SB 6474-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Establish a pilot project for one or more schools that are the subject of a state-tribal education compact, schools also known as "tribal compact schools," to implement modifications to requirements governing school attendance, school year length, and assessments;

(2) Explore and pursue options for granting flexibility to participating schools from state and federal requirements, including requirements related to assessments;

(3) If requested by a tribal compact school, convene a government-to-government meeting with the school to revise the compact to reflect the terms of the pilot project; and

(4) Upon receipt of an application from a school that is the subject of a state-tribal education compact and is participating in the pilot project, grant a waiver from the requirements for a one hundred eighty-day school year and authorize the school to consider student participation in cultural, fisheries, or agricultural programs as instructional days.

Requires the office of native education within the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Collaborate with each tribal compact school participating in the pilot project, including providing technical support and assistance; and

(2) Review terms of the compact that relate to the school's implementation of the pilot project.

Requires tribal compact schools that apply to the office to participate in the pilot project to be included in the pilot project.

Exempts students in a school that is the subject of a state-tribal education compact and is participating in the pilot project from the obligation to earn a certificate of academic achievement or individual achievement as a prerequisite for graduating from a public high school.

Exempts schools participating in the pilot project from the provisions that require standardized high school transcripts to include a notation of whether the student has earned a certificate of individual achievement or academic achievement.

Expires September 1, 2023.