[Richard]

Baloney.

SB172 merely "suspends" the requirement to pass the current Exit Exam (which only tests English amd Math proficiency) for 3 years while the state ed board seeks to (1) expand the exam to test for other subjects as well and (2) offer alternatives to acquiring a high school equivalent diploma as other states do.

During this period, diplomas will be issued - as was done when I graduated from high school before any sort of such exit exam - to those who successfully pass their high school coursework IAW the existent recommended curriculum.

Diplomas will not be awarded to those who fail to pass their coursework and fail to earn the necessary credits to graduate.

For anybody who is actually involved in or follows such matters, this is but another 'meh' situation being misrepresented with typically poor research and alarmist reporting.

Richard

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

Pure socialism at work, make the future voters even more stupid.

I would not hire a single worker from California after this.
The headline is wholly misleading.

California Laws: On January 1st, Students Won’t Have to Pass High School to Receive Diploma
by William Bigelow27 Dec 2015

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;