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2016 Senate Bill 6194: Concerning public schools that are not common schools
Introduced by Sen. Steve Litzow (Bellevue) (R) on January 11, 2016
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Referred to the Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee on January 11, 2016
Substitute offered in the Senate on January 14, 2016
To provide that when the three Charter School Commission appointments are made by the Senate and the House of Representatives, the largest caucus in each chamber will appoint two members and the minority caucus in each chamber will appoint one member. The leaders in the caucuses in the Senate will make the appointments for the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives will make the appointments for the House. The State Charter School Commission, for administrative purposes only, resides in the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction instead of the Governor's Office. Funding for charter schools is from the Washington Opportunities Pathways Account. The double-funding for some of the education programs is removed. The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction is directed to reimburse charter schools for any loss of state revenue during the 2015-16 school year to the extent that (1) the charter school was initially authorized under chapter 28A.710 RCW, (2) the school was providing public school services after December 1, 2015, and (3) the loss of state revenue was the direct result of the State Supreme Court decision in League of Women Voters, et al., v. Washington, Cause No. 98714-0. Terminology in the bill is aligned to be consistent.
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on January 15, 2016
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on January 20, 2016
Amendment offered by Sen. Andy Billig (Spokane) (D) on January 20, 2016
Would repeal the charter school commission. If the charterschools that had contracted with the Charter School Commission wantto continue to operate as a charter school, the school district inwhich the charter school is located shall execute a contract with thecharter school board. Provides that those school districts' boards ofdirectors shall be considered authorizers (and therefore subject toall applicable laws) for the purposes of those charter schools. To beauthorizers for additional charter schools, those school districtsmust follow the same process established by the State Board ofEducation as any other school district.
The amendment failed 21 to 27 in the Senate on January 20, 2016.
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Amendment offered by Sen. Steve Conway (South Tacoma) (D) on January 20, 2016
Provides legislative intent recognizing the importance of providing educational stability to the students who had previously attended charter schools prior to the Supreme Court’s ruling and also recognizing that the state has an equally important obligation to the over one million students in our public schools who continue to wait for the state to provide them with the educational opportunities guaranteed by the state constitution.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on January 20, 2016
Amendment offered by Sen. David Frockt (Seattle) (D) on January 20, 2016
Provides that beginning in 2019, prohibits new charter schools frombeing established until the Supreme Court no longer retainsjurisdiction in the McCleary case. Does not impact charter schoolsthat are in existence prior to 2019.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on January 20, 2016
Amendment offered by Sen. Christine Rolfes (Kitsap County) (D) on January 20, 2016
Appropriates $18 million from the state General Fund to OFM for allocation to the state need grant program, the college bound program, and the early childhood education and assistance program (ECEAP) to ensure that appropriations from the Opportunity Pathways Account for charter schools does not reduce funding available for those programs. An equal amount from the Opportunity Pathways Account appropriations to those programs is placed in reserve status.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on January 20, 2016
Reenacts and amends Initiative 1240 provisions to authorize charter schools and address the Washington Supreme Court's concerns of non-common school status and funding source. Specifies funding for other education programs that are not associated with a school district. Makes appropriation from the Washington Opportunities Pathways account for the operations of non-common schools and the Washington Charter School Commission.
Received in the House on January 21, 2016
Referred to the House Education Committee on January 21, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Steve Bergquist (King) (D) on March 9, 2016
Removes the emergency clause making the bill takeeffect immediately and makes the bill take effect upon a finding fromthe Washington State Supreme Court declaring that the state is incompliance with its paramount duty under Article IX, section 1 of thestate Constitution to make ample provision for the education of allchildren residing within its borders.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Steve Bergquist (King) (D) on March 9, 2016
Reduces the maximum number of charter schools thatmay be established statewide from 40 to 8.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Steve Bergquist (King) (D) on March 9, 2016
Provides a partial hold-harmless payment to school districts that experience an enrollment decrease of at least 10 full-time equivalent students. The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction must allocate funding equal to one-half of the district's average per-student funding allocation for the first year that the students are enrolled in the charter school, and onequarter for the second year.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Jake Fey (Tacoma) (D) on March 9, 2016
Requires charter school boards to contract forindependent performance audits after the second year following thefirst school year of full operation and every three years thereafter.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Jake Fey (Tacoma) (D) on March 9, 2016
Provides that, although the commission may authorizecharter schools located anywhere in the state, through June 30, 2020,there is a moratorium on approving more than three charter schools inthe same school district.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Mia Gregerson (SeaTac) (D) on March 9, 2016
Adds the McKinney-Vento Act to the list of federal actsthat charter schools are specifically required to comply with.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Mia Gregerson (SeaTac) (D) on March 9, 2016
