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BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — Now that South Carolina's high school exit exam has been eliminated, more than 100 former students in Beaufort County have asked to receive their high school diplomas.
The Beaufort Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1usic ) that Gov. Nikki Haley this year signed a bill eliminating the exit exam. Students who did not get a diploma in the past 24 years simply because they did not pass that test can now ask to receive their diplomas.
The newspaper reports that since the law was signed, 120 former students in the county have made the request. So far, 70 requests have been approved while 24 were rejected. The rest are pending.
District officials have said they were expecting to receive hundreds of requests from former students.
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Information from: The Beaufort Gazette, http://www.beaufortgazette.com
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