2546-S AMH VANC BUTT5

SHB 2546 - H AMD  0081  ADOPTED  2/12/92

By Representatives Vance, Peery, G. Fisher and Brough

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                         "DEFINITIONS

NEW SECTION. Sec. 101.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.630 RCW to read as follows:

     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definition in this section applies throughout sections 101 through 308 of this act.

     (1) "Academic assessment system" or "assessment system " means a series of academic examinations and performance-based assessments developed by the commission on student learning to determine if students have mastered the essential academic learning requirements. 

     (2)  "Essential academic learning requirements" mean the academic and technical knowledge and skills identified by the commission on student learning, as reviewed and amended by the legislature and state board of education, that students are expected to know and be able to do at specified intervals in their schooling.  The essential academic learning requirements, at a minimum, shall include knowledge and skills in reading, writing, speaking, science, history, geography, mathematics, and critical thinking.

                         PART II"

Renumber the remaining parts and sections consecutively and correct internal references accordingly.