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HOUSE BILL 2636
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Representatives Schoesler, Lisk, Sheahan, Flemming, Tate, Fuhrman, Quall, Padden, Stevens, Van Luven, Shin and Chandler
Read first time 01/19/94. Referred to Committee on Education.
AN ACT Relating to running start; and amending RCW 28A.600.310 and 28A.600.330.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28A.600.310 and 1993 c 222 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Eleventh and
twelfth grade ((students)) pupils or ((students)) pupils
who have not yet received a high school diploma or its equivalent and are
eligible to be in the eleventh or twelfth grades may apply to a community
college or technical college to enroll in courses or programs offered by the
community college or technical college((.)) if the pupil: (a) Has a
satisfactory high school attendance record, as determined by high school
personnel; (b) has a high school grade point average of 2.25 or higher; and (c)
is judged to be competent in mathematics, reading, and writing by high school
personnel, or passes a mathematics, reading, and writing assessment designed to
determine if a pupil is ready for college-level course work.
(2) If a community college or technical college accepts a secondary school pupil for enrollment under this section, the community college or technical college shall send written notice to the pupil and the pupil's school district within ten days of acceptance. The notice shall indicate the course and hours of enrollment for that pupil. Continued enrollment of the pupil shall be contingent on the pupil maintaining a satisfactory attendance record in his or her high school and college courses.
(((2))) (3)
The pupil's school district shall transmit to the community college or
technical college an amount per each full-time equivalent college student at
state-wide uniform rates for vocational and nonvocational students. The
superintendent of public instruction shall separately calculate and allocate
moneys appropriated for basic education under RCW 28A.150.260 to school
districts for purposes of making such payments and for granting school
districts seven percent thereof to offset program related costs. The
calculations and allocations shall be based upon the estimated state-wide
annual average per full-time equivalent high school student allocations under
RCW 28A.150.260, excluding small high school enhancements, and applicable rules
adopted under chapter 34.05 RCW. The superintendent of public instruction and
the state board for community and technical colleges shall consult on the
calculation and distribution of the funds. The community college or technical
college shall not require the pupil to pay any other fees. The funds received
by the community college or technical college from the school district shall
not be deemed tuition or operating fees and may be retained by the community
college or technical college. A student enrolled under this subsection shall
not be counted for the purpose of determining any enrollment restrictions
imposed by the state on the community colleges.
Sec. 2. RCW 28A.600.330 and 1990 1st ex.s. c 9 s 404 are each amended to read as follows:
A pupil who enrolls in a community college or a vocational-technical institute in grade eleven may not enroll in postsecondary courses under RCW 28A.600.300 through 28A.600.390 for high school credit and community college or vocational-technical institute credit for more than the equivalent of the course work for two academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in a community college or vocational-technical institute in grade twelve may not enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for high school credit and community college or vocational-technical institute credit for more than the equivalent of the course work for one academic year. In addition, a pupil may not receive more than fifteen hours of college quarter credit, or its equivalent, each quarter.
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