Below are bills related to education that we are tracking during the 2016 legislative sessions. This page is updated weekly. For questions about our tracker, please contact us at info@educationvoters.org.
Bills signed by the Governor
- House bills that have been signed by the Governor
- Senate bills that have been signed by the Governor
Bills that became law without being signed by the Governor
Bills delivered to the Governor
- House bills that have been delivered to the Governor
- Senate bills that have been delivered to the Governor
Bills that have passed the fiscal committee in the opposite chamber
- House bills that have passed out of the Senate fiscal committee
- Senate bills that have passed out of the House fiscal committee
Bills that have passed the floor in their chamber of origin
Bills that have passed out of the fiscal committee in their chamber of origin
- House bills that have passed out of their fiscal committee
- Senate bills that have passed out of their fiscal committee
2016 Education bills
House bills that have been signed by the Governor
Below are Senate bills that have been signed by the Governor.
| Bill | Lead Sponsors | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1345 | Lytton (D-40) | Professional Learning. Adopting a definition and standards of professional learning. |
| 1408 | Ortiz-Self (D-21) | Family Engagement. Concerning the development of a definition and model policy for Family Engagement Coordinator. |
| 1541 | Santos (D-37) | Opportunity Gap. Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap. |
| 1682 | Fey (D-27) | Homeless Students. Improving educational outcomes for homeless students through increased in-school guidance supports housing stability and identification services. |
| 1999 | Kagi (D-32) | Foster Youth. Coordinating services and programs for foster youth to improve education outcomes. |
| 2360 | Lytton (D-40) | K-12 Education. Eliminating the Quality Education Council. |
| 2476 | Johnson (R-14) | K-12 Education. Concerning waivers from the one hundred eighty-day school year requirement. |
| 2511 | Pike (R-18) | Childcare. Concerning child care center licensing requirements. |
| 2597 | Orwall (D-33) | K-12 Education. Requiring school districts to include sexual abuse as a topic in plans addressing students’ emotional or behavioral distress. |
Senate bills that have been signed by the Governor
Below are Senate bills that have been signed by the Governor.
| Bill | Lead Sponsors | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 6195 | Rivers (R-18) | Education Funding. Concerning basic education funding. |
| 6245 | Litzow (R-41) | Vision Screenings. Concerning visual screenings in schools. |
| 6371 | Litzow (R-41) | Early Learning. Concerning the definition of “agency” for purposes of early learning programs. |
| 6455 | Dammeier (R-25) | Teacher Shortage. Expanding the professional educator workforce. |
| 6601 | Frockt (D-46) | Higher Education. Creating the Washington college savings program. |
Senate bills that became law without Governor’s signature
Below are Senate bills that became law without being signed by the Governor.
| Bill | Lead Sponsors | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 6194 | Litzow (R-41) | Charter Schools. Concerning public schools that are not common schools. |
| 6354 | Liias (D-21) | Higher Education. Adopting a higher education reverse transfer agreement plan. |
| 6466 | Habib (D-48) | Higher Education. Concerning student services for students with disabilities. |
House bills that have been delivered to the Governor
Below are House bills that have been delivered to the Governor.
| Bill | Lead Sponsors | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1345 | Lytton (D-40) | Professional Learning. Adopting a definition and standards of professional learning. |
| 1408 | Ortiz-Self (D-21) | Family Engagement. Concerning the development of a definition and model policy for Family Engagement Coordinator. |
| 1541 | Santos (D-37) | Opportunity Gap. Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap. |
| 1682 | Fey (D-27) | Homeless Students. Improving educational outcomes for homeless students through increased in-school guidance supports housing stability and identification services. |
| 1999 | Kagi (D-32) | Foster Youth. Coordinating services and programs for foster youth to improve education outcomes. |
| 2360 | Lytton (D-40) | K-12 Education. Eliminating the Quality Education Council. |
| 2476 | Johnson (R-14) | K-12 Education. Concerning waivers from the one hundred eighty-day school year requirement. |
| 2511 | Pike (R-18) | Childcare. Concerning child care center licensing requirements. |
| 2597 | Orwall (D-33) | K-12 Education. Requiring school districts to include sexual abuse as a topic in plans addressing students’ emotional or behavioral distress. |
Senate bills that have been delivered to the Governor
Below are Senate bills that have been delivered to the Governor.
| Bill | Lead Sponsors | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 6194 | Litzow (R-41) | Charter Schools. Concerning public schools that are not common schools. |
| 6195 | Rivers (R-18) | Education Funding. Concerning basic education funding. |
| 6245 | Litzow (R-41) | Vision Screenings. Concerning visual screenings in schools. |
| 6354 | Liias (D-21) | Higher Education. Adopting a higher education reverse transfer agreement plan. |
| 6371 | Litzow (R-41) | Early Learning. Concerning the definition of “agency” for purposes of early learning programs. |
| 6455 | Dammeier (R-25) | Teacher Shortage. Expanding the professional educator workforce. |
| 6466 | Habib (D-48) | Higher Education. Concerning student services for students with disabilities. |
| 6601 | Frockt (D-46) | Higher Education. Creating the Washington college savings program. |
House bills that have passed out of the Senate fiscal committee
All bills must have passed out of the appropriate fiscal committee in the opposite chamber of origin by February 29, 2016. Below are House bills that have passed out of the Senate fiscal committee.
