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21LSO-0613
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0613
Numbered
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0152
Hathaway eligibility requirements.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Sommers and Senator(s) Kost
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to the Hathaway scholarship program; specifying that the Hathaway success curriculum shall conform to high school graduation standards; repealing the current Hathaway success curriculum; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 21
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1307(f)(i), (ii), (g) and by creating a new subsection (h) is amended to read:
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1307.
Success curriculum; test standards.
(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:
(i)
Provide for each school district to submit, and the department to verify, a list of courses provided in the district which satisfy the success curriculum requirements specified in this section. The rules shall include a process to authorize and verify functional equivalents of courses specified in this section, including but not limited to review of
career technical education, arts and music and
honor courses, college level courses offered to high school students and courses offered pursuant to W.S. 21
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201. The verification process shall be completed in sufficient time for students registering for the subsequent school year to be apprised of the courses which meet the success curriculum requirements;
(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
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based educational program.
In addition, the department shall waive any requirement for success curriculum coursework for fine and performing arts or career
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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.
The department shall report any waiver granted under this section for the immediately preceding school year in its annual report, as required by W.S. 21
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1308(d); and
(g)
In each odd
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numbered year, the department, in consultation with the University of Wyoming, Wyoming community colleges and the community college commission, shall report to the governor and the joint education interim committee of the legislature on recommendations for modifications to the success curriculum requirements
as provided under subsection (h) of this section
, minimum cumulative GPA and minimum national percentile rank scores or minimum cumulative career
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technical aptitude assessment
scores contained in this article and recommendations for the adoption of statewide student assessment standards and scores to augment qualifying national percentile rankings or career
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technical aptitude assessment scores, all to ensure that the Hathaway scholarship program is designed to provide the desired incentives for students to pursue a rigorous curriculum and strive to achieve academic success.
The report shall also include any additional resources which school districts, particularly those school districts granted exemptions for students under paragraph (f)(ii) of this section, may require to provide the success curriculum and impacts of the Hathaway success curriculum on school districts of different sizes.
The cumulative GPA requirements for performance under the success curriculum
as provided under subsection (h) of this section
shall not be restricted to those courses comprising the success curriculum, but shall be applied comprehensively to all courses included within each scholarship student's high school curriculum.
(h)
The success curriculum required to qualify for a honor, performance, opportunity or provisional opportunity
scholarship under this article for students graduating from high school in school year 2021
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2022 and each school year thereafter shall be:
(i)
The curriculum required for high school graduation pursuant to W.S. 21
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304(a)(iii)(A) through (D);
(ii)
The standards for graduation adopted by the state board of education under W.S. 21
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304(a)(iii); and
(iii)
The standards for graduation adopted by the applicable school district.
Section 2.
W.S. 21
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1307(b) through (e) is repealed.
Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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