California Laws: On January 1st, Students Won’t Have to Pass High School (Exit Exams) to Receive

Breitbart News Network ^ | 27 Dec 2015 | William Bigelow

[george76]

On January 1, California residents will have to accustom themselves to a number of new laws that will be implemented in the state. These are some the laws that will likely have the most profound effect:

SB 172: High school seniors will receive their diploma whether or not they pass or even take an exit exam; the law also applies retroactively to students who have graduated since 2004;

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SB 707: Bans concealed firearms from college campuses and K-12 school grounds

[roadcat]

AB 329: Makes participation in sex education courses mandatory for students unless parents opt-out, would also inculcate the teaching of a fluid gender identity;

Uh-oh... Parents need to watch out on this one.

[Spunky]

"If they have graduated, why would they need a diploma? It says it is retroactive to students who have graduated since 2004."

Here in Washington State even though a student has ALL the credits they need, they have to take a test in order to graduate. If they take the test and pass they WILL NOT receive their diploma if ALL their books are not turned in or fines paid if books are lost.

So students could be graduated but never have a diploma to show it.

[metmom]

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[TLI]

Yeah, I thought about that.

When I looked I could not find one like that.

This was my second choice (hurl warning...)

What is worse is that is actually a soccer ball, not a football.

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[Rembrandt]

The issue will be resolved when the “graduates” seek to enter the workforce.

[goodnesswins]

Well...actually we the taxpayers used to have a say...but the socialist/ignorant voters, courts etc have over run our system.

[nopardons]

Then they've lowered it even more than I knew; unless they are using the COMMIE CORE tests as "Regents exams" now, for the noncollege prep kids.

I suspect that most NYC students, now, couldn't pass any of the Regents exams from a generation ago, let alone any of the earlier ones and that includes the kids who go to the elite private schools.

[Blue Collar Christian]

Yes, I’m painfully aware...

[ozaukeemom]

Thank you. I think they may do that here too. Not sure how much good the paper diploma is as opposed to the graduation, but that makes sense.

[sten]

there goes any value such a degree use to hold

[catnipman]

“High school seniors will receive their diploma whether or not they pass or even take an exit exam; the law also applies retroactively to students who have graduated since 2004”

Why require attendance of classes at all, then? It’d be a hell of a lot cheaper to just issue a high school diploma to everyone that wants one and let them skip going to school all together.

That way, the educational infrastructure could be greatly downsized from babysitting factories into smaller institutions that could really concentrate on teaching.

[dfwgator]

[meyer]

Perhaps employers should have entrance exams. Same for welfare recipients.

[simpson96]

It’s part of the plan - create an entire generation of stupids who are dependent on the gov’t, and who will raise their kids to be dependent on the gov’t.

[sheik yerbouty]

I see stupid people everywhere...