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H0535..........................................................by EDUCATION
STUDENTS - DUAL-ENROLLMENT - Amends existing law relating to
dually-enrolled students to clarify what constitutes demonstration of
academic proficiency to establish eligibility for a nonpublic school
student or public charter school student to participate in public school
nonacademic activities.
01/31 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/01 Rpt prt - to Educ
02/07 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/08 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/12 3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-0-3
AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Block,
Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Clark, Collins,
Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13),
Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Higgins,
Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford,
Loertscher, Mader, Martinez, McKague, Meyer, Mortensen, Moyle,
Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison,
Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith(33), Smith(23), Smylie,
Stevenson, Stone, Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Wood, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Bedke, Henbest, Montgomery
Floor Sponsor - Bradford
Title apvd - to Senate
02/13 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/08 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/11 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/14 3rd rdg - PASSED - 30-3-2
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, Little, Lodge,
Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Sims, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne,
Wheeler
NAYS -- Marley, Schroeder, Williams
Absent and excused -- King-Barrutia, Noh
Floor Sponsor - Hill
Title apvd - to House
03/15 To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
Pres signed
03/15 To Governor
03/19 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 106
Effective: 07/01/02
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 535
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL AND DUAL ENROLLMENT; AMENDING SECTION 33-203,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY WHAT CONSTITUTES DEMONSTRATION OF ACADEMIC PROFI-
4 CIENCY TO ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY FOR A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT OR PUBLIC
5 CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL NONACADEMIC ACTIVI-
6 TIES.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Section 33-203, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
9 amended to read as follows:
10 33-203. DUAL ENROLLMENT. (1) The parent or guardian of a child of school
11 age who is enrolled in a nonpublic school or a public charter school shall be
12 allowed to enroll the student in a public school for dual enrollment purposes.
13 The board of trustees of the school district shall adopt procedures governing
14 enrollment pursuant to this section. If enrollment in a specific program
15 reaches the maximum for the program, priority for enrollment shall be given to
16 a student who is enrolled full time in the public noncharter school.
17 (2) Any student participating in dual enrollment may enter into any pro-
18 gram in the public school available to other students subject to compliance
19 with the same rules and eligibility requirements herein and the same responsi-
20 bilities and standards of behavior and performance that apply to any student's
21 participation in the activity, except that the academic eligibility require-
22 ments for participation in nonacademic activities are as provided for herein.
23 (3) Any school district shall be allowed to include dual-enrolled non-
24 public school and public charter school students for the purposes of state
25 funding only to the extent of the student's participation in the public school
26 programs.
27 (4) Oversight of academic standards relating to participation in
28 nonacademic public school activities shall be the responsibility of the pri-
29 mary educational provider for that student. In order for any nonpublic school
30 student or public charter school student to participate in nonacademic public
31 school activities for which public school students must demonstrate academic
32 proficiency or eligibility, the nonpublic school or public charter school stu-
33 dent shall achieve a minimum score on the achievement test required annually
34 by the state board of education, and that score shall be used to determine
35 eligibility for the following year. The demonstrate composite grade-level aca-
36 demic proficiency on any state board of education recognized achievement test,
37 portfolio, or other mechanism as provided for in state board of education
38 rules. Additionally, a student shall be eligible if the he achieves a minimum
39 composite, core or survey test score places the student within the average or
40 higher than average range as established by the test service utilized on any
41 nationally-normed test. Demonstrated proficiency shall be used to determine
42 eligibility for the current and next following school years. School districts
43 shall provide to nonpublic students who wish to participate in dual enrollment
2
1 activities the opportunity to take state tests or other standardized tests
2 given to all regularly enrolled public school students.
3 (5) A public school student who has been unable to maintain academic eli-
4 gibility is ineligible to participate in nonacademic public school activities
5 as a nonpublic school or public charter school student for the duration of the
6 school year in which the student becomes academically ineligible and for the
7 following academic year.
8 (6) A nonpublic school or public charter school student participating in
9 nonacademic public school activities must reside within the attendance bound-
10 aries of the school for which the student participates.
11 (7) Dual enrollment shall include the option of joint enrollment in a
12 regular public school and an alternative public school program. The state
13 board of education shall establish rules that provide funding to school dis-
14 tricts for each student who participates in both a regular public school pro-
15 gram and an alternative public school program.
16 (8) Dual enrollment shall include the option of enrollment in a post-
17 secondary institution. Any credits earned from an accredited post-secondary
18 institution shall be credited toward state board of education high school
19 graduation requirements.
20 (9) A nonpublic student is any student who receives educational instruc-
21 tion outside a public school classroom and such instruction can include, but
22 is not limited to, a private school or a home school.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11621
The purpose of this Legislation is to amend Section 33-203,
Idaho Code governing the eligibility requirements necessary for
nonpublic school students to participate in nonacademic activities
at public schools. The changes are intended to provide additional
mechanisms that a nonpublic school student can use to demonstrate
that they are academically eligible to participate in public school
activities.
FISCAL IMPACT
None anticipated.
Contact
Name: Representative Fred Tilman
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 535