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BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

HB 2428: School governing/alternative

Establishing alternative forms of governance for certain public schools.

Summary

  • Authorizes the establishment of up to 50 charter schools, which are tuition-free public schools within the state system of common schools.
  • Specifies the nature, powers, and responsibilities of charter applicants, charter school boards, charter authorizers, and charter contracts.
  • Requires the State Board of Education to approve and oversee charter authorizers.
  • Provides for the allocation of state funds to support charter schools and exempts them from most state laws pertaining to other public schools.
  • Establishes the Transformation Zone District (TZD), a statewide school district headed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) into which persistently lowest-performing schools may be temporarily transferred.
  • Specifics the powers and responsibilities of the SPI, the process for transferring a school into the TZD and returning it to its original school district based on performance improvement.

From the House Bill Analysis 2012 (HB 2428), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 13, 2012
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Eric Pettigrew (D-37)
Introduced
January 13, 2012 in the House
Last action
April 11, 2012
Companion bill
SB 6202
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to establishing alternative forms of governance for certain public schools;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Eric Pettigrew (D-37)

15 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 11 Republicans)

Glenn Anderson R-5Fred Finn D-35Cathy Dahlquist R-31Deb Eddy D-48Larry Springer D-45Paul Harris R-17Larry Seaquist D-26Bill Hinkle R-13Maureen Walsh R-16Hans Zeiger R-25Larry Haler R-8J.T. Wilcox R-2Mark Hargrove R-47Susan Fagan R-9Cary Condotta R-12

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. First reading, referred to Education.

HB 2428 in other sessions

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

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