BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

SB 6397: Public schools

Concerning public schools.

Summary

Modifies salary and regionalization provisions.
Creates a technical working group and a School Employee Salary Council to recommend changes to the basic education salary allocations to ensure they are aligned with the costs.
Revises the references to two inflation measures: the implicit price deflator (IPD) and the consumer price index.
Exempts specified additional compensation from the temporary limitations on salary increases.
Eliminates the $2,500 maximum per pupil limit for local levies for small school districts.
Increases the $2,500 maximum per pupil limit for local levies to $3,000 per pupil for districts subject to the limit.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 6397), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to 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 6397 (2019–20) Nonparticipating providers · Enacted · Chapter 260, Laws of 2020
SB 6397 (2015–16) State & local fiscal agents · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6397 (2013–14) LEOFF restrictions · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6397 (2011–12) Pesticide drift · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6397 (2009–10) Child pornography/internet · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6397 (2007–08) Park vendors · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6397 (2005–06) Comm & tech college salaries · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6397 (2003–04) Emergency medical personnel · Did not pass · died in committee