HB 2808-S - DIGEST
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 2ND SUB)

Provides additional opportunities to assist students who have not completed all graduation requirements.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop information and training for counselors and mentor teachers on providing guidance to students who have completed required course credits but will not be ready to graduate with their class because they need additional skills in key academic areas, including meeting state standards on the Washington assessment of student learning.

Authorizes the office of the superintendent of public instruction to allocate grants to school districts, skill centers, and educational service districts to create high school plus programs targeted to students who have completed required course credits but are not ready to graduate with their class because they need additional skills in key academic areas, including meeting state standards on the Washington assessment of student learning.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to submit a report on the program design and outcomes of high school plus programs created by the act to the education committees of the legislature by September 15, 2009.