Higher Education Leaders Hail Passage of Strengthened Graduation Requirements
Press release stating that higher education leaders applauded the passage of Senate Bill 575 to strengthen high school graduation requirements, a linchpin of Governor Rod R. Blagojevichs Higher Standards/Better Schools plan. James L. Kaplan, Chairman of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, called the new standards an important advance in broadening access to college and improving retention and degree-completion.