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Signed into law 03/2008 | Career/Technical Education |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Career and Technical Education Act
S.B. 6377
The bill requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction (OSPI) to develop a re-approval schedule for all career and technical education (CTE) programs and must establish performance measures and targets for CTE programs in specified areas. Dis...
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Signed into law 03/2008 | Curriculum |
P-12 | Local Farms-Healthy Kids Act
S.B. 6483
The bill creates the farm-to-school program within the department of agriculture to facilitate increased procurement of Washington grown food by schools. The department of agriculture, along with the department of health, the office of the superintendent of pu...
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Signed into law 04/2007 | Attendance |
P-12 | Alternative Pathways to a Diploma
H.B. 1051
Finds that the state's commitment to providing a basic education for all public school students under the age of twenty-one should continue until a student earns a diploma.
Therefore the legislature intends to expand high school completion programs at communit...
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Signed into law 04/2007 | Economic/Workforce Development |
Postsec.,
Community College | Education of Students in High Demand Fields
S.B. 5731
Establishes a committee on the education of students in high demand fields. The committee consists of: (1) two members of the House of Representatives; (2) two members of the Senate; (3) one person representing the Higher Education Coordinating Board; (4) one ...
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Signed into law 04/2007 | P-3 Governance |
P-12 | Addresses Authority Issues
S.B. 5952
From final House Bill report: The Department of Early Learning (DEL) was established in 2006 as an executive branch agency whose primary duties are to implement early learning policy and to coordinate, consolidate, and integrate child care and early learning p...
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Signed into law 04/2007 | Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Postsec.,
Community College | Meeting the Demand for Higher and Differently Skilled Workers
H.B. 1096
Finds that: (1) The economic trends of globalization and technological change are increasing the demand for higher and differently skilled workers than in the past; (2) Increasing Washington's economic competitiveness requires increasing the supply of skilled ...
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Signed into law 03/2006 | Career/Technical Education |
P-12,
Community College | Apprenticeship Programs
H.B. 2789
Requires the following to be implemented to expand opportunities for secondary school students to prepare for technical careers and related apprenticeships: (1) Centers of excellence and other colleges with a high density of apprenticeship programs shall act a...
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Signed into law 03/2006 | Finance--Funding Formulas |
P-12 | Temporary Increase in Levy Base
H.B. 2812
The temporary increase in the levy base authorized by the 2004 Legislature for calendar years 2005 through 2007 is continued for 2008 and thereafter. The temporary increase in the levy base was to account for the difference between the state funds that school ...
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Signed into law 03/2006 | P-3 |
P-12 | Department of Early Learning
H.B. 2964
Finds that the early years of a child's life are critical to the child's healthy brain development and that the quality of caregiving during the early years can significantly impact the child's intellectual, social, and emotional development. Declares that the...
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Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsecondary Faculty |
Postsec.,
Community College | Health Care Eligibility for Part-Time Employees
H.B. 2583
Declares an intent to provide for continuous health care eligibility for part-time academic employees based on averaging workload gained during the preceding academic year. Provides that part-time academic employees who have established eligibility as determin...
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Signed into law 03/2006 | STEM |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Science, Technology, Engineering, Math
H.B. 2817
Recognizes the vital importance to the state's economic prosperity and the economic benefit of placing a priority on enrolling and conferring degrees upon students in the fields of engineering, technology, biotechnology, science, computer science, and mathemat...
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Signed into law 03/2006 | Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
P-12 | Pension Portability
H.B. 2680
From the fiscal note: Currently members of TRS may use out-of-state service credit solely for the purpose of determining the time at which the member may retire. The service credit is not purchased and it is not membership service. The member's monthly benefit...
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to governor 05/2005 | Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Postsec.,
Community College | Expanding Access to Baccalaureate Degree Programs
H.B. 1794
Maintains the top priority for branch campuses as expansion of programs and capacity for upper division and transfer students, in accordance with proportionality agreements developed with the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC). Authorizes...
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Signed into law 04/2005 | Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Education and Higher Education Finance Study
S.B. 5441
Section 2 creates the comprehensive education study steering committee. The director of the Office of Financial Management (OFM) is a member. The steering committee will appoint members to three advisory committees: early learning, K-12, and higher education. ...
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Signed into law 04/2005 | P-3 |
P-12 | Washington Early Learning Council
H.B. 1152
From the fiscal note: The bill establishes the Washington early learning council within the Governor's Office. The purpose of the council is to
provide vision, leadership, and direction to the improvement, realignment, and expansion of early learning programs ...
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To governor 04/2005 | Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Postsec.,
Community College | Foster Care Endowed Scholarship Program
H.B. 1050
Adds a new chapter to Title 28B RCW. Creates a foster care endowed scholarship program. The purpose of the program is to help students who were in foster care attend an institution of higher education in the state of Washington. Creates an advisory board and m...
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Signed into law 03/2004 | High School |
P-12,
Postsec. | Higher Education Remedial Education
S.B. 5139
Requires the higher education coordinating board, the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board for community and technical colleges to convene a work group to (a) Discuss standards and expectations for the knowledge and skills hig...
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Signed into law 03/2004 | No Child Left Behind--School Support |
P-12 | Learning Assistance Program
S.B. 5877
The bill repeals RCW 28A.165 current law governing the Learning Assistance Program (LAP), and adds new sections re-establishing LAP. Section 6 creates a new LAP approval process based on the submission of an annual plan addressing all elements represented in S...
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Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsecondary |
Postsec. | Statewide Strategic Plan
H.B. 2076
Directs the board to develop a statewide strategic master plan for higher education that proposes a vision and identifies goals
and priorities for the system of higher education in Washington state. The board shall also specify strategies for maintaining and
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