From the San Francisco Chronicle, [Riverside] Press-Enterprise, AP in San Jose Mercury-News:

High school seniors in special-education classes will have to pass California’s exit exam to get a regular diploma this June under a legal settlement filed Friday.

One advocate for disabled students estimates that at least 20,000 members of the class of 2008 who are in special education still have not passed the exam.

An exemption for disabled students expired after last year’s senior class graduated.

… The settlement requires the state to hire a consultant to study students who have failed the exam, and determine whether there are students who have mastered the material but still cannot pass the exam, even with accommodations.

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