(AP) -- LANSING, Mich. - A Michigan legislative panel has voted to let high school students skip having to take algebra II to graduate.
The House Education Committee's 17-2 vote Wednesday reflects lawmakers' unease with requirements included in a 2006 law,
particularly making students pass algebra II to graduate. They could take a financial literacy course instead under the bill.
Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm may need to be persuaded to support the legislation.
She supports a bill approved by the Senate Wednesday that would make clear that some math-related career and technical education courses can replace algebra II.
Michigan already has changed state law to allow students to take algebra II over a two-year period in response to complaints that the requirement is too tough.
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