BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

SB 6343: School attendance age

Lowering the age of mandatory school attendance.

Summary

Finds that while the majority of children are regularly attending school or are being homeschooled by the age of six, a small number of children are not. Under current law, children are not required to attend school until they are eight years of age. Declares an intent to lower the age of compulsory education, and thereby better ensure that children are provided an education at an early age.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to mandatory school attendance;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 6343 (2025–26) Atmospheric river/tax relief · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6343 (2019–20) Child support/incarceration · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6343 (2017–18) Energy workers task force · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6343 (2015–16) Dairy farm nutrient uses · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6343 (2013–14) Gen. engineered fin fish · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6343 (2011–12) Water pollution control fee · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6343 (2009–10) WA food policy forum · Vetoed by the Governor
SB 6343 (2007–08) Sm scale mineral prospecting · Enacted · Chapter 83, Laws of 2008