BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

SB 6202: School governing/alternative

Establishing alternative forms of governance for certain public schools.

Summary

Establishes the authority and process for creating and operating a limited number of state-funded public charter schools that operate independently of most state laws and rules.
Creates the Transformation Zone District (TZD) as an office within the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and provides a process for OSPI to contract with a Learning Management Organization (LMO) to manage and operate persistently lowest-achieving schools that have been temporarily transferred from their original school districts to the jurisdiction of the TZD.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 6202), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

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

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 6202 (2025–26) Medicaid/fertility services · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6202 (2023–24) Tourism promotion exemptions · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6202 (2019–20) Robbery 2 resentencing · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6202 (2017–18) Election security practices · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6202 (2015–16) National guard empl. rights · Enacted · Chapter 12, Laws of 2016
SB 6202 (2013–14) State lottery revenue · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6202 (2009–10) Vulnerable adults · Enacted · Chapter 133, Laws of 2010
SB 6202 (2007–08) Public office defamation · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor