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States requiring less than 3, 3, or 4 years of mathematics and science study for high school graduation: 1987 and 2002

Subject requirement (years)	1987	2002

Mathematics
<3	29	16
3	9	25
4	0	4
Science
<3	41	21
3	4	20
4	1	3

NOTE: States not included had no statewide requirement for subject and allowed districts or schools to set their own.

SOURCE: A. Potts, R.K. Blank, and A. Williams, Key State Education Policies on PK–12 Education: 2002, Council of Chief State School Officers (2002).

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