Officially, our state says a "higher level math class to be aligned with student's post HS plans."

I've seen some graduation requirement lists that say pre-calc, some that say calc, some that say you can even take discrete math. Have to take 4 maths in HS though if you're in any of the college prep paths. I think it varies by county what they will allow for the 4th math and by school as to what is available.

Many kids start taking HS math 1 in middle school- crucial to do if you want to get to any AP math.

It will be interesting to see how other common core states deal with this.