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SB 120: "An Act relating to a public school student high school graduation examination; and providing for an effective date." 

00                            SENATE BILL NO. 120                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to a public school student high school graduation examination; and                                     
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 14.30.075, added by sec. 1, ch. 58, SLA 1997, is repealed and reenacted to                        
05 read:                                                                                                                   
06            Sec. 14.03.075.  Academic standards for high school graduation.  (a)                                       
07       Before graduating from high school, each student is required to                                                   
08                 (1)  be tested in a graduation examination in the areas of reading,                                     
09       English, and mathematics; and                                                                                     
10                 (2)  meet academic requirements established by the state and the                                        
11       governing body.                                                                                                   
12            (b)  The department shall determine the form and contents of the graduation                                  
13       examination and shall score completed examinations.                                                               
14            (c)  Based on the results of the graduation examination, each student receiving                              



01       a high school diploma shall receive an endorsement on the diploma as follows:                                     
02                 (1)  a student who exhibits proficiency in mathematics - a mathematics                                  
03       endorsement;                                                                                                      
04                 (2)  a student who exhibits proficiency in reading - a reading                                          
05       endorsement;                                                                                                      
06                 (3)  a student who exhibits proficiency in writing - a writing                                          
07       endorsement; and                                                                                                  
08                 (4)  a student who is not eligible for an endorsement under (1) - (3) of                                
09       this subsection - an endorsement consisting of the Alaska flag symbol.                                            
10            (d)  The department shall establish by regulation uniform standards for                                      
11       awarding an endorsement required under (c) of this section.                                                       
12    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2002.