Several states and individual high schools have begun working to pass bills that would require that all high school seniors complete at least one college application in order to graduate. Several schools in Pennsylvania, Texas, Maryland and Maine already require that seniors complete a college application, create portfolios and transition to college/career plans, and/or be accepted to a community college in order to graduate.

Recently, House Speaker Glenn Cummings (D-Portland) of Maine proposed a bill requiring every school in the state to impose the college application requirement.

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