LEWISTON – The class of 2007 won’t have to meet Learning Results standards in order to graduate.

The Lewiston School Committee voted 7-1 Monday to put off the Learning Results requirements for a year. This year’s sophomores had been expected to meet the state standards in math and English. Instead, those students will have to meet regular graduation requirements.

This year’s freshmen will still have to meet the requirements in five subjects.

Established in 1997, Learning Results set standards for what students should know and be able to do by the time they graduate from high schools. It is being implemented in stages, with requirements staggered between 2001 and 2011.

Originally, all members of the class of 2007 were supposed to be the first to deal with Learning Results in order to graduate. But during the last session, the Legislature agreed to postpone that requirement because schools needed more time and money to meet state demands.

Now the class of 2008 will be the first to deal with Learning Results. As planned, it will still have to meet state standards in English, math, science, social studies and health.

The Lewiston School Committee agreed to change its graduation requirements to match the state’s new Learning Results timeline.

Ward 6 representative Ronella Paradis voted against the new graduation requirements, saying they didn’t address what would happen to students who failed to graduate because they didn’t meet the standards.

“I still don’t want to wait until 2007 to talk about what happens to kids who don’t get a diploma,” she said after the vote.