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One argument though in favor of an online-learning graduation requirement is actually from an outcomes perspective that has some merit.
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Some high schools have made such service a graduation requirement, while many more have organized volunteer opportunities for students as a way of developing positive civic, social and personal values.
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Efforts to support financial literacy already exist including programs from banks, brokerage houses, technology firms, professional services companies and from at least 13 states whichrequire personal finance coursework as a high school graduation requirement.
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For example, on April, 2012, the New York Board of Regents formally considered a proposal to eliminate the Regents Examination in Global History and Geography as a graduation requirement precisely because it was the most frequently failed of the five Regents exams.
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Michigan jumped in first with an online-learning requirement for graduation 5 years ago, and Alabama quickly followed suit.
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The Department is also strengthening a series of other rules, including the requirement that schools let applicants know about graduation and job placement rates.
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