Some of the Key Bills PTA was following that have been or may be scheduled for hearings this week...

Here is the list of bills we have been following that are still alive as of this writing.  There are other  bills that we have worked with over the session, but these are the ones that are looking most likely to survive the latest cut-off.  Some of these bills have already had a hearing and others are either calendered or hopefully to be scheduled soon.  All policy bills must pass by Friday to survive the cut-off.
Bill ## with Status link	Title / Description	Status (Static 2.24)	Hearing Scheduled
HB 2285	Representative Tina Orwall (SeaTac) Requires the Student Achievement Council to study school district policies on dual track courses and their availability and to make recommendations to the H.Education Committees of the Legislature.	Senate H.Ed	Feb 20 1:30PM
HB 2373 / SB 6074	Senator David Frockt (Seattle) – Requires school districts to gather data and track homeless students, encourages training for teachers on how to recognize signs of homelessness among students.	House Bill in Senate Education / Senate Bill in Senate Rules	Feb 19th 1:30PM
HB 2536 / SB 6444	Representative Zack Hudgins – Authorizes “breakfast after the bell” program – funding comes from Federal grant dollars.  See Attachment	House Version in Senate Education / Senate version dead	no hearing yet
HB 2540 / SB 6044	Representative Monica Stonier (Vancouver) - Creates a consistent set of rules for high school students enrolled in Career and Technical Education (CTE).  Allows for all students to get academic credit for CTE math/science courses.	House Version in Senate Education / Senate version dead	no hearing yet
HB 2553	Representative Eric Pettigrew (Seattle) - Authorized competitive grants to persistently lowest-achieving schools to implement family and community engagement models for the purposes of improving academic achievement.	Senate K-12	Feb 26th 1:30PM
HB 2610	Representative Jake Fey (Tacoma) - Directs the WA State Institute for Public Policy to develop guidelines for identifying rate of homelessness for children 0-10 yrs.  Study is for the purpose of determining how to create future child care supports for these families.	Senate HSC	Feb 27th 10AM
SB 5958	Senator Rosemary McAuliffe (Bothell) - Requires that OSPI coordinate and establish inter-agency agreements with state entities that provide high school transition services for special education students.	House Education	Feb 24th 1:30PM
SB 6013	Senator Mark Mullet (Sammamish) – Makes technical RCW corrections to epinephrine autoinjectors rules.	House Education	Feb 19th 8AM
SB 6064	Senator Steve Litzow (Mercer Island) – Directs the Washington State Institute for Public Policy to study how districts use school days and report to the legislature by Dec 1.	House Education	Feb 24th 1:30PM
SB 6081	Senator Bruce Dammeier (Puyallup) – Develops a competitive grant program for school districts to improve specialized STEM facilities.  Grant program is offered to Charter schools as well.	House Cap Budget	no hearing yet
SB 6105	Senator Rosemary McAuliffe (Bothell) – Establishes guidelines for updating rules on digital technology in school libraries and encourages integration of digital into curriculum.	House Education	Feb 19th 8AM
SB 6126	Senator Jeannie Darnielle (Tacoma) - Bill is similar to Representative Goodman's HB 1285 and requires children in dependency cases the right to an attorney.  Costs must be borne by the county of record with some reimbursement guaranteed by the state.	House Judiciary	Feb 25th 1:30PM
SB 6129 / HB 2365	Senator Steve Litzow (Mercer Island) – Paraeducator Omnibus certification and development Legislation	House Education /Senate Education	Feb 19th 8AM - House / Feb 19th 1:30PM - Senate
SB 6163	Senator Andy Billing (Spokane) – Creates the Summer Knowledge Improvement Program to bridge the achievement gap - helping at risk kids not fall behind during the summer months.	House Education	Feb 19th 8AM
SB 6242	Senator Curtis King (Yakima) - Removes expiration date for SBE to grant waivers from 180 school day for districts with less than 500 students, expands waiver for districts with less than 150 students	House Education	Feb 19th 8AM
SB 6383 / HB 2643	Representative Jessyn Farrell (Seattle) – Governor's Request Childhood Obesity Bill	Senate Heath Care	Feb 24th  10AM
SB 6418	Senator Steve Litzow (Mercer Island) – Renames the Retooling to Teach Mathematics and Science Conditional Scholarship Program is renamed the Educator Retooling Conditional Scholarship Program.  Bill also provides that current K-12 teacher and persons with an elementary education certificate (EEC) not employed in positions requiring an EEC may receive a conditional scholarship to pursue special education, bilingual education, or ELL endorsements in addition to science and math endorsements.	House Education	Feb 24th 1:30PM
SB 6431	Senator Jim Hargrove (Hoquiam) – Appropriates $430,000 to direct OSPI in developing strategies to address the high teen suicide rate in Washington.   OSPI is required to work with stakeholders to achieve this effect.	House Education	Feb 20th 11AM
SB 6439	Senator Marko Liias (Edmonds) – Requires that all schools have a primary point of contact assigned to handling complaints regarding bullying.  Bill adds to the description of bullying to include emotional harm and requires that OSPI develop a statewide training program for all primary contacts.	House Education	Feb 20th 11AM
SB 6499	Senator Bruce Dammeier (Puyallup) – Develops a joint task-force on local education financing reform with a re requirement that the board deliver recommendations by December, 2014.  Task force will investigate the use of local levies and equity issues in levy funding.  Any recommendations submitted must be supported by 6 of the 8 voting members (two from each caucus in House and Senate).	House Education	no hearing yet
SB 6552	Senator Christine Rolfes (Bainbridge Island) - Omnibus Instructional Hour and graduation requirement legislation	House Education	Feb 24 1:30PM