Requires, if capacity is insufficient to enroll allstudents who apply to a charter school, that the charter school grantan enrollment preference to at-risk students.(2) Removes a provision in the underlying amendment specifyingthat if capacity is insufficient to enroll all students who apply toa charter school, the school must grant an enrollment preference tosiblings, with any remaining enrollments allocated through a lottery.(3) Removes a provision in the underlying amendment authorizing acharter school to offer a weighted enrollment preference for at-riskstudents or to children of full-time employees of the school if thechildren reside within the state.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Mia Gregerson (SeaTac) (D) on March 9, 2016
Requires, if capacity is insufficient to enroll allstudents who apply to a charter school, that the charter school,after granting an enrollment preference to siblings of students,allocate any remaining enrollments to at-risk students rather thanthrough a lottery.(2) Removes a provision in the underlying amendment authorizing acharter school to offer a weighted enrollment preference for at-riskstudents or to children of full-time employees of the school if thechildren reside within the state.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Mia Gregerson (SeaTac) (D) on March 9, 2016
Allows a charter school authorizer to revoke a chartercontract at any time or refuse to renew the contract if the schoolfailed to enroll an at-risk student who applied to enroll at thecharter school.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Drew Hansen (Kitsap) (D) on March 9, 2016
Provides that if within 90 days of the act's effective date a lawsuit is filed to challenge the constitutionality of the act, establishment of additional charter public schools beyond the initial eight schools is delayed until the earlier of (1) entry of a final judgment or (2) three years after the effective date of the act. A total of forty charter public schools may be established in a five year period that begins on (1) the earlier of the entry of a final judgment or three years after the act's effective date, if a suit is filed within 90 days, or (2) the act's effective date, if a suit is not filed.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Sam Hunt (Olympia) (D) on March 9, 2016
Requires charter schools to provide monthly reports ofall revenues received by the charter school, including the revenuesources, to the board of directors of the school district in whichthe charter school is located.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Sam Hunt (Olympia) (D) on March 9, 2016
Provides that the following provisions are subject torules adopted by the Washington Interscholastic ActivitiesAssociation (WIAA): (1) A proposal by a charter school to regulatethe conduct of interschool athletic activities or other interschoolextracurricular activities (interscholastic activities), and (2) the Code Rev/SCG:eab 1 H-4741.1/16 eligibility of a charter school student to participate in interscholastic activities.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Christine Kilduff (University Place) (D) on March 9, 2016
Requires charter school boards, through web site postingsand written notice, to advise families of new, ongoing, andprospective students of any ongoing litigation challenging theconstitutionality of charter schools or that may require charterschools to cease operations.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Lillian Ortiz-Self (Mukilteo) (D) on March 9, 2016
Requires that members of the Washington state CharterSchool Commission and members of charter school boards file personalfinancial affairs statements with the Public Disclosure Commission.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Gerry Pollet (Seattle) (D) on March 9, 2016
Strikes the emergency clause and the immediate effectivedate.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Gerry Pollet (Seattle) (D) on March 9, 2016
Strikes the severability clause.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Chris Reykdal (Olympia) (D) on March 9, 2016
Removes references referring to charter schools aspublic schools or other public schools.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Mike Sells (Everett) (D) on March 9, 2016
Requires charter schools to evaluate all classroomteachers, both certificated and noncertificated, using the four-levelevaluation system for classroom teachers.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Larry Springer (Kirkland) (D) on March 9, 2016
Declares legislative intent that charter schools be funded equitably with other public schools. Clarifies that state funding for charter schools must be allocated under the prototypical school formula using a statewide average staff mix factor for certificated instructional staff.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Larry Springer (Kirkland) (D) on March 9, 2016
Adds the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or hisor her designee, and the Chair of the State Board of Education, or his or her designee, to the Washington State Charter School Commission.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Amendment offered by Rep. Larry Springer (Kirkland) (D) on March 9, 2016
Provides striking amendment to the bill. Reestablishes a charter schools system in statute, with charter schools created separately from the common school system, and funded with revenues from the Washington Opportunity Pathways Account. Makes numerous modifications to court-invalidated charter school statutes, including prohibiting local school levy funds from being used for charter schools, prohibiting the conversion of common schools into charter schools, and adding the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Chair of the State Board of Education to the membership of the Washington State Charter Commission.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2016
Reestablishes a charter schools system in statute, with charter schools created separately from the common school system, and funded with revenues from the Washington Opportunity Pathways Account. Makes numerous modifications to court-invalidated charter school statutes, including prohibiting local school levy funds from being used for charter schools, prohibiting the conversion of common schools into charter schools, and adding the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Chair of the State Board of Education to the membership of the Washington State Charter Commission.
Received in the Senate on March 10, 2016
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on April 3, 2016