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                            SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1877

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State of Washington              54th Legislature             1995 Regular Session

By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives McMahan, Brumsickle, Benton, Sheahan, Koster, Elliot, Pelesky, Johnson, Stevens, Casada, Silver and Thompson)

Read first time 02/28/95.

Providing educational opportunities for students.

     AN ACT Relating to providing additional educational opportunities for students; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.150 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.150 RCW to read as follows:

     (1) The board of directors of school districts may contract with nonsectarian schools and organizations to provide educational services for district students, including, but not limited to, students who have been suspended or expelled, who are academically at risk, or who have been subject to disciplinary actions due to behavioral problems.  The contract between the school district board of directors and the school or organization shall specify the specific learning standards that students who participate in the school or organization are expected to achieve.

     (2) The school district shall receive the same level of funding from the state as if the student were enrolled in the school district's educational program.  The superintendent of public instruction shall provide school districts maximum flexibility when establishing funding criteria for students enrolled in these schools and organizations.

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