Policy: Accelerating a student to a higher grade or holding a student back a grade is a rare occurrence. We do not encourage grade accelerations and retentions but understand that they may be appropriate for some students, while a student is enrolled with JCS. The following requirements must be met in order to make a request for acceleration, or retention may be requested one time. Original Policy 12/09/05 Revised Policy 06/08/07 Revised Policy 09/12/08 Revised Policy 09/08/17 Revised Policy 06/05/2020 JCS, Inc. Acceleration and Retention Page of 6