SF1222 Summary

• Nonpublic School Course Access: Allows 9th-12th grade public school students to attend courses at nonpublic schools (up to one-third of required hours) at their own expense and receive academic credit toward graduation.

• School Medication Administration: Permits students to self-administer asthma inhalers and epinephrine auto-injectors with parental authorization and medical verification, removing these from school drug policy restrictions.

• Reading Proficiency Standards: Establishes comprehensive literacy goals requiring districts to identify struggling readers by grade 2, implement evidence-based reading interventions, and provide personal learning plans for grade 3 students not meeting proficiency.

• Charter School Governance and Accountability: Strengthens authorizer oversight requirements, restricts conflicts of interest on charter school boards, limits management organization contracts to 5 years, and creates procedures for transferring schools between authorizers.

• Concurrent Enrollment Expansion: Allows 9th and 10th grade students (in addition to existing 11th-12th grade eligibility) to enroll in postsecondary courses with school and institution approval, particularly for world language courses.