SHB 1658: Authorizing public high school students to earn elective credit for paid work experience.

What this bill does

Authorizes high school students aged 16 and over to earn up to two elective credits through paid work experience if specified requirements, including advanced approval and alignment with the student’s High School and Beyond Plan, are met. Provides that proposals for earning elective high school credit through paid work experience may only be approved at high schools that provide students with the opportunity to learn and master the state financial education learning standards Directs the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to adopt and periodically revise rules to implement the elective credit through paid work experience provisions.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 2, 2023
  93 yea · 4 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 7, 2023
  44 yea · 5 nay

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