Chicago has a new big government requirement if you want to graduate high school

By 2020, students in Chicago are supposed to graduate high school only if the government decides they’re ready.

The city is implementing a plan to require high school students to choose one of six government-approved plans to be able to graduate. Doc Thompson and the guys looked at the approved options for post-graduate plans on Friday’s “The Morning Blaze with Doc Thompson.”

Graduating seniors will need to show documentation proving their plan is college; military enlistment; a job program; an apprenticeship program; a “gap-year” program; or a job, whether it’s a current job or a letter with a job offer, Reason reported.

In April, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he had been considering the graduation requirement plan since 2011. The earlier list of acceptable post-graduation options didn’t include approving students with jobs or plans to start a job right after high school.

The mayor and the district are essentially trying to create more jobs in education with the plan, which includes raising $1 million for “college and career coaches” who will supposedly guide students who don’t have a school-approved plan yet.

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