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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 4321

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senator McManus

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Education.

AN ACT Relating to prevention of drop outs in high school; creating new sections; and making an appropriation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The superintendent of public instruction shall establish as a pilot project an alternative high school or high school program.  The program shall be designed to give socially or economically disadvantaged high school students who have dropped out of school, who have been expelled from school, or who are working below their capacity at school a chance to achieve academic excellence and high performance.  The program shall be located in an area with a high drop-out rate.  The program shall be designed to help students meet all the criteria for a high school diploma.  The program shall emphasize innovative approaches and the acquisition of vocational skills.  The program shall be designed for a student to instructor ratio of five to one.  The program shall further be designed to provide supervised work experience in the community.  Assistance from private industries and businesses shall be sought.

          This section shall expire June 30, 1987.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     By January 1, 1988, the superintendent of public instruction shall report to the legislature on the results of the high school program under section 1 of this act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     The sum of .......... dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1987, from the general fund to the superintendent of public instruction for the purposes of this act.