| Bill | Lead Sponsors | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1345 | Lytton (D-40) | Professional Learning. Adopting a definition and standards of professional learning. |
| 1408 | Ortiz-Self (D-21) | Family Engagement. Concerning the development of a definition and model policy for Family Engagement Coordinator. |
| 1541 | Santos (D-37) | Opportunity Gap. Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap. |
| 1682 | Fey (D-27) | Homeless Students. Improving educational outcomes for homeless students through increased in-school guidance supports housing stability and identification services. |
| 1999 | Kagi (D-32) | Foster Youth. Coordinating services and programs for foster youth to improve education outcomes. |
| 2360 | Lytton (D-40) | K-12 Education. Eliminating the Quality Education Council. |
| 2476 | Johnson (R-14) | K-12 Education. Concerning waivers from the one hundred eighty-day school year requirement. |
| 2511 | Pike (R-18) | Childcare. Concerning child care center licensing requirements. |
| 2573 | Santos (D-37) | Teacher Shortage. Concerning the shortage of public school teachers and substitutes. |
| 2597 | Orwall (D-33) | K-12 Education. Requiring school districts to include sexual abuse as a topic in plans addressing students’ emotional or behavioral distress. |
| 2639 | McCabe (R-14) | School Safety. Increasing the safety of school bus riders. |
| 2851 | Frame (D-36) | Compensation. Increasing compensation for school directors in districts enrolling twenty thousand or more students. |
Senate bills that have passed out of the House fiscal committee
All bills must have passed out of the appropriate fiscal committee in the opposite chamber of origin by February 29, 2016. Below are Senate bills that have passed out of the House fiscal committee.
| Bill | Lead Sponsors | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 6195 | Rivers (R-18) | Education Funding. Concerning basic education funding. |
| 6245 | Litzow (R-41) | Vision Screenings. Concerning visual screenings in schools. |
| 6354 | Liias (D-21) | Higher Education. Adopting a higher education reverse transfer agreement plan. |
| 6371 | Litzow (R-41) | Early Learning. Concerning the definition of “agency” for purposes of early learning programs. |
| 6408 | Hill (R-45) | Paraeducators. Concerning paraeducators. |
| 6455 | Dammeier (R-25) | Teacher Shortage. Expanding the professional educator workforce. |
| 6466 | Habib (D-48) | Higher Education. Concerning student services for students with disabilities. |
| 6601 | Frockt (D-46) | Higher Education. Creating the Washington college savings program. |
House bills that have passed the House
All bills must have passed their chamber of origin by February 17, 2016. Below are bills that have passed the House.
| Bill | Lead Sponsors | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1295 | Hudgins (D-11) | Nutrition Programs. Concerning breakfast after the bell programs. |
| 1345 | Lytton (D-40) | Professional Learning. Adopting a definition and standards of professional learning. |
| 1408 | Ortiz-Self (D-21) | Family Engagement. Concerning the development of a definition and model policy for Family Engagement Coordinator. |
| 1541 | Santos (D-37) | Opportunity Gap. Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap. |
| 1682 | Fey (D-27) | Homeless Students. Improving educational outcomes for homeless students through increased in-school guidance supports housing stability and identification services. |
| 1855 | Caldier (R-26) | Graduation Requirements. Waiving local graduation requirements for certain students. |
| 1999 | Kagi (D-32) | Foster Youth. Coordinating services and programs for foster youth to improve education outcomes. |
| 2214 | Reykdal (D-22) | Assessments. Streamlines assessment requirements for purposes of high school graduation. |
| 2360 | Lytton (D-40) | K-12 Education. Eliminating the Quality Education Council. |
| 2366 | Lytton (D-40) | Education Funding. Concerning basic education funding. |
| 2394 | Walsh (R-16) | Early Childhood Education. Creating the parent to parent program for individuals with developmental disabilities. |
| 2429 | Caldier (R-26) | Assessments. Concerning the provision of assessment results to students and their parents or guardians. |
| 2476 | Johnson (R-14) | K-12 Education. Concerning waivers from the one hundred eighty-day school year requirement. |
| 2511 | Pike (R-18) | Childcare. Concerning child care center licensing requirements. |
| 2573 | Santos (D-37) | Teacher Shortage. Concerning the shortage of public school teachers and substitutes. |
| 2597 | Orwall (D-33) | K-12 Education. Requiring school districts to include sexual abuse as a topic in plans addressing students’ emotional or behavioral distress. |
| 2615 | Pollet (D-46) | Higher Education. Improving student success at community and technical colleges by considering benefits of full-time faculty and staff. |
| 2619 | Haler (R-8) | Higher Education. Providing postsecondary education to enhance education opportunities and public safety. |
| 2621 | Kagi (D-32) | Early Learning. Concerning the department of early learning’s access to records and personal information for purposes of determining character and suitability of child care workers. |
| 2639 | McCabe (R-14) | School Safety. Increasing the safety of school bus riders. |
| 2698 | Lytton (D-40) | Education Funding. Delaying implementation of revisions to the school levy lid and local effort assistance. |
| 2743 | Reykdal (D-22) | High School Graduation. Concerning the issuance of a Washington state high school diploma. |
| 2769 | Senn (D-41) | Higher Education. Creating a pilot program for community and technical colleges to offer bachelor degrees. |
| 2825 | Frame (D-36) | K-12 Education. Concerning student services for students with disabilities. |
| 2834 | Senn (D-41) | Foster Youth. Concerning implementation of the homeless youth prevention and protection act of 2015. |
| 2851 | Frame (D-36) | Compensation. Increasing compensation for school directors in districts enrolling twenty thousand or more students. |
| 2964 | Gregerson (D-33) | School Lunches. Eliminating lunch copays for students who qualify for reduced-price lunches. |
Senate bills that have passed the Senate
All bills must have passed their chamber of origin by February 17, 2016. Below are bills that have passed the Senate.
