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In 1999, the Utah State Legislature drafted and passed H.B. 33.
Among other things, H.B. 33 called for the construction and implementation of a
basic skills competency test to be given in the tenth grade.
In 2000, the need and desire for a basic skills competency test was
reaffirmed by the legislature in the passage of H.B. 177.
In the summer of 2000, the Utah State Office of Education
entered into a contract with a national test publisher for the development of the
basic skills competency test. Students who are tenth graders in 2004
(the graduating class of 2006) will need to pass this test in order to receive a
"basic high school diploma."
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