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               ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6559

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl‑Welles, Swecker, McAuliffe, Finkbeiner, Eide, Hochstatter, Bauer, Zarelli, Goings, Rasmussen, Oke, Winsley and Roach)

Read first time 02/04/00.

Notifying parents of school programs leading to college credit. 

    AN ACT Relating to notification of the availability of programs leading to college credit; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.320 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.320 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) Beginning with the 2000-01 school year, the superintendent of public instruction shall notify high schools of the names and contact information of public and private entities offering programs leading to college credit, if the superintendent has knowledge of such entities and if the cost of reporting these entities is minimal.

    (2) Beginning with the 2000-01 school year, each high school shall publish annually and deliver to each parent with children enrolled in the school, information concerning the entrance requirements and the availability in the school of programs leading to college credit, such as advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs.  In addition, each high school shall enclose information of the names and contact information of other public or private entities offering such programs, including on-line advanced placement programs, to high school students in the district if the high school has knowledge of such entities and if the cost of reporting these entities is minimal.

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