| Bill | Lead Sponsors | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 6194 | Litzow (R-41) | Charter Schools. Concerning public schools that are not common schools. |
| 6195 | Rivers (R-18) | Education Funding. Concerning basic education funding. |
| 6243 | Litzow (R-41) | Social Emotional Learning. Concerning a training program for educators and parents to develop students’ social and emotional skills to help prevent youth suicide. |
| 6245 | Litzow (R-41) | Vision Screenings. Concerning visual screenings in schools. |
| 6273 | Liias (D-21) | K-12 Education. Concerning safe technology use and digital citizenship in public schools. |
| 6291 | Braun (R-20) | K-12 Education. Authorizing the use of weighted grade point averages for accelerated courses. |
| 6292 | Braun (R-20) | Education Funding. Eliminates reduction in basic education funding resulting from federal forest land revenues. |
| 6354 | Liias (D-21) | Higher Education. Adopting a higher education reverse transfer agreement plan. |
| 6371 | Litzow (R-41) | Early Learning. Concerning the definition of “agency” for purposes of early learning programs. |
| 6408 | Hill (R-45) | Paraeducators. Concerning paraeducators. |
| 6409 | Bailey (R-10) | Higher Education. Creating administrative efficiencies for institutions of higher education. |
| 6455 | Dammeier (R-25) | Teacher Shortage. Expanding the professional educator workforce. |
| 6466 | Habib (D-48) | Higher Education. Concerning student services for students with disabilities. |
| 6601 | Frockt (D-46) | Higher Education. Creating the Washington college savings program. |
| 6617 | Frockt (D-46) | Higher Education. Concerning the University of Washington’s alternative process for awarding contracts. |
| 6620 | McAuliffe (D-1) | School Safety. Concerning a statewide plan for funding cost-effective methods for school safety. |
| 6626 | Bailey (R-10) | Higher Education. Creating a work group on accelerated baccalaureate degree programs. |
House bills that have passed out of their fiscal committee
All bills must have passed out of their respective fiscal committee in the chamber or origin by February 9, 2016. Below are bills that have passed out of the House Appropriations Committee.
| Bill | Lead Sponsors | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1295 | Hudgins (D-11) | Nutrition Programs. Concerning breakfast after the bell programs. |
| 1345 | Lytton (D-40) | Professional Learning. Adopting a definition and standards of professional learning. |
| 1408 | Ortiz-Self (D-21) | Family Engagement. Concerning the development of a definition and model policy for Family Engagement Coordinator. |
| 1541 | Santos (D-37) | Opportunity Gap. Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap. |
| 1682 | Fey (D-27) | Homeless Students. Improving educational outcomes for homeless students through increased in-school guidance supports housing stability and identification services. |
| 1855 | Caldier (R-26) | Graduation Requirements. Waiving local graduation requirements for certain students. |
| 1999 | Kagi (D-32) | Foster Youth. Coordinating services and programs for foster youth to improve education outcomes. |
| 2214 | Reykdal (D-22) | Assessments. Streamlines assessment requirements for purposes of high school graduation. |
| 2360 | Lytton (D-40) | K-12 Education. Eliminating the Quality Education Council. |
| 2366 | Lytton (D-40) | Education Funding. Concerning basic education funding. |
| 2389 | Kagi (D-32) | Child Care. Concerning the definition of school-age child for purposes of school-age child care. |
| 2394 | Walsh (R-16) | Early Childhood Education. Creating the parent to parent program for individuals with developmental disabilities. |
| 2429 | Caldier (R-26) | Assessments. Concerning the provision of assessment results to students and their parents or guardians. |
| 2476 | Johnson (R-14) | K-12 Education. Concerning waivers from the one hundred eighty-day school year requirement. |
| 2511 | Pike (R-18) | Childcare. Concerning child care center licensing requirements. |
| 2573 | Santos (D-37) | Teacher Shortage. Concerning the shortage of public school teachers and substitutes. |
| 2597 | Orwall (D-33) | K-12 Education. Requiring school districts to include sexual abuse as a topic in plans addressing students’ emotional or behavioral distress. |
| 2615 | Pollet (D-46) | Higher Education. Improving student success at community and technical colleges by considering benefits of full-time faculty and staff. |
| 2619 | Haler (R-8) | Higher Education. Providing postsecondary education to enhance education opportunities and public safety. |
| 2621 | Kagi (D-32) | Early Learning. Concerning the department of early learning’s access to records and personal information for purposes of determining character and suitability of child care workers. |
| 2639 | McCabe (R-14) | School Safety. Increasing the safety of school bus riders. |
| 2646 | Ormsby (D-3) | K-12 Pension System. Addressing plan membership default provisions in the public employees’ retirement system the teachers’ retirement system and the school employees’ retirement system. |
