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BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

SB 5538: Early childhood edu & assist

Moving the early childhood education and assistance program into the office of the superintendent of public instruction.

Summary

  • The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) must administer a state-supported early childhood education and assistance program to assist eligible children with educational, social, health, nutritional, and cultural development to enhance their opportunity for success in the common schools system. Administration and funding of the program will shift from CTED to OSPI no later than December 12, 2005.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5538), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 27, 2005
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Margarita Prentice (D-11)
Introduced
January 27, 2005 in the Senate
Last action
January 9, 2006
Companion bill
HB 1126
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to the early childhood education and assistance program;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Margarita Prentice (D-11)

18 co-sponsors (17 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Phil Rockefeller D-23Mark Doumit D-19Darlene Fairley D-32Rosemary McAuliffe D-1Mary Margaret Haugen D-10Jean Berkey D-38Marilyn Rasmussen D-2Karen Keiser D-33Debbie Regala D-27Adam Kline D-37Tracey Eide D-30Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36Lisa Brown D-3Pat Thibaudeau D-43Rosa Franklin D-29Brian Weinstein D-41Dave Schmidt R-44Paull Shin D-21

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Early Learning, K-12 & Higher Education.

SB 5538 in other sessions

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

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