Finds that students who have been relocated across the country and perhaps across the world as a result of their families' service in the military face academic challenges with each relocation. Requiring students from military families who transfer in high school to pass the Washington assessment of student learning in order to receive a high school diploma poses an unfair burden on these students and their families.

Provides that any student who transfers to a Washington state public school from another state after the ninth grade as a result of the student's parent or guardian receiving an active military duty assignment to Washington state shall not be required to earn a certificate of academic achievement as a requirement for high school graduation.