OLYMPIA — A state requirement that high school students pass a biology exam in order to graduate would be suspended under an agreement announced Thursday by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. The deal, ...

More than 2,000 students in Washington won’t graduate from high school this June because they can’t pass the state’s biology test. That’s what the Washington State Board of Education is telling ...

State lawmakers adjourned their first overtime session Thursday without an agreement on whether to eliminate the biology end-of-course assessment as a requirement for earning a high school diploma.

Houston ISD students who "passed" the STAAR exam in biology surpassed state averages for the first time in 2025, notching what appeared to be a critical win for state-appointed Superintendent Mike ...