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SECOND
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1646
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Passed
Legislature - 2002 Regular Session
State
of Washington 57th Legislature 2002 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 02/05/2002. Referred to Committee on .
Including the Washington national guard youth challenge
program as an alternative educational service provider.
AN
ACT Relating to alternative educational service providers; amending RCW
28A.150.305 and 28A.305.170; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.150 RCW.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
28A.150.305 and 1997 c 265 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The board of directors of school districts may contract with alternative
educational service providers for eligible students. Alternative educational
service providers that the school district may contract with include, but are
not limited to:
(a)
Other schools;
(b)
Alternative education programs not operated by the school district;
(c)
Education centers;
(d)
Skills centers;
(e)
The Washington national guard youth challenge program;
(f)
Dropout prevention programs; or
(((f)))
(g) Other public or private organizations, excluding sectarian or religious
organizations.
(2)
Eligible students include students who are likely to be expelled or who are
enrolled in the school district but have been suspended, are academically at
risk, or who have been subject to repeated disciplinary actions due to behavioral
problems.
(3)
If a school district board of directors chooses to initiate specialized
programs for students at risk of expulsion or who are failing academically by
contracting out with alternative educational service providers identified in
subsection (1) of this section, the school district board of directors and the
organization must specify the specific learning standards that students are
expected to achieve. Placement of the student shall be jointly determined by
the school district, the student's parent or legal guardian, and the
alternative educational service provider.
(4)
For the purpose of this section, the superintendent of public instruction shall
adopt rules for reporting and documenting enrollment. Students may reenter at
the grade level appropriate to the student's ability. Students who are sixteen
years of age or older may take the GED test.
(5)
The board of directors of school districts may require that students who would
otherwise be suspended or expelled attend schools or programs listed in
subsection (1) of this section as a condition of continued enrollment in the
school district.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. A
new section is added to chapter 28A.150 RCW to read as follows:
Basic
and nonbasic education funding, including applicable vocational entitlements
and special education program money, generated under this chapter and under
state appropriations acts shall be allocated directly to the military
department for a national guard youth challenge program for students earning
high school graduation credit under RCW 28A.305.170. Funding shall be provided
based on statewide average rates for basic education, special education,
categorical, and block grant programs as determined by the office of the
superintendent of public instruction. The monthly full-time equivalent
enrollment reported for students enrolled in the national guard youth challenge
program shall be based on one full-time equivalent for every one hundred
student hours of scheduled instruction eligible for high school graduation
credit. The office of the superintendent of public instruction, in
consultation with the military department, shall adopt such rules as are
necessary to implement this section.
Sec.
3. RCW
28A.305.170 and 1975 1st ex.s. c 262 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
In addition to any other powers and duties as provided by law, the state board
of education shall adopt rules ((and regulations)) governing and authorizing
the acceptance of national guard high school career training and the
national guard youth challenge program in lieu of either required high
school credits or elective high school credits.
(2)
With the exception of students enrolled in the national guard youth challenge
program, students enrolled in such national guard programs shall be
considered enrolled in the common school last attended preceding enrollment in
such national guard program.
(3)
The board shall adopt rules to ensure that students who successfully complete
the national guard youth challenge program are granted an appropriate number of
high school credits, based on the students' levels of academic proficiency as
measured by the program.
Passed the House March 14, 2002.
Passed the Senate March 14, 2002.
Approved by the Governor
April 2, 2002.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State April 2, 2002.
