CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2375

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 8, 2000   Yeas 96   Nays 1 Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 2, 2000   Yeas 42   Nays 0	CERTIFICATE We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2375  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.                           Chief Clerk                           Chief Clerk
President of the Senate

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Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 2375

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Representatives Lantz, Esser, Carlson, Kenney, Dunn, O'Brien and Haigh

Read first time 01/12/2000.  Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

Addressing information technology literacy at baccalaureate institutions of higher education.

    AN ACT Relating to information and technology literacy in higher education; adding a new section to chapter 28B.10 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that competence in information literacy and fluency in information technology are increasingly important in the workplace as well as in day-to-day activities.  The legislature finds that to prepare students to meet the challenges of the work force and society, students must be able to effectively manage and apply information from a variety of sources.  In addition, the legislature finds that institutions of higher education have the opportunity to provide students with a framework and approach to use information and technology effectively.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 28B.10 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) Beginning in April 2000, representatives of the public baccalaureate institutions designated by the council of presidents, in consultation with representatives of the community and technical colleges and representatives of the higher education coordinating board, shall convene an interinstitutional group to begin to: (a) Develop a definition of information and technology literacy; (b) develop strategies or standards by which to measure the achievement of information and technology literacy; and (c) develop a financial assessment of the cost of implementation.

    (2) The baccalaureate institutions shall provide the house of representatives and senate committees on higher education with a progress report in January 2001.

    (3) By the end of January 2002, the baccalaureate institutions shall deliver to the house of representatives and senate committees on higher education a report detailing:  (a) The definition of information and technology literacy; (b) strategies or standards for measurement; (c) institutionally specific plans for implementation; and (d) an evaluation of the feasibility of implementation taking into consideration cost.

    (4) If the legislature determines that implementation is feasible, the public baccalaureate institutions shall pilot test strategies to assess and report on information and technology literacy during the 2002-03 academic year.

    (5) By the end of January 2004, the institutions shall report to the house of representatives and senate committees on higher education the results of the 2002-03 pilot study.

    (6) Implementation of assessment strategies shall begin in the academic year 2003-04.

    (7) The higher education coordinating board shall report results to the house of representatives and senate committees on higher education in the 2005 legislative session.

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