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AN ACT Relating to establishing a pilot project to create and expand

2 instructional worksite learning; 3 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: 5 6 7

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.

(1) The legislature finds that:

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(a) Southwest Washington is one of the top one hundred science,

9 technology, engineering and mathematics, known as STEM, regions in 10 the nation, with advanced industries producing almost forty percent 11 of the regional product; 12

(b) The skills needed for this region’s advanced industries

13 have been changing at such a rate that a mismatch between the needed 14 skills and the skills of the emerging workforce exists at all 15 levels; 16

(c) With more than forty percent of youth entering directly

17 into the workforce upon leaving high school, this skills mismatch 18 has significant impact on the lives of our youth and on the economy; 19 and Draft

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(d) Developing non-traditional instructional worksite learning

2 experiences is essential because many advanced industry employers do 3 not allow traditional internships for high school age students due 4 to confidentiality, safety, and proprietary industry activities 5 within their facilities. 6

(2) The legislature intends to develop and expand both

7 traditional and non-traditional instructional worksite learning 8 experiences to provide school districts with an excellent 9 opportunity to prepare students for rewarding, high demand, living 10 wage careers within the southwest Washington region. 11 12

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.

A new section is added to chapter 28A.630 RCW

13 to read as follows: (1) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this

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15 section unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 16

(a) “Advanced industries” means the following industries:

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(i) Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing;

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(ii) Computer systems design and related services;

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(iii) Architectural, engineering, and related services;

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(iv) Management, scientific, and technical consulting services;

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(v) Software publishers; and

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(vi) Pharmaceuticals and medicine;

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(b) "Eligible school district" means a school district that is

24 a member of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 25 learning network located south of highway 12 and east of the crest 26 of the cascade mountains. (c) "Instructional Worksite learning coordinator" means a

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28 certified school district employee responsible for coordinating 29 instructional worksite learning experiences and who possesses the 30 certificate or competencies required by WAC 392-410-315. (d) “Non-traditional instructional worksite learning” means a

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32 minimum ninety hour learning experience that is developed 33 collaboratively between a high demand business and a school 34 district, and includes the following components: Draft

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(i) A minimum of twenty hours of business partner contact time,

2 which may be electronic, using technology to bridge geographical 3 gaps; and 4

(ii) Industry specific training developed by the business

5 partner and the school district. 6

(e) “Traditional instructional worksite learning” means a

7 learning experience that occurs at a qualified worksite outside the 8 classroom, has direct instruction and supervision provided by a 9 qualified instructional worksite supervisor, is coordinated by an 10 instructional worksite learning certified teacher, and fulfills 11 elements of a student's educational or career plan. 12

(2) The creating and expanding instructional worksite learning

13 pilot project is established to: 14

(a) Expand traditional and non-traditional instructional

15 worksite learning opportunities for students by incentivizing high 16 growth advanced industry companies in the southwest Washington 17 community to start or grow instructional worksite learning programs; 18 and 19

(b) Fund the work of school worksite learning coordinators.

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(3)(a) During the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years, up to a

21 combined total of eleventh and twelfth grade students in eligible 22 school districts who enroll in a traditional or non-traditional 23 instructional worksite learning experience, in accordance with WAC 24 392-410-315, may be claimed annually as 1.2 full-time equivalent 25 students. 26

(b) In addition, eligible districts may claim twelve hundred

27 dollars per student, claimed under subsection (3)(a) of this 28 section, to fund project management, business recruitment, 29 curriculum development, and to assist with expenses, such as student 30 intern uniforms, curriculum materials, mentoring time, and 31 transportation costs. The total amount disbursed for these costs may 32 not exceed $250,000 for all eligible districts. 33 34 Draft

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(4)(a) By October 1, 2018, a school district participating in

2 this pilot project must prepare an end-of-project report.

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3 report must include: 4

(i) The district's experience with the pilot project, including

5 a list of newly approved instructional worksites developed because 6 of the pilot project; 7

(ii) A description of how the pilot project changed the number

8 of students completing instructional worksite learning experiences; 9

(iii) The number of instructional worksite learning credits

10 each student earned during the pilot project; 11

(iv) Whether the district hired any additional instructional

12 worksite learning coordinators during the pilot project; 13

(v) The postsecondary outcomes of students who successfully

14 completed an instructional worksite learning experiences during the 15 pilot project; and 16

(vi) Whether the pilot project changed the number of hours that

17 the district spent coordinating instructional worksite learning 18 opportunities. 19

(b) The report must be submitted to the appropriate committees

20 of the house of representatives and the senate, in accordance with 21 RCW 43.01.036. 22

(5) This section expires June 30, 2019.

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