CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5410
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the Senate April 23, 2019
  Yeas 47  Nays 0

President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 16, 2019
  Yeas 98  Nays 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5410 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

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State of Washington

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5410

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington
66th Legislature
2019 Regular Session
BySenate Higher Education & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Senators Mullet, Rivers, Palumbo, Liias, and Wilson, C.)
READ FIRST TIME 02/07/19.
AN ACT Relating to a systemwide credit policy regarding advanced placement, international baccalaureate, and Cambridge international exams; amending RCW 28B.10.054; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 28B.10.051.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. The legislature finds that advanced placement, international baccalaureate, and Cambridge international coursework prepares students for postsecondary success and provides opportunities for them to earn college credit or secure placement in advanced courses.
The legislature feels strongly that students who have earned minimum scores of three on advanced placement exams, four on standard-level and higher-level international baccalaureate exams, or scores of E(e) or higher on A and AS level Cambridge international exams deserve to receive undergraduate college credit, including elective credit and, where appropriate, course equivalent credit, for their work.
The legislature finds it necessary to develop a systemwide credit policy that allows those students to easily understand in advance whether institutions of higher education will award them credit, as well as which type of credit students will receive and the rationale for the institution of higher education's determination.
The legislature further encourages institutions of higher education to establish a policy favoring the award of course equivalent credit for the successful completion of standardized and commonly required courses.
Sec. 2. RCW 28B.10.054 and 2017 c 179 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The institutions of higher education must establish a coordinated, evidence-based policy for granting as many undergraduate college credits, as possible and appropriate, to students who have earned minimum scores of three on ((AP))advanced placement exams ((as possible and appropriate)), four on standard-level and higher-level international baccalaureate exams, or scores of E(e) or higher on A and AS level Cambridge international exams.
(2) Each institution of higher education must create a process for retroactively awarding international baccalaureate exam undergraduate college credits under the terms of this section to students who first enrolled in the institution of higher education in the 2018-19 academic year.
(3) Credit ((policy))policies regarding all ((AP))advanced placement and international baccalaureate exams must be posted on campus web sites effective for the ((2017))2019 fall academic term. Credit policies regarding all Cambridge international exams must be posted on campus web sites effective for the 2020 fall academic term. If an institution of higher education is unable to award a general education course equivalency, the student may request in writing an evidence-based reason as to why general education course equivalency cannot be granted. Institutions of higher education must maintain web sites regarding their advanced placement, international baccalaureate, and Cambridge international policies in a publicly accessible way. The institutions of higher education must conduct biennial reviews of their ((AP))advanced placement, international baccalaureate, and Cambridge international credit ((policy))policies and report noncompliance to the appropriate committees of the legislature by November 1st each ((year))biennium beginning November 1, 2019.
(4) The institutions of higher education must provide an update to the joint legislative audit and review committee on their credit awarding policies by December 31, 2019.
(5) For the purposes of this section, "general education course equivalency" means credit that fulfills general education or major requirements and is not awarded as elective credit.
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3. RCW 28B.10.051 (International baccalaureate and Cambridge international exams credit policies) and 2018 c 124 s 2 are each repealed.
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