Washington
Bill: HB 1423
Status: 03/01/2013 – Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
Passed the House Education Committee on February 22 as a substitute. It would provide a single, consistent set of laws, rules, and procedures for schools and school districts seeking to offer online learning for students. Currently, online learning is subject both to state oversight as well as through provisions that regulate the alternative learning experience programs. The bill would remove online learning programs from the definition of Alternative Learning Experience and would modify procedures for online learning programs to monitor student progress. The bill would also change requirements for districts to release students to another school district, and or nonresident district o accept students when the purpose of the inter-district transfer is to enroll in online learning programs.
Similar bill SB 5667, sponsored by Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee Chair Steve Litzow, R-Mercer Island, was read a first time in the Senate and referred to that committee on February 7.