Public Act 80 of 2010
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- Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on August 19, 2009, to revise details of a law that requires an "educational development plan" to be developed for students in 7th grade and review and revised as appropriate before entering high school. In effect, this provides ways for students to avoid certain courses required under high school graduation standards adopted in a 2006 law.
- Referred to the Senate Education Committee on August 19, 2009.
- Reported in the Senate on February 23, 2010, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the Senate on February 25, 2010. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on February 25, 2010.
- Referred to the Senate Education Committee on August 19, 2009.
- Passed 37 to 1 in the Senate on March 3, 2010.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the House on March 3, 2010.
- Referred to the House Education Committee on March 3, 2010.
- Reported in the House on May 6, 2010, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Amendment offered in the House on May 6, 2010, to adopt a version that further dilutes the Algebra II curriculum requirement. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on May 6, 2010.
- Referred to the House Education Committee on March 3, 2010.
- Passed 104 to 3 in the House on May 6, 2010, to add an additional alternative to the Algebra II requirement that was originally added to the curriculum requirements for high school graduation under a 2006 law, but has subsequently been watered down. The bill would allow a student to take a "statistics or functions and data analysis" class instead of Algebra II, in addition to other existing options.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the Senate on May 6, 2010, to add an additional alternative to the Algebra II requirement that was originally added to the curriculum requirements for high school graduation under a 2006 law, but has subsequently been watered down. The bill would allow a student to take a "statistics or functions and data analysis" class instead of Algebra II, in addition to other existing options. Passed 32 to 3 in the Senate on May 6, 2010.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on May 21, 2010.
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1) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 757 (Reduce high school graduation standards ) by dannyB on October 27, 2011This bill makes me think the government wants us stupid, after all stupid people are easier to rule. I don't want to sound paranoid, but how can we expect to maintain a high developed country if we disregard our children education? Would you trust to see a doctor who has only studied half than what he should've? Personally I won't be affected by their decision, at least not yet, I have graduated from high-school few years back and I am about to get my online nursing bachelors degree, but the next generation will have to suffer if this bill gets approved.
This is the 90s Bill Clinton, Marc Tucker School to Work revived.
This is part of the old School To Work, of Bill Clinton and Marc Tuckers of the 90s.By compressing four years into two (freshman and sophomore years), Tucker’s idea is to fast-track and minimize the high-school curriculum so that students do not receive in-depth instruction in World History, U. S. History, economics, government, higher math, the great classics of the world, and advanced science. students would be bereft of the knowledge-base needed to cope with the adult problems of the world and certainly would not make well-informed voters nor citizens. These students also would not have the flexibility and the knowledge-base to change vocations readily nor to get into college and be successful students. Students (encouraged by their naïve parents) who unknowingly succumb to Tucker’s devious plan would end up having a very shallow educational background and would be doomed to the career pathway they chose when young and immature.
I regret seeing this bill move forward. We should be encouraging the most from our children, not the minimum.
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