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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2422
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Jacobsen, Wood, Wineberry, Dorn, R. Fisher, Peery and Orr)
Read first time 02/07/92.
AN ACT Relating to accountability and collaboration in higher education and K-12 education; and adding new sections to chapter 28B.10 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28B.10 RCW to read as follows:
The legislature finds that some college students who have recently graduated from high school must immediately enroll in one or more precollege classes before they can proceed successfully through college. The legislature also finds that these students should have received basic skills in English, reading, spelling, grammar, and mathematics before graduating from high school. It is the intent of the legislature that colleges and universities provide information to school districts about recent graduates who enroll in precollege classes. It is also the intent of the legislature to encourage institutions of higher education and the common schools to work together to solve problems of common concern.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28B.10 RCW to read as follows:
By May 1st of each year, each institution of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 shall provide a report to the office of the superintendent of public instruction. The report shall contain the following information: (1) The numbers of college freshmen or sophomores who graduated from a Washington high school within three years of enrolling in a state-supported precollege level class in mathematics, reading, grammar, spelling, writing, or English; (2) the types of precollege classes in which each student is enrolled; and (3) the Washington high school from which each student graduated. Each institution of higher education shall also report information on precollege class enrollment to the Washington school district from which each student enrolled in a precollege class graduated.