February 6-10, 2017
Monday,
February 6
1:30 p.m., House Education, HHR A
Public
Hearing:
1:30 p.m., Senate Early Learning &; K-12
Education, SHR 1
Public
Hearing:
1.
SB 5348 - Concerning students who receive special education services who earn
certificates of individual achievement.
3.
SB 5432 - Concerning the funding allocation for special education programs for
students with disabilities.
Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.
3:30 p.m., House Appropriations, HHR A
Public Hearing:
1. HB 1843 - Fulfilling the state's paramount duty for all children through equitable and
responsible investments in the state's basic education program and reductions to local
effort contributions.
2. SSB 5607 - Concerning education. (If measure is referred to committee.)
Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.
3:30 p.m., House Appropriations, HHR A
Public Hearing:
1. HB 1843 - Fulfilling the state's paramount duty for all children through equitable and
responsible investments in the state's basic education program and reductions to local
effort contributions.
2. SSB 5607 - Concerning education. (If measure is referred to committee.)
Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.
8 a.m., House Early Learning &; Human Services, HHR C
1.
Public
Hearing:
3.
HB 1719 - Updating certain department of early learning advising and contracting mechanisms
to reflect federal requirements, legislative mandates, and planned system
improvements.
4.
HB 1735 - 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.
8 a.m., House Higher Education, HHR D
Public Hearing:
1.
HB 1379 - Implementing a
comprehensive approach to suicide prevention and behavioral health in higher
education.
3.
HB 1499 - Creating protections
and fairness for students in the student loan disbursement process.
5. HB 1651 - Supporting
students' success by increasing retention and graduation rates with
evidence-based programs.
1:30 p.m., House Education, HHR A – Teacher Shortage Day
Public Hearing:
3.
HB 1827 - Relating to expanding
the current and future educator workforce supply through evidence-based
strategies to improve and incentivize the recruitment and retention of highly
effective educators, especially in high-need subject, grade-level, and
geographic areas, and to establish a cohesive continuum of high quality
professional learning from preparation programs to job embedded induction,
mentoring, collaboration, and other professional development opportunities.
4.
HB 1654 - Changing explicit
alternative routes to teacher certification program requirements to
expectations for program outcomes.
6.
HB 1734 - Authorizing
reimbursement for substitute teachers participating in activities of the
Washington state professional educator standards board to carry out its powers
and duties.
3:30 p.m., House Capital Budget, HHR B
Public
Hearing:
1.
HB 1050 - Concerning the financing of Chehalis basin flood damage reduction and
habitat restoration projects.
Wednesday,
February 8
1:30 p.m., House Higher Education, HHR D
Public
Hearing:
2.
HB 1697 - Addressing the cybersecurity and information technology professional
shortage by requiring a study of incentive methods for attracting high-demand
talent in information technology and cybersecurity to state agencies.
8 a.m., House Education, HHR A
Executive Session:
2.
HB 1174 - Requiring the
superintendent of public instruction to develop an elective firearms safety and
hunter education course for high school students.
3.
HB 1208 - Concerning charter
school students participating in interschool athletics and extracurricular
activities.
6.
HB 1254 - Establishing a
competitive educational grant program to promote confidence, public speaking,
and leadership skills in students.
10.
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.
14.
HB 1412 - Creating a pilot
project to provide middle and junior high school students strategic and
intentional academic support beyond the traditional school day.
16.
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 –
Teacher Shortage Day
Work
Session: Professional Educational Standards Board regarding
licensure and evaluation policies.
Public Hearing:
Public Hearing:
1.
SB 5217 - Changing explicit alternative routes to teacher certification program
requirements to expectations for program outcomes.
2.
SB 5283 - Concerning the calculation of years of service for educational staff
associate positions for salary allocation purposes.
3:30 p.m., House Appropriations, HHR A
Possible Executive Session:
1.
HB 1042 - Eliminating the office
of the insurance commissioner's school district or educational service district
annual report.
2.
HB 1113 - Concerning gradually
increasing the local government share of excess liquor revenues until the
percentage-based method for distributions is restored.
4. HB 1843 - Fulfilling the
state's paramount duty for all children through equitable and responsible
investments in the state's basic education program and reductions to local
effort contributions.
Friday, February 10
10 a.m., House Higher Education, HHR D
Click here for the current bill tracker, updated 2/2/17.
Prepared by
Marie Sullivan
WSPTA Legislative Consultant
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