The Los Angeles Unified School Board voted unanimously last week to oppose the state's high school exit exam. The board, which has a new union-backed majority (at least for now - one union-backed incumbent still faces a run-off in May), hopes to influence the state board to postpone or drop the requirement that students pass an exit exam before being allowed to graduate from high school. Members of the state board say they will decide over the next few months whether to delay or change the graduation requirement.
"L.A. school board votes to oppose state exit exam," by Solomon Moore and Erika Hayasaki, Los Angeles Times, April 9, 2003