State Superintendent of Education John White said Monday that he'll unveil his proposals for reworking Louisiana's public high school diploma system in September.
White said a diploma should signal whether students are ready to enter college or to work in a specific industry. His focus at a speech to the Press Club of Baton Rouge was on readying high school students who aren't going to a four-year college.
The superintendent said the career-readiness diploma pathways available to students should be decided regionally, in coordination with community and technical colleges and including apprenticeships and internships for students.