| 2671 | Kagi (D-32) | Early Learning. Concerning the definition of “agency” for purposes of early learning programs. |
| 2698 | Lytton (D-40) | Education Funding. Delaying implementation of revisions to the school levy lid and local effort assistance. |
| 2743 | Reykdal (D-22) | High School Graduation. Concerning the issuance of a Washington state high school diploma. |
| 2769 | Senn (D-41) | Higher Education. Creating a pilot program for community and technical colleges to offer bachelor degrees. |
| 2801 | Hansen (D-23) | Higher Education. Expanding higher education opportunities for certain students. |
| 2823 | Parker (R-6) | K-12 Education. Creating a program to provide students and the community with the means to report anonymously concerning unsafe or violent activities or the threat of these activities. |
| 2825 | Frame (D-36) | K-12 Education. Concerning student services for students with disabilities. |
| 2834 | Senn (D-41) | Foster Youth. Concerning implementation of the homeless youth prevention and protection act of 2015. |
| 2851 | Frame (D-36) | Compensation. Increasing compensation for school directors in districts enrolling twenty thousand or more students. |
| 2955 | Hansen (D-23) | Higher Education. Creating the Washington free to finish college program. |
| 2964 | Gregerson (D-33) | School Lunches. Eliminating lunch copays for students who qualify for reduced-price lunches. |
Senate bills that have passed out of their fiscal committee
All bills must have passed out of their respective fiscal committee in the chamber or origin by February 9, 2016. Below are bills that have passed out of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
| Bill | Lead Sponsors | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 6194 | Litzow (R-41) | Charter Schools. Concerning public schools that are not common schools. |
| 6195 | Rivers (R-18) | Education Funding. Concerning basic education funding. |
| 6218 | Brown (R-8) | Higher Education. Creating the clean energy education program. |
| 6233 | Fain (R-47) | Student Rights. Concerning freedom of expression rights of students at public schools and institutions of higher education. |
| 6243 | Litzow (R-41) | Social Emotional Learning. Concerning a training program for educators and parents to develop students’ social and emotional skills to help prevent youth suicide. |
| 6244 | Litzow (R-41) | Opportunity Gap. Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap. |
| 6245 | Litzow (R-41) | Vision Screenings. Concerning visual screenings in schools. |
| 6259 | Carlyle (D-36) | Compensation. Increasing compensation for school district superintendents in districts enrolling twenty thousand or more students. |
| 6260 | Hewitt (R-16) | Adult Education. Providing postsecondary education to enhance education opportunities and public safety. |
| 6273 | Liias (D-21) | K-12 Education. Concerning safe technology use and digital citizenship in public schools. |
| 6291 | Braun (R-20) | K-12 Education. Authorizing the use of weighted grade point averages for accelerated courses. |
| 6292 | Braun (R-20) | Education Funding. Eliminates reduction in basic education funding resulting from federal forest land revenues. |
| 6332 | Litzow (R-41) | Teacher Shortage. Concerning the shortage of public school teachers and substitute teachers. |
| 6354 | Liias (D-21) | Higher Education. Adopting a higher education reverse transfer agreement plan. |
| 6370 | Litzow (R-41) | Early Learning. Concerning the department of early learning’s access to records and personal information for purposes of determining character and suitability of child care workers. |
| 6371 | Litzow (R-41) | Early Learning. Concerning the definition of “agency” for purposes of early learning programs. |
| 6408 | Hill (R-45) | Paraeducators. Concerning paraeducators. |
| 6409 | Bailey (R-10) | Higher Education. Creating administrative efficiencies for institutions of higher education. |
| 6429 | McAuliffe (D-1) | K-12 Education. Creating the Sandman Act. |
| 6455 | Dammeier (R-25) | Teacher Shortage. Expanding the professional educator workforce. |
| 6457 | Bailey (R-10) | Postsecondary. Updating workforce investment act references and making no substantive changes. |
| 6466 | Habib (D-48) | Higher Education. Concerning student services for students with disabilities. |
| 6512 | Baumgartner (R-6) | Financial Aid. Requiring that a certain percentage of state need grant recipients be pursuing degrees in STEM subjects. |
| 6601 | Frockt (D-46) | Higher Education. Creating the Washington college savings program. |
| 6617 | Frockt (D-46) | Higher Education. Concerning the University of Washington’s alternative process for awarding contracts. |
| 6620 | McAuliffe (D-1) | School Safety. Concerning a statewide plan for funding cost-effective methods for school safety. |
| 6626 | Bailey (R-10) | Higher Education. Creating a work group on accelerated baccalaureate degree programs. |
| 8213 | Hill (R-45) | Initiative to the People. Requiring the legislature to enact a four-year balanced budget. |
House Bills
Below are all education-related bills that have been introduced in the House.
