The bill that you mentioned that I have introduced, the Every Student Counts Act, requires an accurate count of who is graduating and who isn't and requires you to hit a 90 percent graduation rate--not 50, not 50 that we have now, but a 90 percent graduation rate or at least be making progress towards 90 percent at a rate of 3 percentage points per year or you are not given credit for adequate yearly progress.
Discussing the necessity of a high graduation rate in education legislation.
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