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SB 6192: Educational opportunity gap

Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap, based on the recommendations of the educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee.

Summary

  • Makes a number of changes to student discipline law, including prohibiting certain types of suspensions and expulsions, limiting the length, and requiring policies and procedures.
  • Requires the development of cultural competence training for school staff and encourages the use of this training.
  • Mandates that teachers assigned to the Transitional Bilingual Instructional Program have a bilingual education or English language learner endorsement.
  • Directs the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to assist school districts in developing language proficiency instructional practices and evaluation.
  • Requires phased-in collection and reporting of student data further disaggregated by sub-racial and sub-ethnic categories and creation of a task force to provide guidance.
  • Creates a workgroup to revise high school-level career and technical education courses related to careers in education.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 6192), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 11, 2016
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
John McCoy (D-38)
Introduced
January 11, 2016 in the Senate
Last action
March 10, 2016
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap, based on the recommendations of the educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: John McCoy (D-38)

10 co-sponsors (10 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Christine Rolfes D-23Bob Hasegawa D-11Sharon Nelson D-34Pramila Jayapal D-37Maralyn Chase D-32Steve Conway D-29Marko Liias D-21Karen Fraser D-22Rosemary McAuliffe D-1Senator D-46

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
  3. Prefiled for introduction.

SB 6192 in other sessions

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