Story of my life... :-)
Are there specific criticisms of evolution being required?
No. In October they voted on a standard that said the students should be able to "describe how scientists continue to investigate and critically analyze aspects of evolutionary theory".
Tuesday's final vote added a disclaimer that said specifically that they do not have to learn about intellgent design. There were a group of 6 members (out of 19) who had wanted to move the above standard to the 12th grade so the students wouldn't be tested on it; or else reword it to something like "critically analyze scientific theories" so that evolution wouldn't be singled out. But instead they came up with the disclaimer as their compromise.