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BILL · 2015–16 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 2556

HB 2556: Academic achievement certif.

Eliminating the certificate of academic achievement as a requirement for high school graduation.

Summary

  • Eliminates provisions establishing, governing, and mandating the earning of a Certificate of Academic Achievement (CAA) or a Certificate of Individual Achievement (CIA) as a requirement for graduating from a public high school.
  • Establishes that, beginning in the 2016-17 school year, twelfth grade students who have not met the state standard on the English Language Arts or mathematics assessments must, to qualify for graduation, take and pass a locally determined course in the content area in which the student was not successful.
  • Discontinues administration of the tenth grade reading and writing and mathematics assessments and eliminates all existing alternative assessment options.
  • Modifies provisions governing the high school assessment in science by removing a provision requiring the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to implement a two-year transition period after the SPI has adopted a comprehensive science assessment.
  • Adds specificity to High School and Beyond Plans.
  • Makes other changes related to the statewide student assessment system and graduation requirements.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2556), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 14, 2016
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Senator (D-22)
Introduced
January 14, 2016 in the House
Last action
March 10, 2016
Requested by
Other
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 2556, SHB 2556

AN ACT Relating to eliminating the certificate of academic achievement as a requirement for high school graduation;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Senator (D-22)

3 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Sherry Appleton D-23Timm Ormsby D-3Elizabeth Scott R-39

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 2556)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 2556)
  4. Referred to Appropriations.
  5. ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 2556)
  6. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 2556)
  7. Minority; do not pass.
  8. ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  9. First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2556 in other sessions

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