school credit based on a demonstration of subject area competency, instead of or in combination with completing hours of classroom instruction.”