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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1158

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives Ebersole, Valle, Schoon, Holland, Long and May

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Education.

AN ACT Relating to remediation; and amending RCW 28A.41.404 and 28A.41.406.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 3, chapter 149, Laws of 1979 and RCW 28A.41.404 are each amended to read as follows:

          Each school district which has established an approved program shall be eligible, as determined by the superintendent of public instruction, for state funds made available for the purposes of such programs.  The number of students eligible to participate in such program in each school district shall be calculated by the superintendent of public instruction through the use of data derived from the basic skills test.  In making such calculations the superintendent of public instruction shall multiply the percentage of students taking the tests which scored in the lowest quartile, as compared to national norms, by the number of students enrolled in the district in grades two through ((six)) twelve:  PROVIDED, That in making this calculation the superintendent of public instruction may use an average of the percentages of the students scoring in the lowest quartile over the immediately preceding five or fewer years.

        Sec. 2.  Section 4, chapter 149, Laws of 1979 and RCW 28A.41.406 are each amended to read as follows:

          Students who may participate in an approved program of remediation shall be determined by each school district through placement testing:  PROVIDED, That only students in grades two through ((six)) twelve who are behind grade level in one or more basic skills shall be eligible to participate:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That the total number of students in a school district who may participate in an approved program of remediation may not exceed the total number of eligible students calculated in accordance with the provisions of RCW 28A.41.404.  No student receiving educational services from the programs conducted pursuant to chapter 28A.13 RCW shall be eligible to participate in the remediation program ((established by this act)) if the student's program is designed to address like needs.