On June 11, the Henrico School Board is scheduled to vote on proposed policy revisions that would set more limits on how much homework can be assigned and how much weight homework will have in students’ final grades.
Other policy changes would give students with either excused or unexcused absences the opportunity to receive full credit for make-up work if that work is completed within a set timeframe.
Henrico Schools officials presented the revised policies to the school board at its April 30 meeting. Changes to the division’s homework policies would require homework to count as 15% or less of students’ final grades in middle and high schools and prohibit homework from being graded in elementary schools…