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. |