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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2274
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994
Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/04/94.
Establishing high school credit
equivalencies for credits earned in institutions of higher education.
AN ACT Relating to
credit equivalencies for credits earned at institutions of higher education;
adding new sections to chapter 28A.305 RCW; adding a new section to chapter
28B.80 RCW; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec.
1. A new section is added
to chapter 28A.305 RCW to read as follows:
In exercising the state
board of education's authority to establish high school credit equivalencies
for credits earned at institutions of higher education, the state board of
education has highlighted the need for an ongoing forum that encourages the
various education entities to provide each other with advice and counsel as
rules and policies are adopted that have implications for students in all
sectors of the state's education system. The legislature appreciates the
willingness of the state board of education to consider any recommendations
from the task force created in section 2 of this act and to delay until September
1995, implementation of its rule establishing course equivalencies. Ultimately
the issue of credit equivalencies must be decided within the broad context of
education reform and the desire of the legislature to provide options for
students to move through the system without meeting bureaucratic barriers to
individual educational success.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
2. A new section is added
to chapter 28A.305 RCW to read as follows:
(1) By May 1, 1994, or
as soon as possible thereafter, the higher education coordinating board and the
state board of education shall convene a task force creating a forum for
ongoing discussion of curriculum issues that transect higher education and the
common schools. In selecting members of the task force, the boards shall
consult the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the commission
on student learning, the state board for community and technical colleges, the
work force training and education coordinating board, the Washington council on
high school-college relations, representatives of the four-year institutions,
representatives of the school directors, the school and district
administrators, teachers, higher education faculty, students, counselors,
vocational directors, parents, and other interested organizations. The process
shall be designed to provide advice and counsel to the appropriate boards on
topics that may include but are not limited to: (a) The changing nature of
educational instruction and crediting, and awarding appropriate credit for
knowledge and competencies learned in a variety of ways in both institutions of
higher education and high schools; (b) options for students to enroll in
programs and institutions that will best meet the students' needs and
educational goals; and (c) articulation agreements between institutions of
higher education and high schools.
(2) By December 30,
1994, after considering the advice of the task force created in this section,
the higher education coordinating board and the state board of education shall
report the recommendations on establishing credit equivalencies to the house of
representatives and senate education and higher education committees.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
3. A new section is added
to chapter 28B.80 RCW to read as follows:
The higher education
coordinating board shall work with the state board of education to establish
the task force under section 2 of this act.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 4. This act is necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support
of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take
effect immediately.
