Highlights of Gov. Bob Taft's proposed "Ohio Core" plan, announced during his eighth and last State

Highlights of Gov. Bob Taft's proposed "Ohio Core" plan, announced during his eighth and last State of the State speech, to toughen the requirements for high school students:
Require all students to take a high school curriculum that includes four years of math, including Algebra II; three years of science, including biology, chemistry and physics; four years of English; three years of social studies; and at least two years of a foreign language.
Make the completion of the curriculum a condition of admission to Ohio's state-funded, four-year colleges and universities.
Move all remedial education to Ohio's two-year campuses.
Assess all students during their junior year to decide if they are properly prepared for college and work after high school.
Add a new standard to state report cards to indicate how well schools are doing preparing students for college and work.
The courses would be mandatory for the class of 2011, or students who are in the seventh grade now. Under legislative changes since 2001, students now must complete three years each of math and science. Foreign language remains an elective.
Source: Gov. Bob Taft, AP research