| Bill | Lead Sponsors | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1295 | Hudgins (D-11) | Nutrition Programs. Concerning breakfast after the bell programs. |
| 1345 | Lytton (D-40) | Professional Learning. Adopting a definition and standards of professional learning. |
| 1408 | Ortiz-Self (D-21) | Family Engagement. Concerning the development of a definition and model policy for Family Engagement Coordinator. |
| 1541 | Santos (D-37) | Opportunity Gap. Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap. |
| 1682 | Fey (D-27) | Homeless Students. Improving educational outcomes for homeless students through increased in-school guidance supports housing stability and identification services. |
| 1855 | Caldier (R-26) | Graduation Requirements. Waiving local graduation requirements for certain students. |
| 1865 | Magendanz (R-5) | Vision Screenings. Concerning visual screenings in schools. |
| 1999 | Kagi (D-32) | Foster Youth. Coordinating services and programs for foster youth to improve education outcomes. |
| 2214 | Reykdal (D-22) | Assessments. Streamlines assessment requirements for purposes of high school graduation. |
| 2295 | Rossetti (D-19) | Education Funding. Eliminates reduction in basic education funding resulting from federal forest land revenues. |
| 2323 | Kilduff (D-28) | Higher Education. Creates the Washington Achieving a Better Life Experience Program. |
| 2324 | Van De Wege (D-24) | Educational Interpretation. Concerning K-12 Educational interpreters. |
| 2325 | Muri (R-28) | Firearm Safety. Requires SPI to develop firearm safety and education courses for high schools. |
| 2329 | Haler (R-8) | Higher Education. Requires forecasting additional educational attainment data. |
| 2349 | Haler (R-8) | Higher Education. Eliminating the term “branch” as an identifying factor for extensions of the public institutions of higher education. |
| 2301 | Hargrove (R-47) | Higher Education. Decreasing the maximum award amount under State Need Grant and College Bound Scholarship for a student’s first two years of postsecondary education. |
| 2306 | Sawyer (D-29) | K-12 Education. Prohibiting the use of racially offensive school names. |
| 2360 | Lytton (D-40) | K-12 Education. Eliminating the Quality Education Council. |
| 2361 | Lytton (D-40) | Education Funding. Delaying implementation of revisions to the school levy lid. |
| 2366 | Lytton (D-40) | Education Funding. Concerning basic education funding. |
| 2389 | Kagi (D-32) | Child Care. Concerning the definition of school-age child for purposes of school-age child care. |
| 2394 | Walsh (R-16) | Early Childhood Education. Creating the parent to parent program for individuals with developmental disabilities. |
| 2409 | Orwall (D-33) | Special Education. Increasing supports for special needs students. |
| 2415 | Pike (R-18) | Postsecondary. Establishing a pilot project to create and expand instructional worksite learning. |
| 2429 | Caldier (R-26) | Assessments. Concerning the provision of assessment results to students and their parents or guardians. |
| 2451 | Stambaugh (R-25) | Postsecondary. Requiring a statewide program to map track and improve partnerships between postsecondary education institutions and K-12 schools. |
| 2476 | Johnson (R-14) | K-12 Education. Concerning waivers from the one hundred eighty-day school year requirement. |
| 2479 | Lytton (D-40) | Education Finance. Investing in education by modifying Washington’s excise tax system by narrowing or eliminating tax preferences. |
| 2488 | Manweller (R-13) | Student Rights. Creating an academic bill of rights. |
| 2511 | Pike (R-18) | Childcare. Concerning child care center licensing requirements. |
| 2546 | Pollet (D-46) | Higher Education. Adding a faculty representative to the membership of the board of regents at the University of Washington. |
| 2556 | Hunt (R-2) | Graduation Requirements. Eliminating the certificate of academic achievement as a requirement for high school graduation. |
| 2573 | Santos (D-37) | Teacher Shortage. Concerning the shortage of public school teachers and substitutes. |
| 2582 | Bergquist (D-11) | Higher Education. Modifying provisions of the Washington advanced college tuition payment program. |
| 2593 | Kilduff (D-28) | Higher Education. Making community and technical colleges more affordable by eliminating the application fee for low-income students and reviewing placement testing fees. |
| 2595 | Ortiz-Self (D-21) | K-12 Education. Concerning safe technology use and digital citizenship in public schools. |
| 2597 | Orwall (D-33) | K-12 Education. Requiring school districts to include sexual abuse as a topic in plans addressing students’ emotional or behavioral distress. |
| 2607 | Magendanz (R-5) | K-12 Education. Concerning integrated student services and family engagement. |
| 2608 | Magendanz (R-5) | Education Data. Concerning student and teacher data. |
| 2609 | Magendanz (R-5) | Cultural Competence. Concerning educator cultural competence. |
| 2615 | Pollet (D-46) | Higher Education. Improving student success at community and technical colleges by considering benefits of full-time faculty and staff. |
| 2619 | Haler (R-8) | Higher Education. Providing postsecondary education to enhance education opportunities and public safety. |
