Hathaway scholarship program-success curriculum.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0071

ENROLLED ACT NO. 57, SENATE

FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2008 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to
Hathaway scholarship program;
modifying success curriculum foreign language requirements;

expanding success curriculum qualifying science courses and directing the department of education to report on course expansion;
a
nd providing for effective date
s
.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 21
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1307(b)(v), (c)(iii)(D), (d)(v) and (e)(ii)
is
amended to read:

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1307.

Success curriculum; test standards.

(b)

The success curriculum required to qualify for honor or performance scholarship eligibility under this article for students graduating from high school in the 2010-2011 school year shall be as follows:

(v)

Foreign language – two (2) sequenced years of the same foreign language which need not be taken consecutively, at least one (1) of which shall be taken in grades nine (9) through twelve (12). Two (2) sequenced years of instruction in the native language of the Eastern Shoshone or the Northern Arapaho,

or two (2) sequenced years of instruction in American sign language, either of
which need not be taken consecutively
,

but
at least one (1)
year

of which is taken in grades nine (9) through twelve (12), may be taken in fulfillment of this paragraph.

(c)

The success curriculum required to qualify for honor or performance scholarship eligibility under this article for students graduating from high school prior to the 2010-2011 school year shall be as follows:

(iii)

For students graduating in the 2009-2010 school year:

(D)

Foreign language - one (1) year of foreign language which may include one (1) year of instruction in the native language of the Eastern Shoshone or the Northern Arapaho

or one (1) year of instruction in American sign language
, taken in grades nine (9) through (12).

(d)

The success curriculum required to qualify for opportunity scholarship eligibility under this article for students graduating from high school in the 2010-2011 school year shall be as follows:

(v)

Foreign language

–

demonstrate proficiency on the state standards for the foreign cultures and languages common core of knowledge requirement under W.S. 21
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101(b)(i)(K)

which may include American sign language as one (1) component of foreign language proficiency
.

(e)

The success curriculum required to qualify for career scholarship eligibility under this article for students graduating from high school in the 2010-2011 school year shall be the curriculum required for high school graduation under W.S. 21
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304(a)(iii) subject to the following:

(ii)

Demonstration of proficiency on the state standards for the foreign cultures and languages common core of knowledge requirement under W.S. 21
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101(b)(i)(K)

which may include American sign language as one (1) component of foreign language proficiency
.

Section 2.

W.S. 21
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1307(b)(iii)(intro), by creating a new subparagraph (J) and by renumbering (J) as (K) and (c)(iii)(B) is amended to read:

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1307.

Success curriculum; test standards.

(b)

The success curriculum required to qualify for honor or performance scholarship eligibility under this article for students graduating from high school in the 2010-2011 school year shall be as follows:

(iii)

Science – four (4) years of science in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) to include at least three (3) years of those courses specified in subparagraphs (A) through
(H)
(J)
of this paragraph and a fourth year from any of those specified in subparagraphs (A) through
(J)
(K)
of this paragraph:

(J)

Physical science;

(J)
(K)

An additional science course.

(c)

The success curriculum required to qualify for honor or performance scholarship eligibility under this article for students graduating from high school prior to the 2010-2011 school year shall be as follows:

(iii)

For students graduating in the 2009-2010 school year:

(B)

Science – three (3) of the courses specified in subparagraphs (b)(iii)(A) through
(H)
(J)
of this section;

Section 3.

The department of education shall in consultation with school districts, establish content standards for the physical science course satisfying Hathaway success curriculum requirements as provided under section 2 of this act, which standards shall be of a rigor comparable to other science courses qualifying for the success curriculum as specified under W.S. 21
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1307(b)(iii)(A) through (H). On or before October 1, 2008, the department shall report to the joint education interim committee on the content standards established under this section and the effects of including physical science as one (1) of the required science courses under the Hathaway success curriculum.

Section
4
.

(a)

Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, t
his act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(b)

Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, section 2 of this act is effective July 1, 2009.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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