Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §6202-A, sub-§§3 and 4, as amended by PL 2003, c. 712, §2, are further amended to read:

3. Public high school graduation decisions. By the 2007-2008 2009-2010 school year, public high school graduation must be determined by student achievement of the standards of the system of learning results in English language arts, health and physical education, mathematics, science and technology and social studies, based on the school administrative unit's local assessment system established pursuant to this section in addition to other requirements as established by school board policy. By the 2009-2010 2011-2012 school year, public high school graduation must be determined by student achievement of the standards of the system of learning results in all content areas of the system of learning results, based on the school administrative unit's assessment system established pursuant to subsection 1 in addition to other requirements as established by policy of the school board.

4. Graduation decisions at certain private high schools. By the 2007-2008 2009-2010 school year, high school graduation for publicly funded students in private schools approved for tuition that enroll at least 60% publicly funded students, as determined by the previous school year's October and April average enrollment, must be determined by student achievement of the standards of the system of learning results in English language arts, health and physical education, mathematics, science and technology, and social studies, in addition to other requirements that may be established by the trustees. By the 2009-2010 2011- 2012 school year, high school graduation for publicly funded students in private schools must be determined by student achievement of the standards of the system of learning results in all content areas of the system of learning results, in addition to other requirements as established by the trustees.

Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §6209, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2003, c. 712, §3, is further amended to read:

3. Career preparation; foreign languages; visual and performing arts. By the end of the 2002-2003 school year, each school administrative unit shall address in the comprehensive education plan, as required in section 4502, subsection 1, how the school administrative unit will implement for all students the content areas of career preparation, foreign languages and visual and performing arts, including interim targets for partial implementation. By the end of the 2007-2008 2009-2010 school year, each local school administrative unit shall implement standards in these additional content areas of the system of