BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

SB 6130: Basic education obligation

Concerning the state's constitutional basic education obligation, including reducing overreliance on local levies.

Summary

Specifies that the legislative definition of basic education includes statewide salary allocations that are competitive and market based.
Re-codifies existing statutes addressing basic education in a single chapter.
Creates accounting and accountability procedures for monitoring the use of local funds and supplemental contracts.
Phases in new salaries for all school staff and implements a revised salary allocation model for teachers and other instructional certificated staff.
Requires a comparable wage analysis every four years to maintain competitive salaries.
Changes the local school district levy and local effort assistance processes.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 6130), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the state's constitutional basic education obligation, including reducing overreliance on local levies;

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.

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SB 6130 (2017–18) Community solar gardens · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6130 (2013–14) Liquor control brd officers · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6130 (2011–12) SEPA · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6130 (2009–10) Initiative measure no. 960 · Enacted · Chapter 4, Laws of 2010
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