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On the recordJuly 18, 2013
The gentlelady said the U.S. ranks 18th on the quality and quantity of high school diplomas. This bill is a recipe to do even worse--worse on the quality by allowing States to define success and their standards down and worse in the quantity by removing graduation requirements as one of the issues that the Federal Government looks at with regard to the success of State formulas. I am honored to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Chu).
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Jared Polis
Democratic · Colorado
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govinfo.gov
Jul 18, 2013

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