BILL · 2019–20 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6505

SB 6505: Dual credit direct costs

Expanding access to dual credit opportunities by eliminating direct costs to students and families.

Summary

Requires institutions of higher education to waive most fees for Running Start students beginning in the 2022-23 school year, and ensure Running Start students are not charged for course books, fees, and supplies beginning in the 2023-24 school year.
Gives institutions of higher education the sole jurisdiction in determining whether a student is competent to benefit from the Running Start program.
Establishes that the maximum per-credit tuition fee for College-in-the-High School (CiHS) is to be adjusted by inflation.
Allows ninth grade students to be eligible for the CiHS program.
Requires school districts to cover direct costs for exam-based dual-credit courses and CiHS courses beginning in the 2021-22 school year, and career and technical education dual credit courses beginning with the 2022-23 school year.
Creates a dual credit task force to be convened by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6505), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

AN ACT Relating to expanding access to dual credit opportunities by eliminating direct costs to students and families;

No recorded floor votes.

Feb 24, 2020Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 6505)
Feb 24, 2020Senate Rules "X" file.
Feb 17, 2020Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (SSB 6505)
Feb 17, 2020Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 7, 2020EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6505)
Feb 7, 2020Minority; without recommendation. (SSB 6505)
Feb 7, 2020Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 6505)
Feb 7, 2020Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 7, 2020Minority; without recommendation.
Feb 7, 2020EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 20, 2020First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 6505 (2017–18) Accessory dwelling units · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6505 (2015–16) Corps. & money in politics · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6505 (2013–14) Marijuana industry/tax prefs · Enacted · Chapter 140, Laws of 2014
SB 6505 (2011–12) Self-insured employers · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6505 (2009–10) SR 99 Alaskan Way tolls · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6505 (2007–08) Nutrition labeling · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6505 (2005–06) Drug paraphernalia · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6505 (2003–04) Fire suppression · Did not pass · died in committee