| 2621 | Kagi (D-32) | Early Learning. Concerning the department of early learning’s access to records and personal information for purposes of determining character and suitability of child care workers. |
| 2639 | McCabe (R-14) | School Safety. Increasing the safety of school bus riders. |
| 2643 | Short (R-7) | K-12 Education. Concerning school district boards of directors adopting procedures to implement a policy. |
| 2646 | Ormsby (D-3) | K-12 Pension System. Addressing plan membership default provisions in the public employees’ retirement system the teachers’ retirement system and the school employees’ retirement system. |
| 2657 | Stokesbary (R-31) | Educator Compensation. Counting experience at a private school under the years of service calculation for classroom teachers. |
| 2662 | Kilduff (D-28) | College Savings Plan. Creating the Washington next generation educational savings account program. |
| 2664 | Cody (D-34) | K-12 Education. Eliminating some authority of school districts to exempt students from participation in physical education. |
| 2669 | Riccelli (D-3) | K-12 Education. Concerning PE instructional requirements for public school students. |
| 2670 | Young (R-26) | Assessments. Reforming the school assessment system to focus on teaching and learning. |
| 2671 | Kagi (D-32) | Early Learning. Concerning the definition of “agency” for purposes of early learning programs. |
| 2680 | Stambaugh (R-25) | Higher Education. Establishing the Washington open education pilot grant program for the four-year institutions of higher education. |
| 2686 | Sullivan (D-47) | Higher Education. Making the cost of textbooks and other college course materials more affordable. |
| 2690 | Sells (D-38) | K-12 Education. Creating a pilot project to provide middle and junior high school students strategic and intentional academic support beyond the traditional school day to promote accountability and responsibility. |
| 2691 | Pollet (D-46) | Higher Education. Concerning Central Washington University’s fifth year promise. |
| 2692 | Zeiger (R-25) | Higher Education. Creating a higher education performance funding incentive system. |
| 2698 | Lytton (D-40) | Education Funding. Delaying implementation of revisions to the school levy lid and local effort assistance. |
| 2703 | Klippert (R-8) | K-12 Education. Promoting responsible and productive citizenship. |
| 2714 | Rossetti (D-19) | K-12 Education. Preventing unfunded state mandates. |
| 2727 | Stokesbary (R-31) | Teacher Retention. Concerning teacher retention. |
| 2728 | Stokesbary (R-31) | K-12 Education. Establishing the reading coaches grant program. |
| 2729 | Stokesbary (R-31) | Accountability. Concerning school grading and choice. |
| 2734 | McCaslin (R-4) | Assessments. Changing high school science assessment requirements. |
| 2742 | Reykdal (D-22) | Education Funding. Modifying MSOC provisions applicable to library materials. |
| 2743 | Reykdal (D-22) | High School Graduation. Concerning the issuance of a Washington state high school diploma. |
| 2755 | Zeiger (R-25) | Higher Education. Creating administrative efficiencies for institutions of higher education. |
| 2769 | Senn (D-41) | Higher Education. Creating a pilot program for community and technical colleges to offer bachelor degrees. |
| 2776 | Klippert (R-8) | School Safety. Clarifying the authority of officers to restrain children when necessary. |
| 2780 | Young (R-26) | Higher Education. Making higher education more affordable by providing incentives for the use of open source instructional materials. |
| 2796 | Van Werven (R-42) | Higher Education. Providing students with the costs of required course materials during registration. |
| 2801 | Hansen (D-23) | Higher Education. Expanding higher education opportunities for certain students. |
| 2820 | Pollet (D-46) | Higher Education. Establishing the Washington promise program which provides for universal and affordable access to community and technical colleges for all Washingtonians. |
| 2823 | Parker (R-6) | K-12 Education. Creating a program to provide students and the community with the means to report anonymously concerning unsafe or violent activities or the threat of these activities. |
| 2824 | Sawyer (D-29) | Charter Schools. Promoting educational success in public schools. |
| 2825 | Frame (D-36) | K-12 Education. Concerning student services for students with disabilities. |
| 2833 | Young (R-26) | K-12 Education. Establishing a competitive educational grant program to promote confidence public speaking and leadership skills in students. |
| 2834 | Senn (D-41) | Foster Youth. Concerning implementation of the homeless youth prevention and protection act of 2015. |
| 2837 | Farrell (D-46) | K-12 Education. Establishing a legislative task force on common school class size in school districts with more than forty-five thousand students. |
| 2851 | Frame (D-36) | Compensation. Increasing compensation for school directors in districts enrolling twenty thousand or more students. |
| 2858 | Hunt (R-2) | Developmental Disabilities. Creating an office of the developmental disabilities ombuds. |
| 2862 | Rossetti (D-19) | K-12 Education. Preventing unfunded state mandates by requiring school district fiscal notes to identify revenue sources. |
