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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 2375

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Representatives Betrozoff, Peery, Brumsickle, Valle, Walker, H. Myers, Rasmussen, Schoon, Winsley, Pruitt, Brough, Moyer, Wolfe, Todd, Haugen, Scott, P. King, Rector, Wood, Doty, Basich, Youngsman, May, Kremen, Ferguson, Wineberry and Horn

Read first time 1/12/90 and referred to Committees on Education/Appropriations.

AN ACT Relating to ALL KIDS CAN LEARN incentive grants; adding new sections to Title 28A RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     As we face a more complex society and increasing demands are placed on schools and the services they provide for children, it is important that each school and school district determine the role it is to play.  In addition to determining their roles, school districts need to be able to implement the plans established using research and practices that work.  School districts need incentives to develop and implement mission plans that produce more learning for more students.  To develop their visions, school districts must determine what it is that they want and what it is that they have or know.  These determinations will enable school districts to develop a vision of what the school districts are trying to accomplish and enable all parties involved to direct all activities in each school in the school district to make the vision come true.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     In recognition of the importance of the process of defining district purposes and systematically working to achieve the desired results using research and practices that work, the legislature creates the all kids can learn incentive grants.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     The superintendent of public instruction may grant funds to school districts for schools that have shown significant and continuous improvement in student performance.  Such grants shall carry out the purposes of the basic education act.

          (1) The school program shall be based on the implementation of an outcome development model that has been in operation for a period of at least two years.  The outcome development model shall include the following elements:

          (a) Awards shall be made to schools incorporating ideas from the best research literature.  There shall be a commitment to continue to review literature to make the program consistent with the best knowledge available.

          (b) The school district shall have a clear statement of its mission and ensure that all members of the school community, including students and parents, understand the mission.  There shall be general agreement on the mission resulting from involvement in its preparation.

          (c) The school district shall identify the outcomes or exit behaviors it wants for all students.  The outcomes shall be understood and agreed to by students, parents, and staff.

          (d) The district shall arrive at a set of  philosophical principles that will guide all actions and decisions.  Opinions supported by the research literature shall hold the greatest weight.

          (e) The program shall include leadership training, staff development, and a communication and problem solving process.

          (f) The program shall include development of an instructional process and school and classroom practices that the district, the school, and parents agree with  and that support achievement of student outcomes and the mission of the school district.

          (g) All policies and procedures shall be supported by the school board.

          (2) Districts that have demonstrated improvement in student achievement in reading and mathematics, as well as other achievements based on the criteria adopted in subsection (1) of this section, shall be eligible  to receive an all kids can learn incentive grant.  The award for each school district selected as a recipient shall be at least fifty thousand dollars per year for up to five years.

          (3) The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules to implement sections 2 and 3 of this act, including rules that permit such schools or school districts to retain their special needs funding.

          (4) Recipients of the awards shall distribute through the education clearinghouse, a description of their all kids can learn process to all other districts in the state.

          (5) Funding for the all kids can learn incentive grants is subject to appropriation being made to the superintendent of public instruction for this purpose.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     Sections 2 and 3 of this act are each added to Title 28A RCW.