$1- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 13, 1983 - Page 5 - State proposes stricter high school reqi E~m~ ~in ~- --'~#-- -in WNJ DETROIT (UPI) - The Michigan High School Commission yesterday ten.- tatively recommended a longer school year, broader course requirements and stricter graduation requirements for all public schools in the state. Nineteen recommendations, based on the commission's preliminary report, were outlined at a news conference. They suggested that: * School districts require four years of language arts, including English, literature, writing anjl com- munications; at least two years of mathematics; at least two years of science; three years of social studies and one-half year of computer science. . Colleges and universities strengthen admission standards and require that incoming students, meet basic proficiencies in reading, writing, mathematics and foreign languages for *d Thestate increase the minimum school year from 180 days and 900 hours of cassroom instruction to 200 days and * The State Board of Education strengthen certification standards for teachers and administrators, and require participation in staff- development programs as a condition of certificate renewal. The preliminar report is base on gaa high schools, a review of a Michigan public-opinion survey on the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education and a review of data com- paring Michigan schools and students to others around th atin.~sta have much to be proud of in Michigan,, said commission chairman Willia'm Pappas, principal of Northview High School in Kent County. "It is evident, though, that we have to move at the state and local levels to ensure that our young people are prepared for the high- technology world which already is rapidly changing our lives." The 24-member commission is jointly sponsored by the State Board of Education and by the Michigan Association of Secondary School Prin- cias. Th preliminary recommendations will be aired in a series of public forums in Detroit, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Gaylord and Marquette before the commission issues its final report and. . recommendations to the State Board of Education early next year. VOLUNTEER A T TH E UNIVERSITY OF: MICHIGAN HOSPITA LS Come Explore: Attend an information session to learn about volunteer opportunities in: Adult /Child Psychiatric Hospitals Ambulatory Care Services Man-Kellogg/urner Hospitals Mott Children's/Women's/Holden Perinatal Hospitals WHEN: September 12 and 15-700 pm 'WHERE: Main Hospital, 6th floor amphitheater For more in formation, coil 763-6710 I, state your name AP Photo As his wife looks on, former Washington governor Dan Evans (left) is sworn in by Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) in a reenacted ceremony Monday on Capitol Hill. Evans will complete the term of Sen. Henry Jackson, who died recently. ~State opposes new EPA emission tests THE DAILY CLASSIFIEDS A RE A GRE A T WAY TO GET FAST RESULTS CA LL 764-0557 LANSING (UPI) - Michigan will tell the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency it does not need or want a vehicle emissions testing program when it responds to, proposed federal punishments, Gov. James Blanchard's *environmental aide said yesterday. But David Dempsey said the state nonetheless will propose alternatives to a costly vehicle scan program designed to meet federal requirements when it responds this week to EPA plans to cut off industrial permits and air pollution control money. The administration said as many as 10,000 jobs may be at stake. "OUR preliminary response to them is tht technically we're nearly in com- *pliance" with federal pollution 1requiements, Dempsey said. '"Secon- dly, that there are political reasons" why Michigan should avoid such testing. The state was warned by the EPA thiss summer that federal sanctions would be imposed because Michigan has not begun testing vehicle emissions in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb coun- ties. the Legislature approved a man- 'datory testing program in 1980, but it Phas never been implemented. It tried to repeal the law last year. THE GOVERNOR met with EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus last month. Dempsey said the federal.' official was "sensitive enough to realize implementing the 1980 law is very im- possible." There were indications that if Michigan had made some progress toward implementing pollution testing the sanctions might be avoided, Dem- psey said. Several options for potentially more palatable testing programs will be submitted to the EPA. Once the agency responds, Dempsey said, efforts will be made to push the revised program through one legislative chamber this fall, with final passage by winter's end. OPTIONS TO be sent for EPA review include: * Mandating inspections every other year. * Allowing drivers to choose between annual tailpipe tests or inspections to make certain pollution controls have not been dismantled. * Requiring tests only when a vehicle is sold or traded. Even if action comes quickly "it will be very late in 1984 or early in 1985 when the first consumers have to take their cars in," he said. 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