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are graduating from high school with a diploma, by meeting
minimum proficiency requirements. [See CDE Website at "Goal 4c of the
Key Performance Indicators" or KPI’s (standards by which the state of
California is measuring progress and accountability for students with special
needs) located at the following URL: http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/KPI/G4c/
G4cPage7.html]. [Appendix 5] It should be noted that this KPI data is one of
many factors scheduled for future incorporation into the API data compilations.
What this means is that far too many of our children are denied the
opportunity to fully participate in society through their failure to graduate
and receive a diploma, essentially their ticket to the working world. This also
means that pursuant to IDEA, MBUSD will continue to be responsible for the
education of all the special education students who do not graduate with a
diploma, up until the time each student reaches the age of 22.
What does this mean for 2004, when California is set to begin its
implementation of the High School Exit Exam? Will MBUSD be ready? Will all MBUSD
students be ready?
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