2848-S AMH DUNS H5155.1

SHB 2848 - H AMD 886 BEYOND OBJECT OF BILL 2-12-98

By Representative Dunshee

    On page 21, after line 28, insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 10.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.150 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) This section applies to school districts in which twenty-five percent or more of eligible students fail to obtain a certificate of academic proficiency under RCW 28A.630.885.

    (2) Certificated instructional staffing allocations shall be as follows:

    (a) For students in grade four, allocations shall be on the basis of one full-time certificated instructional staff for twenty students;

    (b) For students in grades five and six, allocations shall be on the basis of one full-time certificated instructional staff for twenty-one students;

    (c) For language arts and math students in grades seven through twelve, allocations shall be on the basis of one full-time certificated instructional staff for twenty students; and

    (d) For students in kindergarten through grade three, allocations shall be on the basis of one full-time instructional staff for fifteen students.

    (3) The superintendent of public instruction shall establish a summer institute for the improvement of instructional techniques and strategies for middle school, junior high school, and high school teachers.  Each institute shall be thirty hours of staff development.  The summer institute shall be offered each summer.

    (4) There shall be an additional supplies and materials allocation to support the class size reduction program in subsection (2) of this section.  This allocation shall be provided to the certificated instructional staff in affected grade levels."

    Correct the title.

EFFECT:  Class sizes are reduced in school districts in which twenty-five percent of the students do not obtain the certificate of academic proficiency.

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