BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

SB 5188: Remedial postsecondary edu

Requiring school districts to provide remedial postsecondary education or to pay for the cost.

Summary

Finds that: (1) Some students who have recently graduated from high school must immediately enroll in one or more remedial or precollege classes at Washington's public colleges and universities before they can proceed successfully through college; and (2) These students should have received basic skills in English, reading, spelling, grammar, study skills, and mathematics before graduating from high school.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to remedial postsecondary education;

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 5188 (2025–26) Broadband repair loans · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5188 (2023–24) Operating budget, supp. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5188 (2021–22) Public financial cooperative · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5188 (2019–20) Expanded learning opp. prgs. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5188 (2017–18) Natural disaster/tax classif · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5188 (2015–16) Eminent domain, limiting · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5188 (2013–14) Wolves/commercial livestock · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5188 (2011–12) Traffic control signals · Enacted · Chapter 85, Laws of 2012