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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1424

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Representatives Pruitt, Betrozoff, K. Wilson, Walker, P. King, Fuhrman, Jones, Dorn, Rasmussen, Peery, Cole, Day, R. Meyers, Heavey, Phillips, Schoon, Rust, Brumsickle, Sprenkle, Horn, May, Winsley, Bowman, Brough, Beck, Moyer, Ferguson, Wood and Basich

Read first time 1/25/89 and referred to Committees on Education/Appropriations (2/27/89).

AN ACT Relating to outcome-based education; amending RCW 28A.100.017; and making appropriations.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 7, chapter 401, Laws of 1987 and RCW 28A.100.017 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) The superintendent of public instruction may select up to ten school districts, from among districts interested and submitting written grant applications, to field test the educational outcomes and related measures developed pursuant to RCW 28A.100.013.

          (2) The superintendent shall select the school districts by June 30, 1989, and the field tests shall begin with the 1989-90 school year and conclude at the end of the 1992-93 school year.

          (3) The state board of education, where appropriate, or the superintendent of public instruction, where appropriate, is authorized to grant waivers to pilot project districts from the provisions of statutes or administrative rules relating to:  The length of the school year; teacher contact hour requirements; program hour offerings; student to teacher ratios; salary lid compliance requirements; the commingling of funds appropriated by the legislature on a categorical basis for such programs as, but not limited to, highly capable students, transitional bilingual instruction, and learning assistance; and other administrative rules which in the opinion of the state board of education or the opinion of the superintendent of public instruction may need to be waived in order to implement a pilot project proposal.

State rules dealing with public health, safety, and civil rights, including accessibility by the handicapped, shall not be waived.  A school district may request the state board of education or the superintendent of public instruction to ask the United States department of education or other federal agencies to waive certain federal regulations necessary to fully implement the proposed pilot project.

(4) Each selected school district shall submit annually to the superintendent of public instruction a report on its field test project.

          (((4))) (5) The superintendent of public instruction shall report to the legislature by January 1, 1994, on the results of the field tests of the educational outcomes and related measures.  The report shall include a recommendation on whether the outcomes and related measures should be implemented on a state-wide basis.  The report shall also include, if the educational outcomes and related measures are judged to be beneficial, a recommendation on whether selected provisions of state statutes or regulations should be amended or repealed if such action would enhance the benefits of the educational outcomes and related measures.

(6) The superintendent of public instruction shall establish an outcome-based education pilot program advisory committee.  The committee shall be composed of one representative from each of the selected school districts and two representatives from the temporary committee on assessment and accountability of educational outcomes.  The duty of the committee is to provide advice to the superintendent of public instruction on the selection and conduct of the pilot projects.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     The sum of thirty-six thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1991, from the general fund to the superintendent of public instruction for the purpose of developing a model writing assessment program at three grade levels, developing definitions and measuring key curriculum concepts and skills, determining what constitutes mastery and providing for remediation, developing a follow-up survey and training package for a study of high school graduates, and developing uniform reporting forms for data collection and display as recommended by the temporary committee on the assessment and accountability of educational outcomes.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     The sum of twenty thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1991, from the general fund to the superintendent of public instruction for the purpose of developing and testing, in the field, an instrument which identifies successful schools.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     The sum of five hundred eighteen thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1991, from the general fund to the superintendent of public instruction for the purpose of field testing outcome measurements in ten school districts, collecting data from the field test site, analyzing and reporting the results, and operating the outcome-based education pilot program advisory committee.  No more than eighteen thousand dollars shall be used to operate and cover the expenses of the advisory committee.