Providing flexibility in high school graduation requirements and supporting student success during the transition to a federal every student succeeds act-compliant accountability system.
Summary
Delays a requirement obligating students in the graduating class of 2017 onward to meet standard on a high school science assessment as a graduation prerequisite until the graduating class of 2021.
Establishes an expedited appeal process authorizing the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to waive requirements for certificates of academic achievement (CAA) and certificates of individual achievement for qualifying students in the graduating classes of 2014 through 2018 who have not met standard on English language arts (ELA) assessments, mathematics assessments, or both.
Requires, beginning in the 2017-18 school year for the graduating class of 2020, that the statewide high school assessments in ELA and mathematics be administered in the tenth grade.
Discontinues the collection of evidence objective alternative assessment.
Establishes new options for demonstrating student achievement of state standards, including completing dual credit courses and locally determined courses with qualifying assessments.
Requires school districts to provide students who have not earned a CAA before the beginning of the eleventh grade the opportunity to access interventions and academic supports, courses, or both to enable the students to meet minimum high school graduation standards.
From the Engrossed Substitute House Bill Report (ESHB 2224), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
EnactedEnacted · Chapter 31, Laws of 2017, 3rd Special Session
AN ACT Relating to providing flexibility in high school graduation requirements and supporting student success during the transition to a federal every student succeeds act-compliant accountability system;