January 30-February 3, 2017
Monday, January 30
1:30 p.m., House Education, HHR A
Public Hearing:
1. HB 1246 - Concerning school bus
safety.
2. HB 1279 - Concerning school
safety drills.
3. HB 1284 - Requiring creation of
a statewide school emergency panic button program.
4.
HB 1310 - 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.
5. HB 1319 - Concerning the
frequency of evaluations for certain educators.
1:30 p.m., Senate Commerce, Labor &
Sports, SHR 4
Public Hearing:
1.
SB 5149 - Addressing
paid family leave.
2. SB 5032 - Implementing family
and medical leave insurance.
3. Providing reasonable
accommodations in the workplace for pregnant women [S-0721.1].
4. SB 5299 - Promoting healthy
outcomes for pregnant women and infants.
The draft bill is posted on the Committee's website here, and is also available from committee staff. Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.
1:30 p.m., Senate Early Learning & K-12
Education, SHR 1
Work Session: High school graduation requirements.
Public Hearing:
Public Hearing:
1. SB 5202 - Authorizing nationally
recognized college assessments for high school assessment purposes.
2. SB 5238 - Requiring that cursive
writing be taught in common schools.
3.
SB 5241 - Concerning the
educational success of youth in foster care.
Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.
8 a.m., Senate Higher Education, SHR 3
Work Session:
·
Issues and Perspective on Student Textbooks.
·
Teaching Requirements for Faculty.
Public Hearing:
1. SB 5234 - Requiring
establishment of a system-wide credit policy regarding AP exams.
2. SB 5285 - Conducting a workforce
study of employment opportunities in the agriculture, environment, and natural
resources economic sectors intended to provide educators with the information
needed for informing students about employment opportunities in the studied
fields.
3.
SB 5361 - Concerning the
opportunity scholarship program.
Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.
1:30 p.m., House Education, HHR A
Public Hearing:
1. HB 1303 - Concerning educational
interpreters.
2. HB 1412 - Creating a pilot
project to provide middle and junior high school students strategic and
intentional academic support beyond the traditional school day.
3. HB 1444 - Facilitating on-time
grade level progression and graduation for certain students.
4. HB 1445 - Concerning dual
language in early learning and K-12 education.
5.
HB 1451 - Improving
language access for public school students and families with limited English
proficiency.
1:30 p.m., Senate Early Learning & K-12
Education, SHR 1
Work Session: Parent/Family engagement and community-school connections.
Public Hearing:
Public Hearing:
1. SB 5258 - Creating the
Washington academic, innovation, and mentoring (AIM) program.
2. SB 5291 - Creating a pilot
project to provide middle and junior high school students strategic and
intentional academic support beyond the traditional school day.
Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.
3:30 p.m., House Capital Budget, HHR B
Work Session:
1. School Construction.
2. Early Learning Facilities’
Needs.
Wednesday, February 1
1:30 p.m., House Higher Education, HHR D
Work Session: Report from the William D. Ruckelshaus
Center on "Situation Assessment of the Regulation of For-Profit
Degree-Granting Institutions and Private Vocational Schools in
Washington."
Public Hearing:
Public Hearing:
1. HB 1439 - Regulating the
institutions of higher education, including for-profit institutions and private
vocational schools, to protect students from unfair business practices.
2. HB 1440 - Establishing a student
loan bill of rights.
3.
HB 1425 - Creating the
Washington next generation educational savings account pilot program.
4.
HB 1452 - Concerning the
opportunity scholarship program.
1:30 p.m., House Early Learning & Human
Services, HHR C
Work Session: Overview of the
Recommendations of the Children's Mental Health Work Group.
8 a.m., House Education, HHR A
Public Hearing:
1. HB 1235 - Assessing physical
education practices in public schools.
2. HB 1346 - Clarifying the
authority of a nurse working in a school setting.
3.
HB 1377 - Improving
students' mental health by enhancing nonacademic professional services.
4.
HB 1508 - Promoting
student health and readiness through meal and nutrition programs.
5. HB 1542 - Concerning dropout
prevention through engaging youth in farming.
1:30 p.m., Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education, SHR 1
Work Session:
1. Home visiting.
2.
Programs for highly
capable students.
Public Hearing:
1. SB 5246 - Concerning the
department of early learning's access to records and personal information for
purposes of determining character and suitability of child care workers and
individuals who have unsupervised access to children in child care settings.
2. SB 5247 - Updating certain
department of early learning advising and contracting mechanisms to reflect
federal requirements, legislative mandates, and planned system improvements.
3. SB 5357 - Establishing a pilot
project to license outdoor early learning and child care programs.
Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.
Friday, February 3
8 a.m., House Capital Budget, HHR B
Public Hearing:
1. HB 1289 - Concerning plaques for
certain state-funded capital budget projects.
2. HB 1325 - Concerning the
evaluation and prioritization of capital budget projects at the public two-year
and four-year institutions of higher education.
3. HB 1395 - Allowing public
transportation benefit area authorities to use job order contracts and
procedure.
4. HB 1538 - Requiring prime
contractors to bond the subcontractors portion of retainage upon request.
5.
HB 1551 - Creating a
competitive equipment assistance grant program to enhance student nutrition in
public schools.
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