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SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 1336
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AS
AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed
Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th
Legislature 1995 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/21/95.
Requiring
institutions of higher education to report on precollege class enrollments.
AN ACT
Relating to accountability and collaboration in higher education and K-12
education; adding new sections to chapter 28B.10 RCW; and creating a new
section.
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. By June
30, 1996, in consultation with the commission on student learning, the
superintendent of public instruction, the state board of education, faculty,
teachers from institutions of higher education and high schools, and others as
appropriate, the higher education coordinating board shall adopt common
definitions of remedial and precollege material and course work. The
definitions adopted by the board shall be rigorous, challenging students to
come to college well prepared to engage in college and university work, and
shall be adopted by each institution of higher education as defined in RCW
28B.10.016.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 3. A new
section is added to chapter 28B.10 RCW to read as follows:
Beginning
in 1997, by September 30th of each year, each state university, regional
university, state college, and, for community colleges and technical colleges,
the state board for community and technical colleges shall provide a report to
the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the state board of
education, and the commission on student learning under RCW 28A.630.885. The
report shall contain the following information on students who, within three
years of graduating from a Washington high school, enrolled the prior year in a
state-supported precollege level class at the institution: (1) The number of
such students enrolled in a precollege level class in mathematics, reading,
grammar, spelling, writing, or English; (2) the types of precollege classes in
which each student was enrolled; and (3) the name of the Washington high school
from which each student graduated.
For
students who enrolled in a precollege class within three years of graduating
from a Washington high school, each institution of higher education shall also
report to the Washington high school from which the student graduated. The
annual report shall include information on the number of students from that
high school enrolled in precollege classes, and the types of classes taken by
the students.
