Passed by the House January 11, 2024 Yeas 97 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate February 29, 2024 Yeas 46 Nays 0 DENNY HECK
President of the Senate | CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1146 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk Chief Clerk |
Approved March 13, 2024 1:39 PM | FILED March 14, 2024 |
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
HOUSE BILL 1146
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington | 68th Legislature | 2023 Regular Session |
ByRepresentatives Paul, Steele, Ramel, Taylor, Callan, Rude, Timmons, Chopp, Lekanoff, Duerr, Ramos, Shavers, Stonier, Pollet, Santos, Riccelli, and Ormsby
Prefiled 01/05/23.Read first time 01/09/23.Referred to Committee on Education.
AN ACT Relating to notifying high school students and their families about available dual credit programs and any available financial assistance; and adding a new section to chapter
28A.600 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter
28A.600 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Prior to course scheduling or course registration for the next school term, each public school that serves students in any of grades nine through 12 must provide all students and their parents or legal guardians with: Information about each available dual credit program and any financial assistance available to reduce dual credit course and exam costs for students and their families. The information must be provided via email and other communication methods, and, to the extent feasible, must be translated into the primary language of each parent or legal guardian.
(2) Public schools are encouraged to include in the notification required under subsection (1) of this section other information about advanced course taking that must be provided to parents and legal guardians under RCW
28A.320.195,
28A.600.287, and
28A.600.320.
(3) As used in this section, "public school" has the same meaning as in RCW
28A.150.010.
Passed by the House January 11, 2024.
Passed by the Senate February 29, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 13, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 14, 2024.
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