2006 Senate Bill 1124 ↩

Senate Roll Call 152: Passed

To prescribe high school graduation requirements for public schools and charter schools. These would include four credits (or year-long courses) each in English and mathematics (including Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry); three each in science and social science (including biology and chemistry or physics); two in a foreign language (beginning with students entering ninth grade in 2009); one in health and physical education; one in fine arts or music; and at least one in certain electives specified in the bill. Also, one course or "learning experience" that was presented online. Alternatively, an 11th grade student who has completed two-and-one-half years of this curriculum could request a custom "individualized learning plan" instead of completing the math and science credits. Students could "test out" of certain requirements (for example, a bi-lingual student). Middle school students could take some mandated classes to get a "head start" on the requirements. Schools would be required to have these standards in place beginning with students who graduate in enter ninth grade beginning in 2007, or to have a timetable in place for adopting them.