| 2867 | Scott (R-39) | Higher Education. Authorizing conceal carry on campuses of institutions of higher education. |
| 2868 | Reykdal (D-22) | CTE. Concerning career and technical education materials supplies and operating costs. |
| 2881 | Pollet (D-46) | Teacher Shortage. Responding to the educator shortage crisis by increasing training recruitment and retention in order to enable Washington to lower class sizes. |
| 2887 | Haler (R-8) | Higher Education. Requiring a study concerning a state loan program for graduate students. |
| 2889 | Short (R-7) | K-12 Education. Concerning absences from the meetings of a school district board of directors. |
| 2890 | Haler (R-8) | Higher Education. Requiring each institution of higher education to adopt a plan to increase voter registration and voting in elections. |
| 2911 | Reykdal (D-22) | Higher Education. Decoupling services and activities fees from tuition. |
| 2919 | Riccelli (D-3) | Assessments. Creating a pilot program allowing the use of a nationally recognized college readiness assessment to meet high school graduation requirements and federal and state accountability purposes. |
| 2921 | Hickel (R-30) | Teacher Shortage. Expanding the professional educator workforce. |
| 2947 | Sullivan (D-47) | Consolidating Educational Agencies. Eliminating the office of the superintendent of public instruction and transferring its powers duties and functions to a new department of education. |
| 2948 | Santos (D-37) | K-12 Education. Creating the career and college-ready lighthouse pilot project. |
| 2955 | Hansen (D-23) | Higher Education. Creating the Washington free to finish college program. |
| 2962 | Moscoso (D-1) | College Admission Tests. Concerning payment for college admission tests. |
| 2963 | Moscoso (D-1) | Assessments. Concerning payment for end-of-course high school examinations. |
| 2964 | Gregerson (D-33) | School Lunches. Eliminating lunch copays for students who qualify for reduced-price lunches. |
| 2965 | Magendanz (R-5) | Spending Transparency. Concerning accountability and transparency in school district expenditures for the state’s program of basic education and for local purposes. |
| 4415 | Sells (D-38) | Postsecondary. Approving the 2016 state comprehensive plan for workforce training and education. |
Senate Bills
Below are all education-related bills that have been introduced in the Senate.
| Bill | Lead Sponsors | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 6161 | Bailey (R-10) | Higher Education. Requires forecasting additional educational attainment data. |
| 6163 | Billig (D-3) | Charter Schools. Concerning the authorizing of district charter schools. |
| 6182 | McAuliffe (D-1) | Graduation Requirements. Delaying and potentially eliminating state assessments as a requirement for high school graduation. |
| 6183 | McAuliffe (D-1) | Education Funding. Concerning local school district levy authority. |
| 6192 | McCoy (D-38) | Opportunity Gap. Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap. |
| 6194 | Litzow (R-41) | Charter Schools. Concerning public schools that are not common schools. |
| 6195 | Rivers (R-18) | Education Funding. Concerning basic education funding. |
| 6218 | Brown (R-8) | Higher Education. Creating the clean energy education program. |
| 6232 | Fain (R-47) | K-12 Education. Concerning the funding of civics education and campaign compliance. |
| 6233 | Fain (R-47) | Student Rights. Concerning freedom of expression rights of students at public schools and institutions of higher education. |
| 6241 | Billig (D-3) | Compensation. Increasing teacher salaries and strengthening teacher mentoring. |
| 6243 | Litzow (R-41) | Social Emotional Learning. Concerning a training program for educators and parents to develop students’ social and emotional skills to help prevent youth suicide. |
| 6244 | Litzow (R-41) | Opportunity Gap. Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap. |
| 6245 | Litzow (R-41) | Vision Screenings. Concerning visual screenings in schools. |
| 6259 | Carlyle (D-36) | Compensation. Increasing compensation for school district superintendents in districts enrolling twenty thousand or more students. |
| 6260 | Hewitt (R-16) | Adult Education. Providing postsecondary education to enhance education opportunities and public safety. |
| 6273 | Liias (D-21) | K-12 Education. Concerning safe technology use and digital citizenship in public schools. |
| 6291 | Braun (R-20) | K-12 Education. Authorizing the use of weighted grade point averages for accelerated courses. |
| 6292 | Braun (R-20) | Education Funding. Eliminates reduction in basic education funding resulting from federal forest land revenues. |
| 6298 | Frockt (D-46) | Homeless Students. Enacting the homeless student stability and opportunity gap act. |
| 6332 | Litzow (R-41) | Teacher Shortage. Concerning the shortage of public school teachers and substitute teachers. |
| 6353 | Rivers (R-18) | Education Funding. Delaying implementation of revisions to the school levy lid. |
| 6354 | Liias (D-21) | Higher Education. Adopting a higher education reverse transfer agreement plan. |
