The item is likely to come up again in the future, but with added language that allows students and their parents/guardians to sign a waiver to opt out of taking two credits of a foreign language to graduate. Each district’s superintendent would accept the waivers. (Tennessee State Board of Education Logo)

Tennessee State Board of Education Chair Robert Eby unveiled an updated proposal at Thursday’s board workshop that would reduce the World Language credits high school students need to graduate from two to one.