BILL NUMBER: SB 123	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Romero

                        JANUARY 22, 2007

   An act relating to the high school exit examination.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 123, as introduced, Romero. High school exit examination.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
with the approval of the State Board of Education, to develop a high
school exit examination in English language arts and mathematics in
accordance with state academic content standards. Existing law
requires each pupil completing grade 12 to successfully pass the high
school exit examination as a condition of receiving a diploma of
graduation or graduation from high school.
   This bill would require the Superintendent, with the approval of
the State Board, to recommend to the Legislature, by June 1, 2008,
for its consideration a course of action regarding pupils with
disabilities who meet all state and local graduation requirements
except the passage of the high school exit examination. The bill
would require this course of action to include alternative ways of
evaluating the knowledge and skills that are required to pass the
high school exit examination so that these pupils may demonstrate
that they possess that knowledge and those skills through alternative
methods.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  By June 1, 2008, the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, with the approval of the State Board of Education, shall
recommend to the Legislature for its consideration a course of
action regarding pupils with disabilities who meet all state and
local graduation requirements except for passage of the high school
exit examination. The course of action shall include alternative ways
of evaluating the knowledge and skills that are required to pass the
high school exit examination so that these pupils may demonstrate
that they possess that knowledge and those skills through alternative
methods.