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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
                               HOUSE BILL 1146
                           Chapter 44, Laws of 2024
                               68th Legislature
                             2024 Regular Session
       HIGH SCHOOL DUAL CREDIT PROGRAMS—NOTICE TO STUDENTS
                      EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the House January 11, 2024                 CERTIFICATE
  Yeas 97 Nays 0
                                       I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the
                                       House of Representatives of the
            LAURIE JINKINS             State of Washington, do hereby
Speaker of the House of                certify that the attached is HOUSE
Representatives                        BILL 1146 as passed by the House of
                                       Representatives and the Senate on
                                       the dates hereon set forth.
Passed by the Senate February 29,
2024                                                BERNARD DEAN
  Yeas 46 Nays 0                                                   Chief Clerk
              DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
Approved March 13, 2024 1:39 PM                         FILED
                                                    March 14, 2024
                                                 Secretary of State
              JAY INSLEE                         State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
                                 HOUSE BILL 1146
                   Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
     State of Washington         68th Legislature       2023 Regular Session
     By Representatives Paul, Steele, Ramel, Taylor, Callan, Rude,
     Timmons, Chopp, Lekanoff, Duerr, Ramos, Shavers, Stonier, Pollet,
     Santos, Riccelli, and Ormsby
     Prefiled 01/05/23.    Read first time 01/09/23.   Referred to Committee
     on Education.
1        AN ACT Relating to notifying high school students and their
2    families about available dual credit programs and any available
3    financial assistance; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.600
4    RCW.
 5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
 6       NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28A.600
 7   RCW to read as follows:
 8       (1) Prior to course scheduling or course registration for the
 9   next school term, each public school that serves students in any of
10   grades nine through 12 must provide all students and their parents or
11   legal guardians with: Information about each available dual credit
12   program and any financial assistance available to reduce dual credit
13   course and exam costs for students and their families. The
14   information must be provided via email and other communication
15   methods, and, to the extent feasible, must be translated into the
16   primary language of each parent or legal guardian.
17       (2) Public schools are encouraged to include in the notification
18   required under subsection (1) of this section other information about
19   advanced course taking that must be provided to parents and legal
20   guardians under RCW 28A.320.195, 28A.600.287, and 28A.600.320.
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1       (3) As used in this section, "public school" has the same meaning
2   as in RCW 28A.150.010.
        Passed by the House January 11, 2024.
        Passed by the Senate February 29, 2024.
        Approved by the Governor March 13, 2024.
        Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 14, 2024.
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