Referred to the Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee on January 12, 2018
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on January 29, 2018
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 6, 2018
Amendment offered by Sen. Randi Becker (Eatonville) (R) on February 14, 2018
Adds in statute that the state allocation or transportation alternative funding grant program must be twenty million dollars annually.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on February 14, 2018
Amendment offered by Sen. John Braun (Centralia) (R) on February 14, 2018
Removes the provisions in the striker that would shift
timing of payments to later in the school year ("apportionment
shift").
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on February 14, 2018
Amendment offered by Sen. John Braun (Centralia) (R) on February 14, 2018
Reduces October 2018 school district enrichment levy collections by the amount of the increased 2018-19 school year salary allocations necessary to comply with state supreme court's most recent order. Requires school districts to implement a year early various budget accountability and transparency provisions required under the omnibus K-12 finance legislation passed in 2017.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on February 14, 2018
Amendment offered by Sen. John Braun (Centralia) (R) on February 14, 2018
Reduces October 2018 school district enrichment levy collections by 90 percent of the amount of the increased 2018-19 school year salary allocations necessary to comply with state supreme court's most recent order. Requires school districts to implement a year early various budget accountability and transparency provisions required under the omnibus K-12 finance legislation passed in 2017.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on February 14, 2018
Amendment offered by Sen. John Braun (Centralia) (R) on February 14, 2018
Reduces October 2018 school district enrichment levy collections by 90 percent of the amount of the increased 2018-19 school year salary allocations necessary to comply with state supreme court's most recent order. Requires school districts to implement a year early various budget accountability and transparency provisions required under the omnibus K-12 finance legislation passed in 2017.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on February 14, 2018
Amendment offered by Sen. John Braun (Centralia) (R) on February 14, 2018
1) Adds to the current law that funds special education on the lesser of the district's actual enrollment percent or 13.5 percent; that for districts with a student enrollment under 1,000 students, the actual enrollment percent, if above thirteen and five- tenths percent.
(2) Requires the special education safety net be specified in the budget but must be at least five percent of the total allocated to school districts under the excess cost funding statute for special education students.
(3) OSPI rules must mandate that when a school district has expended the district's entire state special education allocation then the district is eligible to apply to receive a safety net award.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on February 14, 2018
Amendment offered by Sen. Doug Ericksen (Ferndale) (R) on February 14, 2018
As the professional learning days are phased in the number of late start or early release of students resulting in partial days of instruction are reduced until such days are no more than seven.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on February 14, 2018
Amendment offered by Sen. Joe Fain (Auburn) (R) on February 14, 2018
Removes the restriction that the supplemental contract of the district be "time-based".
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on February 14, 2018
Amendment offered by Sen. Mark Miloscia (Algona) (R) on February 14, 2018
Modifies the Federal Way school district regionalization factor used for compensation.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on February 14, 2018
Amendment offered by Sen. Lisa Wellman (Mercer Island) (D) on February 14, 2018
Striker amendment. Removes the phase in for the increased state salary allocations and instead implements the increases in 2018-19 school year instead of the 2019-20 school year.
? Adjusts regionalization.
? Creates a salary net grant program.
? Revises the timeline and criteria for rebasing salaries.
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The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on February 14, 2018
Amendment offered by Sen. Lisa Wellman (Mercer Island) (D) on February 14, 2018
Corrects technical errors and provides clarifying language.
1. Clarifies which type of district is being referred to in order to prevent confusion (either high or nonhigh).
2. Adds additional clarifying language to ensure that the enrichment definition reflects the same definition as in other parts of the code.
3. Changes the percentage to reflect what running start funding for CTE students currently is.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on February 14, 2018