S-3548.1
SENATE BILL 5859
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By Senators Wellman, Cortes, Hasegawa, Krishnadasan, Nobles, Slatter, and C. Wilson
Prefiled 12/09/25. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
AN ACT Relating to expanding opportunities for competency-based assessments in graduation pathway options; and amending RCW 28A.230.710 .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28A.230.710 and 2024 c 66 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Each student graduating from a public high school and earning a high school diploma must meet the requirements of at least one graduation pathway option established in this section. The graduation pathway options are intended to provide a student with multiple ways, including test-based, course-based, and performance-based options, to demonstrate readiness in furtherance of the student's individual goals for high school and beyond. For the purposes of this section, "demonstrate readiness" means the student meets or exceeds state learning standards addressed in the graduation pathway option. A student may choose to pursue one or more of the graduation pathway options under subsection (2) of this section, but any graduation pathway option used by a student to demonstrate career and college readiness must be in alignment with the student's high school and beyond plan.