Hathaway success curriculum.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL

NO.
0177

ENROLLED ACT NO. 118, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2013 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
the

Hathaway student scholarship program; modifying requirements for the Hathaway success curriculum as specified;
clarifying success curriculum waivers;
specifying application;

and providing for an effective date.

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

Section

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W.S. 21
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1307(b) by creating a new paragraph (vi), (d)(v)
,
by creating a new paragraph (vi), (e)(ii)
,
by creating a new paragraph (iii)
and (f)(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 and each school year thereafter shall be as follows:

(vi)

Effective school year 2015
‑
2016
and
each school year thereafter
:

(A)

Fine and performing arts
– two (2) years of instruction in
fine and performing arts, all of which shall be taken
in grades nine (9) through twelve (12)
; or

(B)

Career–vocational education – two (2) years of instruction in career-vocational education, all of which shall be taken in grades nine (9) through twelve (12)
; or

(C)

Foreign language – two (2) years of foreign language taken in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) which are in addition to the two (2) years required under paragraph (v) of this subsection, provided that at least two (2) of the total four (4) years, when combined with paragraph (v) of this subsection, shall be sequenced in the same foreign language pursuant to requirements of paragraph (v) of this subsection.

(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 and each school year thereafter shall be as follows:

(v)

Except as provided by subsection (vi) of this subsection, f
oreign 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
;
.

(vi)

Effective school year
2015
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2016 and each school year thereafter, and in lieu of paragraph (v) of this subsection, one (1) of the following:

(A)

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)
,
or

t
wo (2)
sequenced
years of instruction in the native language of the Eastern Shoshone or the Northern Arapahoe, 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); or

(B)

Fine and performing arts
– two (2) years of instruction in
fine and performing arts, all of which shall be taken
in grades nine (9) through twelve (12)
; or

(C)

Career–vocational education – two (2) years of instruction in career-vocational education, all of which shall be taken in grades nine (9) through twelve (12).

(e)

The success curriculum required to qualify for provisional opportunity scholarship eligibility under this article for students graduating from high school in the 2010-2011 school year and each school year thereafter 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)

Except as provided in paragraph (iii) of this subsection, d
emonstration 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
;
.

(iii)

Effective school year 2015
‑
2016 and each school year thereafter, an
d
in lieu of paragraph (ii) of this subsection, instruction in one (1) of the following:

(A)

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)
, or t
wo (2)
sequenced
years of instruction in the native language of the Eastern Shoshone or the Northern Arapahoe, 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); or

(B)

Fine and performing arts
– two (2) years of instruction in
fine and performing arts, all of which shall be taken
in grades nine (9) through twelve (12)
; or

(C)

Career–vocational education – two (2) years of instruction in career-vocational education, all of which shall be taken in grades nine (9) through twelve (12).

(f)

The courses set forth as success curricula requirements under this article shall be aligned with the student content and performance standards established pursuant to W.S. 21
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304(a)(iii). The department shall by rule and regulation:

(ii)

Establish exceptions as necessary due to good cause to specific coursework within the success curriculum specified under this article for students attending or graduating from an eligible high school or a home-based educational program
. In addition, the department shall waive any requirement for success curriculum coursework for fine and performing arts or career-vocational education for honor or performance scholarship eligibility, upon written certification by the superintendent of a district that these courses are not available in the district to the student. Not later than September 1 each year, the department shall report to the joint education interim committee any waiver granted under this section for the immediately preceding school year
; and

Section 2.

This act is effective
July 1 2013.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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