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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will fight a Democratic budget proposal to eliminate the state's high school exit exam as a requirement to receive a high school diploma, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
â??Gov. Schwarzenegger has been a longtime supporter of Californiaâ??s High School Exit Exam and will veto any proposal to eliminate it,â? spokeswoman Camille Anderson said.
Created by state legislation in 1999, the exit exam has been controversial from the start. Members of the class of 2006 were the first required to pass the exam, which tests basic math and language-arts skills,
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