HB 1445-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Requires the student achievement council, in collaboration with an organization that represents the public four-year institutions of higher education to facilitate a dialogue with state universities, regional universities, and The Evergreen State College on the curriculum, courses, and course sequencing necessary in the K-12 secondary schools to allow two years of computer sciences to count as two years of world languages for the purposes of admission into a four-year institution of higher education.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to conduct a study to assess the implication of adding ten minutes of instruction to the school day for grades one through eight for the purpose of learning a world language other than English.

Expires July 1, 2018.