WA People
BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

HB 1720: Student assessment reqs.

Reducing state assessment requirements to only those required for federal purposes in order to facilitate removal of inequitable barriers to students.

Summary

  • Decouples graduation requirements from statewide high school assessments by discontinuing the Certificate of Academic Achievement (CAA), the earning of which is currently required as proof that a student has successfully met standard on statewide assessments required for graduation.
  • Discontinues the Certificate of Individual Achievement (CIA) for students requiring special education who are not appropriately assessed by the state assessment system.
  • Makes numerous changes related to the discontinuation of the CAA and the CIA, including eliminating alternate assessments for students who have not met standard on statewide assessments.
  • Preserves provisions requiring the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education to maintain and continue to develop and revise a statewide assessment system for students in the content areas of reading, writing, mathematics, and science.
  • Applies to the graduating class of 2020 and subsequent graduating classes.

From the House Bill Analysis 2019 (HB 1720), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 29, 2019
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Representative (R-26)
Introduced
January 29, 2019 in the House
Last action
January 13, 2020
Companion bill
SB 5014

AN ACT Relating to reducing state assessment requirements to only those required for federal purposes in order to facilitate removal of inequitable barriers to students;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Representative (R-26)

1 co-sponsor (1 Democrat, 0 Republicans)

Gerry Pollet D-46

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Education.

HB 1720 in other sessions

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

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