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2019 SESSION
SB 1147 Public high schools; graduation requirements, credit for work-based learning experiences.
Introduced by: J. Chapman Petersen | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Public high schools; graduation requirements; credit for work-based learning experiences. Requires the Board of Education in its graduation requirements to permit students in locally approved internships, externships, apprenticeships, credentialing programs, certification programs, licensure programs, and other work-based learning experiences to receive credit, up to a full course load, based on time spent in such programs. The bill also requires the Board to permit students in grade twelve to earn the equivalent of a full course load and to substitute each credit earned in such a program for a standard unit of credit in English, mathematics, science, or history and social science.
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HISTORY
- 01/01/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100552D
- 01/01/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/23/19 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/31/19 Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (SB1434-McClellan) (15-Y 0-N)