Enacting provisions to improve educational outcomes for homeless students.
Summary
Requires the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to report data on homeless students , which must be disaggregated by subgroups of students at both the state and district levels, to the Governor and the Legislature.
Requires the OSPI to post on its website a short video that provides information on identifying and providing support to homeless students, and why these activities are critical to student success.
Requires the OSPI to adopt and distribute best practices for choosing and training district-designated homeless student liaisons.
Requires school districts to report the dropout rates for homeless students in grades 7 through 12 to the OSPI.
Requires school districts to strongly encourage additional training for staff and homeless student liaisons annually.
Requires school districts to include information about services and support for homeless students in existing information distributed with enrollment or annual information .
From the Substitute House Bill Report (SSB 6074), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