Alternative Education is an instructional approach under the control of a school committee that is offered to At-risk students in a nontraditional setting. The OIH believed that At-risk students might include those who are pregnant/parenting teens, truant students, suspended or expelled students, returned dropouts, delinquent youth, or other students who are not meeting local promotional requirements. The OIH alternative setting is designed to provide an educational environment where teaching and learning are student-centered and where multi-tiered behavioral supports, social and emotional supports, individualized instruction and remediation, flexibility in schedules, and individualized postsecondary planning through My Career and Academic Plan designed by OIH that are available to help students meet state and local graduation requirements. This is an alternative program, whether in the school building or another location that students must offer an education that meets the same academic rigor, standards, and expectations of all students in the district while attending to every student’s educational and non-academic needs.