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                                ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5318

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senators Murray, Bailey, Rinehart and Gaspard)

 

 

Read first time 2/13/89.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to annual meetings among governing bodies of the state's education system; adding a new section to chapter 28A.02 RCW; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date.

 

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

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.02 RCW to read as follows:

          The heads of agencies responsible for education in the public sector, including but not limited to the superintendent of public instruction, the president of the state board of education or a member other than the president selected by the board if the president is the superintendent of public instruction, the executive director of the state board of education, the chair and the executive director of the state board for vocational education within the governor's office, the president of the Washington state association of school directors and the executive director of the association, the director of the department of community development and a member of the early childhood education and assistance program advisory board, the chair of the higher education coordinating board and the executive director of the board, a member of the council of presidents designated by the council and the executive director of the council, and the president and executive director of the state board for community college education shall all meet together at least once each year.  By January 30 of each year, a time and place for the meeting shall be established by mutual agreement.

          A report of the topics discussed and results and outcomes of each yearly meeting shall be made to the legislature by December 31.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.     The code reviser shall place cross-reference notes to section 1 of this act in chapters 28A.03, 28A.04, 28A.61, 28B.50, 28B.80, and 43.06 RCW.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  The legislature finds that, under the present policy on transfer of credit among state institutions of higher education, students are often required to retake courses which had been successfully completed at another state institution of higher education. The legislature intends to eliminate this costly and wasteful duplication of effort by student, state institutions of higher education, and the state.

          The group of officials listed in section 1 of this act shall study the issue of transferability and portability of grades and credits between state institutions of higher education.  This group shall submit recommendations to the legislature by January 1, 1990, upon the establishment of a policy designed to resolve persisting problems with the transferability and portability of grades and credits between state institutions of higher education.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  This act shall expire on June 30, 1993, unless reenacted by the legislature.