BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5237

SB 5237: Education law noncompliance

Establishing complaint procedures to address noncompliance with certain state education laws.

Summary

Directs the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to establish procedures to investigate and address complaints alleging noncompliance with state laws concerning civil rights; harassment, intimidation, and bullying; certain curriculum requirements; the use of restraint or isolation on a student; and student discipline.
Requires school districts to submit compliance action plans if OSPI finds noncompliance with any of these state laws and allows OSPI to impose certain consequences.
Amends the oath that elected or appointed school directors take to include that they must support Washington laws.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to establishing complaint procedures to address noncompliance with certain state education laws;

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

Jan 8, 2024By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5237)
Jan 8, 2024By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jan 27, 2023Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 5237)
Jan 27, 2023Referred to Ways & Means.
Jan 26, 2023And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 5237)
Jan 26, 2023EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5237)
Jan 26, 2023Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5237)
Jan 26, 2023Minority; do not pass.
Jan 26, 2023EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 26, 2023And refer to Ways & Means.
Jan 10, 2023First 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 5237 (2025–26) Unattended child in vehicle · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5237 (2021–22) Child care & early dev. exp. · Enacted · Chapter 199, Laws of 2021
SB 5237 (2019–20) Marcus Whitman statues · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5237 (2017–18) Workforce invest. act refs. · Enacted · Chapter 39, Laws of 2017
SB 5237 (2015–16) Public collective bargaining · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5237 (2013–14) Student performance/reading · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5237 (2011–12) Office of open records · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5237 (2009–10) Three-year baccalaureate deg · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House