{"id":1022,"date":"2009-04-29T21:35:39","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T01:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2009-05-31T19:17:58","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T23:17:58","slug":"graduation-standards-bill-declared-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1022","title":{"rendered":"Graduation standards bill declared dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Gradebook blog<\/a> says that SB2654 <\/a>is down for the count.<\/p>\n

Senate sponsor Thad Altman, R-Melbourne, said tonight that SB 2654 won’t be heard on the Senate floor — though the proposal passed the House barely two weeks ago — because there’s just not time.<\/p>\n

Former Gov. Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Florida’s Future has been pushing to raise the curriculum requirements for high school students, phasing in algebra II and geometry as required math classes, and biology I and chemistry as required science classes. In addition, the proposal would have increased the required graduation score on the 10th grade FCAT to 3 from 2.<\/p>\n

“The bills got farther than I ever expected this year,” Altman said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Gradebook blog says that SB2654 is down for the count. Senate sponsor Thad Altman, R-Melbourne, said tonight that SB 2654 won’t be heard on the Senate floor — though the proposal passed the House barely two weeks ago — … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-gu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1164,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1164","url_meta":{"origin":1022,"position":0},"title":"House Bill includes expanded science testing","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"February 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Florida House is the first out of the gate with a comprehensive bill that is meant to kill the FCAT, replace it with end of course testing, and beef up graduation requirements. 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