2006 House Bill 6094

Authorize "work-based learning" for eighth graders

Introduced in the House

May 18, 2006

Introduced by Rep. John Stakoe (R-44)

To require the Department of Education and the Department of Labor and Economic Growth to establish standards for counting up to 90 minutes per day of "work-based learning" by eighth grade students for purposes of meeting the state's minimum level of required instruction time. Not more than 25 percent of a school district's eighth graders could be in such a program during any particular marking period.

Referred to the Committee on Education