Bill > HB2634

This bill encourages K-12 students to use free, online instructional programs during school breaks, such as summer vacation, to improve their skills in mathematics, science, and financial literacy, aiming to combat learning loss that disproportionately affects disadvantaged students. The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) will identify up to three suitable online programs that offer self-paced learning, practice problems, adaptive assessments, and track student progress, and will create a webpage with links to these programs. School districts, public libraries, and institutions of higher education are required to publicize these programs and provide information on where students can access them, especially for those without internet at home. The bill also mandates that workforce development centers, like WorkSource centers, will link to these programs on their websites. Finally, OSPI will report on the implementation of these provisions by December 1, 2014, and recommend whether student use of these online programs should become mandatory.