Starting with the class of 2011, no Michigan public school student could graduate from high school without at least three and a half years of math, four years of English and three years of science classes under a rigorous statewide curriculum now on a fast track to final approval. All students also would have to take two years of a foreign language in elementary, middle school or high school. The deal reached by legislative leaders Wednesday could be approved by the House and Senate as early as today and quickly signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. It would give Michigan its first statewide required curriculum. \"This is an historic day for Michigan,\" said Mike Boulus, executive director for the Presidents\' Council, State Universities of Michigan. The core curriculum, he added, will put pressure on school districts \"to hold to it when their feet are to the fire in a few years and little Johnny can\'t graduate.\"