| 6368 | Hobbs (D-44) | K-12 Education. Creating a pilot project to provide middle and junior high school students strategic and intentional academic support beyond the traditional school day to promote accountability and responsibility. |
| 6370 | Litzow (R-41) | Early Learning. Concerning the department of early learning’s access to records and personal information for purposes of determining character and suitability of child care workers. |
| 6371 | Litzow (R-41) | Early Learning. Concerning the definition of “agency” for purposes of early learning programs. |
| 6407 | Fain (R-47) | K-12 Education. Requiring recess time for children in grades kindergarten through five. |
| 6408 | Hill (R-45) | Paraeducators. Concerning paraeducators. |
| 6409 | Bailey (R-10) | Higher Education. Creating administrative efficiencies for institutions of higher education. |
| 6415 | Rolfes (D-23) | Career & Technical Education. Concerning career and technical education materials supplies and operating costs. |
| 6429 | McAuliffe (D-1) | K-12 Education. Creating the Sandman Act. |
| 6431 | Mullet (D-5) | Educator Benefits. Requiring a study of costs associated with maternity and paternity leave for K-12 teachers. |
| 6432 | Litzow (R-41) | Student Well-Being. Making provisions to evaluate student mental health services and provide students with skills that promote mental health and well-being and increase academic performance. |
| 6453 | Cleveland (D-49) | Postsecondary. Establishing a pilot project to create and expand instructional worksite learning. |
| 6455 | Dammeier (R-25) | Teacher Shortage. Expanding the professional educator workforce. |
| 6457 | Bailey (R-10) | Postsecondary. Updating workforce investment act references and making no substantive changes. |
| 6458 | Chase (D-32) | Assessments. Reforming the school assessment system. |
| 6466 | Habib (D-48) | Higher Education. Concerning student services for students with disabilities. |
| 6469 | Roach (R-31) | K-12 Education. Requiring that cursive writing be taught in common schools. |
| 6473 | Baumgartner (R-6) | Assessments. Creating a pilot program allowing the use of a nationally recognized college readiness assessment to meet high school graduation requirements and for federal and state accountability purposes. |
| 6474 | Frockt (D-46) | Higher Education. Requiring each institution of higher education to adopt a plan to increase voter registration and voting in elections. |
| 6476 | Roach (R-31) | Assessments. Reforming the school assessment system. |
| 6481 | Jayapal (D-37) | Higher Education. Establishing the Washington promise program which provides for universal and affordable access to community and technical colleges for all Washingtonians. |
| 6512 | Baumgartner (R-6) | Financial Aid. Requiring that a certain percentage of state need grant recipients be pursuing degrees in STEM subjects. |
| 6515 | O’Ban (R-28) | Firearm Safety. Requires SPI to develop firearm safety and education courses for high schools. |
| 6516 | Fraser (D-22) | K-12 Education. Recognizing the month of September as the month of the kindergartener. |
| 6539 | Chase (D-32) | Higher Education. Modifying the voter registration deadline for students at institutions of higher education. |
| 6549 | Conway (D-29) | Teacher Shortage. Addressing the availability of retired teachers as substitutes. |
| 6552 | McAuliffe (D-1) | Assessments. Providing school districts with an assessment inventory tool to streamline the assessment system. |
| 6560 | Chase (D-32) | High School Equivalency. Requiring acceptance of additional high school equivalency tests. |
| 6587 | Liias (D-21) | Higher Education. Changing provisions relating to services and activities fees at institutions of higher education. |
| 6588 | Chase (D-32) | K-12 Education. Requiring music education in elementary schools. |
| 6598 | Rivers (R-18) | Early Learning. Concerning working connections child care eligibility for vulnerable children. |
| 6601 | Frockt (D-46) | Higher Education. Creating the Washington college savings program. |
| 6604 | Ericksen (R-42) | State Revenue Generation. Providing limitations in respect to tax raises and fee increases by the legislature. |
| 6608 | Liias (D-21) | Higher Education. Providing employers with a tax credit for providing employees with student loan repayment assistance. |
| 6609 | Liias (D-21) | Higher Education. Requiring a study concerning a state loan program for graduate students. |
| 6610 | Liias (D-21) | Higher Education. Establishing a student loan bill of rights. |
| 6617 | Frockt (D-46) | Higher Education. Concerning the University of Washington’s alternative process for awarding contracts. |
| 6620 | McAuliffe (D-1) | School Safety. Concerning a statewide plan for funding cost-effective methods for school safety. |
| 6626 | Bailey (R-10) | Higher Education. Creating a work group on accelerated baccalaureate degree programs. |
| 6640 | Mullet (D-5) | Assessments. Changing high school science assessment requirements. |
| 6661 | Rolfes (D-23) | Career & Technical Education. Concerning career and technical education materials supplies and operating costs. |
| 8213 | Hill (R-45) | Initiative to the People. Requiring the legislature to enact a four-year balanced budget. |
| 8214 | Chase (D-32) | Income Tax. Amending the Constitution to allow an income tax. |