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An Act To Require Career Options Education for High School Students
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §4722, sub-§2, ¶¶D and E, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 859, Pt. C, §§5 and 7, are amended to read:
 
D.  Science, including at least one year of laboratory study--2 years; and
 
E.  Fine arts, which may include art, music, forensics or drama--one year.; and
Sec. 2.  20-A MRSA §4722, sub-§2, ¶F  is enacted to read:
 
F.  Career and education development--one semester or its equivalent.
 
SUMMARY
This bill makes career and education development a required one-semester course to receive a high school diploma.