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Legislative Update for Career and Technical Education Legislative Update for Career and Technical Education WOVE...Representing the Career and Technical Education Tim Knue, Executive Director field through advocacy activities, which promotes the value of Washington Association for Career and Technical Education CTE and the policies that are needed to support CTE PO Box 315 practitioners, advance the field, and improve student learning. Olympia WA 98507-0315 To subscribe to the WOVE Legislative Update or to view past Tel: 360-786-9286 / Fax: 360-357-1491 issues please click here. [email protected] / www.wa-acte.org Senate Committees House Committees Washington State Legislature Now the hearings begin. Bills have been “dropped” and many are getting signatures to be dropped. One of my priorities this week has been collecting signatures for a draft bill sponsored by Rep. John McCoy from the 38th Legislative District in the Marysville area of Snohomish County. This is the first time I have actually walked around a blue sheet collecting signatures of representatives to sign on in support of a bill as it is dropped into the “hopper” to begin the legislative process. The brief description of this measure is: Supporting K-12 Career Education, Exploration, and Planning. A title will be attached when the bill receives a bill number. The “nickname” for the working draft is the “CTE-Careers Bill.” This bill takes recommendations from the Washington State CTE Strategic Plan that was presented to the legislature the first week of session. The recommendations are around Career Exploration, Career Education, and Career Planning. One item is to change the name of the Occupational Education credit as Career and Technical Education with courses approved by OSPI while allowing a student to choose an alternative course based on their individual High School and Beyond Plan. SB 5243 - Establishing Policies to Support Academic Acceleration for High School Students - Received a hearing in the senate this week. This bill requires each school district board to adopt an academic acceleration policy that automatically enroll any student meeting the state standard on the high school statewide student assessment into the next most rigorous level of advanced courses offered by the high school. Upon completion of that course, students must then enroll in the next most rigorous level of advanced course, with the objective that students will eventually automatically enroll in dual credit courses. The district must notify students and their parents or guardians of the academic acceleration policy, and provide the parents or guardians the opportunity to opt out of the program on behalf of the student. My testimony on SB 5243 was not in support of this bill as written based on how this is a forced choice of a course for students whether it is a part of the student’s High School and Beyond Plan and where their passion leads them. Thus, this limits the opportunity for students to take electives in their high school such as CTE programs, the arts, and others. If the bill is to go forward we ask that CTE courses be included in the list of approved courses for placement and to remove the opt-out requirement for students and parents. In another area of advocacy the State Board of Education and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction want your opinion on how to identify successful K-12 public schools. For example, would you view these schools as equally successful? • Students passing tests that show they are ready for jobs or post-high school education • Students taking coursework that shows they are ready for jobs or post-high school education • Students graduating from high school This survey is a vital part of Washington’s efforts to revise the Achievement Index. The Achievement Index, introduced in 2009, is a tool for recognizing high-performing schools. With the state’s federal waiver from the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Index will evolve to be an important part of a statewide K-12 school accountability system. Please take five minutes to complete a short survey. The survey will be open until February 15. The results of the survey will be available on the State Board of Education website by March 12. 1 February 1, 2013 WOVE Legislative Update 2013 Legislative Session FEBRUARY IS CTE MONTH! Join with CTE professionals across the country to show, tell, and celebrate that Career and Technical Education WORKS! Click Here for CTE Month Flyer Click Here for More Information and Tips on How to Celebrate CTE Month WA-ACTE / WAVA Legislative CTE Showcase February 27, 2013, 5 PM - 7 PM New Market Skills Center, Tumwater Registration Deadline: February 22, 2013 Plan on an afternoon on the Hill following the close of WAVA’s Spring Conference - be sure to make appointments with your legislators in advance to meet with them. Afterward enjoy an evening at a special Legislative CTE Showcase held to honor policymakers from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at New Market Skills Center that will share student CTE activities. There will be interactive displays with students demonstrating skills, the food will be catered by the culinary arts students at NMSC, and the Career and Technical Student Organizations will be the hosts introducing legislators as they arrive that evening. YOUR PARTICIPATION WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE! $20 Adult / $10 Student Click Here for Registration Form Red Notes Recent or Future Activity Career and Technical Education Focus Bills of Primary Interest Career and Technical Education Focus Bills of Secondary Interest Higher Education Bills Workforce Bills Early Learning & K-12 Education Bills CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOCUS BILLS OF PRIMARY INTEREST HB 1276 - CREATING THE DROPOUT PREVENTION THROUGH FARM ENGAGEMENT PILOT PROJECT - REP. CHRIS REYKDAL - HOUSE EDUCATION - Creates the Dropout Prevention through Farm Engagement Pilot Project for a three- year period beginning with the 2013-2014 school year. This act sets out specific criteria for the project and metrics for success measurement. HB 1472 - PROVIDING INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND ACCESS TO COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION - REP. DREW HANSEN - HOUSE EDUCATION - Modifies current law to require school districts to approve AP computer science courses as equivalent to high school mathematics to satisfy third credit of mathematics required for graduation. This act requires the Superintendent for Public Instruction to allocate, on a competitive basis, grants to school districts that establish partnerships that further the goals of more advanced computer science education, subject to available funding. This act also requires the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board to provide staff support for the newly-created Computer Science Professional Shortage Task Force, and provides guidelines and objectives for the task force. 2/7 HHRA @ 8:00 AM 2 February 1, 2013 WOVE Legislative Update 2013 Legislative Session SB 5123 - ESTABLISHING A FARM INTERNSHIP PROGRAM - SEN. KEVIN RANKER - SENATE COMMERCE & LABOR - Directs the Director of the Department specified in 49.12 RCW to create a farm internship pilot project through 2017 for small farms with the intent of providing interns with vocational knowledge and skills about farming practices and enterprises. A farm may not employ more than three interns at any given time. The project will take place in San Juan, Skagit, King, Whatcom, Kitsap, Pierce, Jefferson, Spokane, Yakima, Chelan, Grant, Kittitas, Lincoln, and Thurston counties. Funds necessary for the project shall come from the general fund. 2/6 SHR2 @ 1:30 PM SB 5131 - PROVIDING TAX INCENTIVES FOR DONATIONS OF MODERN LABORATORY EQUIPMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS CENTERS - SENATOR JIM HONEYFORD - SENATE HIGHER EDUCATION - Provides business and occupation tax credits for donations of modern lab equipment to community colleges, technical colleges, vocational skill centers, and the Northwest Indian College. The credits are to be an amount equal to the fair market value of the donations. 2/5 SHR3 @ 1:30 PM SB 5243 - ESTABLISHING POLICIES TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC ACCELERATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS - SEN. STEVE LITZOW - SENATE EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION - Requires school districts to adopt by September 1 an academic acceleration policy for high school students. This act requires that districts must automatically enroll any student who meets the state standard on the high school statewide student assessment in the next most rigorous level of advanced courses offered by the high school, with the objective that students will eventually be automatically enrolled in courses that offer the opportunity to earn dual credit for high school and college. This act directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to allocate to school districts an incentive award for each student who earned dual high school and college credit. 2/1 SHR1 @ 8:00 AM CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOCUS BILLS OF SECONDARY INTEREST HB 1015 - REDUCING STATE STUDENT ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS - REP. JOHN MCCOY - HOUSE EDUCATION - Provides that testing for student and school accountability shall be based on only those assessment requirements that are mandated by federal law. Declares that the intent of this bill is to reduce the cost and burden of testing. HB 1054 - ALLOCATING ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT OF ORIGINAL PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FOR EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY PURPOSES - REP. JAN ANGEL - HOUSE CAPITAL BUDGET - Provides that the board of directors of a school district may, by properly executed resolution, request that the Superintendent of Public Instruction allocate the state construction funds for the acquisition of instruction-related equipment and technology systems in the school plant facility. The act takes effect immediately. HB 1067 - ENHANCING THE BASIC EDUCATION ALLOCATION FORMULA TO SUPPORT TEACHER EVALUATION PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS - REP. KRISTINE LYTTON - HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS - Provides for the implementation of the new teacher evaluation system by providing additional capacity for school principals and assistant principals to carry out their responsibilities to professionally conduct teacher evaluations by adjusting the principal staffing ratios in the prototypical school models.
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