BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

HB 2231: State assessment requiremnts

Reducing costs by reducing state assessment requirements.

Summary

Removes requirements for the state assessment system to include an assessment of writing.
Makes the assessment of high school mathematics based on one end-of-course assessment rather than two.
Removes authority for the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to develop high school science assessments in subjects in addition to Biology.
Repeals authority for the SPI to phase-in required implementation of a kindergarten readiness assessment process in schools with state-funded all-day kindergarten.
Removes the state high school assessments as a high school graduation requirement and repeals all references to the Certificate of Academic Achievement and Certificate of Individual Achievement.

From the House Bill Analysis 2012 (HB 2231), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to reducing costs by reducing state assessment requirements;

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.

HB 2231 (2025–26) Felonies/postsecondary inst. · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2231 (2023–24) Law enforcement funding · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2231 (2019–20) Bail jumping · Enacted · Chapter 19, Laws of 2020
HB 2231 (2017–18) GMA/rail dependent uses · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2231 (2015–16) Fair mrket/ed, pub serv T.O. · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2231 (2013–14) Legal financial obligations · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2231 (2009–10) Reimbursing taxing districts · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2231 (2007–08) Consumers' fin awareness · Did not pass · died in committee