CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1998

Chapter 495, Laws of 2005

59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session



WASHINGTON ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING--APPLE AWARD



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/24/05

Passed by the House April 20, 2005
  Yeas 95   Nays 1

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 15, 2005
  Yeas 46   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate		 
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1998 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 16, 2005.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington		 
FILED
May 16, 2005 - 2:59 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1998
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By Representatives P. Sullivan and Santos

Read first time 02/14/2005.   Referred to Committee on Education.



     AN ACT Relating to awards for the improvement of student achievement; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.655 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 28A.655 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) It is the intent of the legislature, through the creation of the apple award, to honor and reward students in Washington's public elementary schools who have shown significant improvement in their school's results on the Washington assessment of student learning.
     (2) The apple award program is created to honor and reward public elementary schools that have the greatest combined average increase in the percentage of students meeting the fourth grade reading, mathematics, and writing standards on the Washington assessment of student learning each school year. The program shall be administered by the state board of education.
     (3) Within the amounts appropriated for this purpose, each school that receives an apple award shall be provided with a twenty-five thousand dollar grant to be used for capital construction purposes that have been selected by students in the school and approved by the district's school directors. The funds may be used exclusively for capital construction projects on school property or on other public property in the community, city, or county in which the school is located.


         Passed by the House April 20, 2005.
         Passed by the Senate April 15, 2005.
         Approved by the Governor May 16, 2005.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 16, 2005.