BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

SB 6615: School staff funding

Concerning staff funding for school districts.

Summary

Adjusts the values of prototypical elementary, middle, and high schools to be 500 students each.
Phases in reduced class sizes, including additional reduced values for high poverty schools.
Phases in increased minimum allocation amounts for staff and adds a new position titled "continuous improvement coaches."
Phases in increased minimum allocation amounts for district wide support services.
Phases in funding for professional learning days for all state-funded school staff.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 6615), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to staff funding for school districts;

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 6615 (2017–18) Accountable communities/tax · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6615 (2015–16) Prevailing wage requirements · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6615 (2011–12) Liquor revenue · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6615 (2009–10) Parks and recreation support · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6615 (2007–08) Watershed mgmt partnership · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6615 (2005–06) Social card games · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6615 (2003–04) Developmentally disabled · Enacted · Chapter 258, Laws of 2004
SB 6615 (2001–02) Hydraulic project approvals · Did not pass · died in committee