BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

HB 2653: Kindergarten assessment bias

Determining cultural bias in kindergarten assessments.

Summary

Directs the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene a 10-member work group (work group) to have the Washington Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills materials reviewed by experts trained in identifying cultural bias and by representatives of culturally and linguistically diverse subgroups.
Establishes membership and duties for the work group and directs it to submit two reports to legislative and other recipients by December 1, 2020, and December 1, 2021.
Repeals expired provisions relating to a 2012 implementation and administration Washington Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills work group, and implementation waivers that the Superintendent of Public Instruction was authorized to issue.

From the House Bill Analysis 2020 (HB 2653), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to determining cultural bias in kindergarten assessments;

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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HB 2653 (2015–16) Personalized handgun taxes · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2653 (2013–14) Higher ed degree production · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2653 (2011–12) Infrastructure statutes · Enacted · Chapter 111, Laws of 2012
HB 2653 (2009–10) Greenhouse gas reporting · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2653 (2007–08) Vendor rates/cost shifting · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2653 (2005–06) Human body parts · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor