Texas bill would change testing, graduation rules

Published January 22, 2013 10:57pm ET



AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A key education leader in the Texas Senate introduced a bill Tuesday to drastically overhaul high school graduation requirements and reduce by two thirds the number of standardized tests students must pass.

Kel Seliger, an Amarillo Republican who chairs the Senate Higher Education Committee, wants to scrap requirements that students take four years each of math, science, English and social studies.

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