SB 5670 — Permitting 10th grade students to participate in running start in online settings.

S-1440.2S-1065.1 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5670 State of Washington 68th Legislature 2023 Regular Session By Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Senators Hawkins, Randall, Holy, Kuderer, Nguyen, Nobles, Saldaña, and L.

Wilson)Wilson READRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 02/16/23.02/02/23.

Referred to Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development.

amending RCW 28A.600.32028A.600.320, 28A.600.330, and 28A.600.330;28A.600.385;

(c) A student receiving home-based instruction enrolling in a public high school for the sole purpose of participating in courses or programs offered by institutions of higher education shall not be p.

1 SSBSB 5670 or programs offered by institutions of higher education shall not be counted by the school district in any required state or federal accountability reporting if the student's parents or guardians filed a declaration of intent to provide home-based instruction and the student received home-based instruction during the school year before the school year in which the student intends to participate in courses or programs offered by the institution of higher education.

(d)(i)(d) Tenth grade students enrolling in a course or program offered by an institution of higher education under this section may only enroll in an online course,running start courses, defined as acourses course in which thea entiretymajority of the course time is spent in a virtual setting or not in person.

(ii) Tenth grade students enrolling in a course or program in this section may enroll in no more than five quarter credits per term, or the semester equivalent.

p.(b) The fees charged under this subsection (2) shall be prorated based on credit load.

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(c)2 StudentsSB may5670 pay fees under this subsection with advanced college tuition payment program tuition units at a rate set by the advanced college tuition payment program governing body under chapter 28B.95 RCW.

p.(4) The pupil's school district shall transmit to the institution of higher education an amount per each full-time equivalent college student at statewide uniform rates for vocational and nonvocational students.

3 SSB 5670 (4) The pupil'ssuperintendent school district shall transmit to the institution of higherpublic educationinstruction anshall amountseparately percalculate eachand full-timeallocate equivalentmoneys collegeappropriated student at statewide uniform rates for vocationalbasic andeducation nonvocationalunder students.p.

The3 superintendentSB of5670 public instruction shall separately calculate and allocate moneys appropriated for basic education under RCW 28A.150.260 to school districts for purposes of making such payments and for granting school districts seven percent thereof to offset program related costs.

(5) In providing information about course offerings, institutions of higher education must designate whether a course is offered as a running start course and whether the course is eligible for 10th grade running start students as allowed under this section.

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A pupil who enrolls in an institution of higher education in grade ((eleven)) 1110 may not enroll in postsecondary courses under RCW 28A.600.300 through 28A.600.390 for high school credit and postsecondary credit for more than the equivalent of the coursework for two((two)) three academic years,years. excluding any postsecondary courses taken in grade 10 under RCW 28A.600.310(1)(d).

A pupil who first enrolls in an institution of higher education in grade ((twelve))11 12 may not enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for high school credit and postsecondaryp. credit for more than the equivalent of the coursework for one academic year, excluding any postsecondary courses taken in grade 10 under RCW 28A.600.310(1)(d).

4 SB 5670 postsecondary credit for more than the equivalent of the coursework for two academic years.

A pupil who first enrolls in an institution of higher education in grade ((twelve)) 12 may not enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for high school credit and postsecondary credit for more than the equivalent of the coursework for one academic year.

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RCW 28A.600.385 and 1998 c 63 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) School districts in Washington and community colleges in Oregon and Idaho may enter into cooperative agreements under chapter 39.34 RCW for the purpose of allowing ((eleventh and twelfth)) 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students who are enrolled in the school districts to earn high school and college credit concurrently.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, if a school district exercises the authority granted in subsection (1) of this section, the provisions of RCW 28A.600.310 through 28A.600.360 and 28A.600.380 through 28A.600.400 shall apply to the agreements.

(3) A school district may enter an agreement in which the community college agrees to accept an amount less than the statewide uniform rate under RCW 28A.600.310(((2))) (4) if the community college does not charge participating students tuition and fees.

A school district may not pay a per-credit rate in excess of the statewide uniform rate under RCW 28A.600.310(((2))) (4).

(4) To the extent feasible, the agreements shall permit participating students to attend the community college without paying any tuition and fees.

The agreements shall not permit the community college to charge participating students nonresident tuition and fee rates.

(5) The agreements shall ensure that participating students are permitted to enroll only in courses that are transferable to one or more institutions of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016.

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