BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

HB 2923: High school grad requirement

Adopting a weighted multiple measures approach to graduation requirements.

Summary

Eliminates the requirement that students, beginning with the class of 2008, obtain a Certificate of Academic Achievement for high school graduation.
Requires students to achieve a minimum threshold performance of 65 percent on the overall high school assessment system for graduation.
Specifies the components and weights of the assessment system. Grade point average in state and locally required courses counts for 70 percent; the high school and beyond plan, culminating project, and scores on the high school Washington Assessment of Student Learning each count for 10 percent.
Directs the State Board of Education to create a weighted graduation model where higher achievement on one of the components offsets lower achievement on another.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 2923), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to a multiple measures approach to graduation requirements;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 2923 (2019–20) Railroad grade crossings · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2923 (2017–18) Guardians/train & monitor · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2923 (2015–16) Freight and rail planning · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2923 (2009–10) License renewals · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2923 (2007–08) Transporting hay or straw · Enacted · Chapter 26, Laws of 2008
HB 2923 (2003–04) Magnetic levitation trans · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2923 (2001–02) Port districts/pension plans · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2923 (1999–00) Aquatic lands · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor