Education agencies/OSPI

AN ACT Relating to promoting the efficiency and effectiveness of 1
education agencies by removing the requirement for the state board of 2
education, the Washington professional educator standards board, the 3
Washington state charter school commission, and the financial 4
education public-private partnership to reside in the office of the 5
superintendent of public instruction for administrative purposes and 6
by making other necessary changes to support independent 7
administration of each agency; amending RCW 28A.305.130, 28A.300.020, 8
28A.410.200, 28A.300.450, and 28A.710.070; adding a new section to 9
chapter 28A.305 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.410 RCW; 10
adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW; adding a new section to 11
chapter 28A.710 RCW; creating new sections; and providing an 12
effective date. 13
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:14
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that the state board 15
of education, the Washington professional educator standards board, 16
the Washington state charter school commission, and the financial 17
education public-private partnership were established as independent 18
agencies and at separate times, and were administratively housed 19
within the office of the superintendent of public instruction. The 20
legislature also finds that because each of these education agencies 21
H-0872.1
HOUSE BILL 1662
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representative Santos
Read first time 01/28/25. Referred to Committee on Education.
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has differing administrative needs, they may be better served by an 1
entity such as small agency services, which was established as a unit 2
within the department of enterprise services in 2014 for the purpose 3
of acting as the administrative agent for small agencies.4
Further, the legislature finds that each education agency has 5
unique policy and programmatic roles and it is in the public interest 6
for each entity to be efficient and reliable in developing policies, 7
providing services, and managing resources. 8
Therefore, the legislature intends to remove the requirement for 9
these education agencies to reside in the office of the 10
superintendent of public instruction for administrative purposes and 11
to allow the state board of education, the Washington professional 12
educator standards board, the Washington state charter school 13
commission, and the financial education public-private partnership to 14
pursue administrative services in a manner that optimizes each 15
agency's business needs efficiently and effectively.16
PART I17
ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION PLANNING18
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. (1) In order to ensure an effective and 19
efficient transition of administrative services, beginning in July 20
2025, the office of financial management shall coordinate with the 21
office of the superintendent of public instruction, the state board 22
of education, the Washington professional educator standards board, 23
the financial education public-private partnership, the Washington 24
state charter school commission, and other affected agencies to 25
support the transition to independent administrative services. 26
Support to these education agencies must include, but is not limited 27
to, assistance establishing accounts and agreements for state 28
administrative services, such as: Small agency services, the state 29
auditor's office, the attorney general's office, and other necessary 30
entities.31
(2) The state board of education, the Washington professional 32
educator standards board, the financial education public-private 33
partnership, and the Washington state charter school commission shall 34
each establish policies, procedures, and controls necessary to move 35
to independent administration of each education agency's business 36
services. 37
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(3) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall 1
continue to provide administrative services at a level commensurate 2
with the business needs for each education agency listed in 3
subsection (2) of this section through the fiscal close of the 4
2025-2026 fiscal year and provide each agency with necessary 5
information and documentation in a reasonable amount of time to meet 6
their planning needs and ensure an effective and efficient transfer 7
of administrative services. 8
PART II9
SEPARATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES10
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. Effective July 1, 2026, the state board of 11
education, the Washington professional educator standards board, the 12
financial education public-private partnership, and the Washington 13
state charter school commission shall make independent provision for 14
their administrative services. Each of these education agencies may 15
contract for all or any portion of their administrative services.16
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION17
Sec. 4. RCW 28A.305.130 and 2024 c 66 s 13 are each amended to 18
read as follows: 19
The purpose of the state board of education is to provide 20
advocacy and strategic oversight of public education; implement a 21
standards-based accountability framework that creates a unified 22
system of increasing levels of support for schools in order to 23
improve student academic achievement; provide leadership in the 24
creation of a system that personalizes education for each student and 25
respects diverse cultures, abilities, and learning styles; and 26
promote achievement of the goals of RCW 28A.150.210. In addition to 27
any other powers and duties as provided by law, the state board of 28
education shall: 29
(1) Hold regularly scheduled meetings at such time and place 30
within the state as the board shall determine and may hold such 31
special meetings as may be deemed necessary for the transaction of 32
public business; 33
(2) Form committees as necessary to effectively and efficiently 34
conduct the work of the board; 35
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(3) Seek advice from the public and interested parties regarding 1
the work of the board; 2
(4) Establish and enforce minimum high school graduation 3
requirements; 4
(5) For purposes of statewide accountability: 5
(a) Adopt and revise performance improvement goals in reading, 6
writing, science, and mathematics, by subject and grade level, once 7
assessments in these subjects are required statewide; academic and 8
technical skills, as appropriate, in secondary career and technical 9
education programs; and student attendance, as the board deems 10
appropriate to improve student learning. The goals shall be 11
consistent with student privacy protection provisions of RCW 12
28A.655.090(7) and shall not conflict with requirements contained in 13
Title I of the federal elementary and secondary education act of 14
1965, or the requirements of the Carl D. Perkins vocational education 15
act of 1998, each as amended. The goals may be established for all 16
students, economically disadvantaged students, limited English 17
proficient students, students with disabilities, and students who are 18
not meeting academic standards as defined in RCW 28A.165.015, 19
disaggregated as described in RCW 28A.300.042(1) for student-level 20
data. The board may establish school and school district goals 21
addressing high school graduation rates and dropout reduction goals 22
for students in grades seven through 12. The board shall adopt the 23
goals by rule. However, before each goal is implemented, the board 24
shall present the goal to the education committees of the house of 25
representatives and the senate for the committees' review and comment 26
in a time frame that will permit the legislature to take statutory 27
action on the goal if such action is deemed warranted by the 28
legislature; 29
(b)(i)(A) Identify the scores students must achieve in order to 30
meet the standard on the statewide student assessment, and the SAT or 31
the ACT if used to demonstrate career and college readiness under RCW 32
28A.230.710. The board shall also determine student scores that 33
identify levels of student performance below and beyond the standard. 34
The board shall set such performance standards and levels in 35
consultation with the superintendent of public instruction and after 36
consideration of any recommendations that may be developed by any 37
advisory committees that may be established for this purpose;38
(B) To permit the legislature to take any statutory action it 39
deems warranted before modified or newly established scores are 40
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implemented, the board shall notify the education committees of the 1
house of representatives and the senate of any scores that are 2
modified or established under (b)(i)(A) of this subsection on or 3
after July 28, 2019. The notifications required by this subsection 4
(5)(b)(i)(B) must be provided by November 30th of the year proceeding 5
the beginning of the school year in which the modified or established 6
scores will take effect; 7
(ii) The legislature intends to continue the implementation of 8
chapter 22, Laws of 2013 2nd sp. sess. when the legislature expressed 9
the intent for the state board of education to identify the student 10
performance standard that demonstrates a student's career and college 11
readiness for the 11th grade consortium-developed assessments. 12
Therefore, by December 1, 2018, the state board of education, in 13
consultation with the superintendent of public instruction, must 14
identify and report to the governor and the education policy and 15
fiscal committees of the legislature on the equivalent student 16
performance standard that a 10th grade student would need to achieve 17
on the state assessments to be on track to be career and college 18
ready at the end of the student's high school experience;19
(iii) The legislature shall be advised of the initial performance 20
standards and any changes made to the elementary, middle, and high 21
school level performance standards. The board must provide an 22
explanation of and rationale for all initial performance standards 23
and any changes, for all grade levels of the statewide student 24
assessment. If the board changes the performance standards for any 25
grade level or subject, the superintendent of public instruction must 26
recalculate the results from the previous 10 years of administering 27
that assessment regarding students below, meeting, and beyond the 28
state standard, to the extent that this data is available, and post a 29
comparison of the original and recalculated results on the 30
superintendent's website; 31
(c) Annually review the assessment reporting system to ensure 32
fairness, accuracy, timeliness, and equity of opportunity, especially 33
with regard to schools with special circumstances and unique 34
populations of students, and a recommendation to the superintendent 35
of public instruction of any improvements needed to the system; and36
(d) Include in the biennial report required under RCW 37
28A.305.035, information on the progress that has been made in 38
achieving goals adopted by the board; 39
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(6) Accredit, subject to such accreditation standards and 1
procedures as may be established by the state board of education, all 2
private schools that apply for accreditation, and approve, subject to 3
the provisions of RCW 28A.195.010, private schools carrying out a 4
program for any or all of the grades kindergarten through 12. 5
However, no private school may be approved that operates a 6
kindergarten program only and no private school shall be placed upon 7
the list of accredited schools so long as secret societies are 8
knowingly allowed to exist among its students by school officials;9
(7) Articulate with the institutions of higher education, 10
workforce representatives, and early learning policymakers and 11
providers to coordinate and unify the work of the public school 12
system; 13
(8) Hire an executive director ((and an administrative assistant 14
to reside in the office of the superintendent of public instruction 15
for administrative purposes. Any other personnel of the board shall 16
be appointed as provided by RCW 28A.300.020)). The board may delegate 17
to the executive director by resolution such duties as deemed 18
necessary to efficiently carry on the business of the board 19
including, but not limited to, the authority to employ an 20
administrative assistant and other necessary personnel and the 21
authority to enter into, amend, and terminate contracts on behalf of 22
the board. The executive director, administrative assistant, and all 23
((but one of the)) other personnel of the board are exempt from civil 24
service, together with other staff as now or hereafter designated as 25
exempt in accordance with chapter 41.06 RCW; and 26
(9) Adopt a seal ((that shall be kept in the office of the 27
superintendent of public instruction)). 28
Sec. 5. RCW 28A.300.020 and 2005 c 497 s 403 are each amended to 29
read as follows: 30
The superintendent of public instruction may appoint assistant 31
superintendents of public instruction, a deputy superintendent of 32
public instruction, and may employ such other assistants and clerical 33
help as are necessary to carry out the duties of the superintendent 34
((and the state board of education. However, the superintendent shall 35
employ without undue delay the executive director of the state board 36
of education and other state board of education office assistants and 37
clerical help, appointed by the state board under RCW 28A.305.130, 38
whose positions are allotted and funded in accordance with moneys 39
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appropriated exclusively for the operation of the state board of 1
education. The rate of compensation and termination of any such 2
executive director, state board office assistants, and clerical help 3
shall be subject to the prior consent of the state board of 4
education)). The assistant superintendents, deputy superintendent, 5
and such other officers and employees as are exempted from the 6
provisions of chapter 41.06 RCW, shall serve at the pleasure of the 7
superintendent ((or at the pleasure of the superintendent and the 8
state board of education as provided in this section. Expenditures by 9
the superintendent of public instruction for direct and indirect 10
support of the state board of education are valid operational 11
expenditures by and in behalf of the office of the superintendent of 12
public instruction)). 13
NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. A new section is added to chapter 28A.305 14
RCW to read as follows: 15
(1)(a) All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, 16
papers, or written material in the possession of the office of the 17
superintendent of public instruction held on behalf of the state 18
board of education must be delivered to the custody of the state 19
board of education. All cabinets, furniture, office equipment, and 20
other tangible property purchased on behalf of the state board of 21
education must be made available to the state board of education. All 22
funds, credits, or other assets held in connection with the powers, 23
functions, and duties of the state board of education must be 24
assigned to the state board of education. 25
(b) Any appropriations made to the office of the superintendent 26
of public instruction for carrying out the powers, functions, and 27
duties of the state board of education must, on the effective date of 28
this section, be transferred and credited to the state board of 29
education. 30
(c) Whenever any question arises as to the transfer of any 31
personnel, funds, books, documents, records, papers, files, 32
equipment, or other tangible property used or held in the exercise of 33
the powers and the performance of the duties and functions of the 34
state board of education, the director of financial management shall 35
make a determination as to the proper allocation and certify the same 36
to the state agencies concerned. 37
(2) All employees of the office of the superintendent of public 38
instruction employed on behalf of the state board of education are 39
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transferred to the jurisdiction of the state board of education 1
subject to review by the executive director of the state board of 2
education. All employees classified under chapter 41.06 RCW, the 3
state civil service law, are assigned to the state board of education 4
to perform their usual duties upon the same terms as formerly, 5
without any loss of rights, subject to any action that may be 6
appropriate thereafter in accordance with the laws and rules 7
governing state civil service. 8
(3) All existing contracts and obligations executed by the office 9
of the superintendent of public instruction on behalf of the state 10
board of education remain in full force and must be managed by the 11
state board of education. 12
(4) If apportionments of budgeted funds are required because of 13
the transfers directed by this section, the director of financial 14
management shall certify the apportionments to the agencies affected, 15
the state auditor, and the state treasurer. Each of these entities 16
shall make the appropriate transfer and adjustments in funds and 17
appropriation accounts and equipment records in accordance with the 18
certification. 19
WASHINGTON PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR STANDARDS BOARD20
Sec. 7. RCW 28A.410.200 and 2017 c 189 s 1 are each amended to 21
read as follows: 22
(1)(a) The Washington professional educator standards board is 23
created, consisting of twelve members to be appointed by the governor 24
to four-year terms and the superintendent of public instruction or 25
the superintendent's designee. On August 1, 2009, the board shall be 26
reduced to twelve members. 27
(b) Vacancies on the board shall be filled by appointment or 28
reappointment by the governor to terms of four years.29
(c) No person may serve as a member of the board for more than 30
two consecutive full four-year terms. 31
(d) The governor shall biennially appoint the chair of the board. 32
No board member may serve as chair for more than four consecutive 33
years. 34
(2) A majority of the members of the board shall be active 35
practitioners with the majority being classroom based. Membership on 36
the board shall include individuals having one or more of the 37
following: 38
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(a) Experience in one or more of the education roles for which 1
state preparation program approval is required and certificates 2
issued; 3
(b) Experience providing or leading a state-approved teacher or 4
educator preparation program; 5
(c) Experience providing mentoring and coaching to education 6
professionals or others; and 7
(d) Education-related community experience. 8
(3) In appointing board members, the governor shall consider the 9
individual's commitment to quality education and the ongoing 10
improvement of instruction, experiences in the public schools or 11
private schools, involvement in developing quality teaching 12
preparation and support programs, and vision for the most effective 13
yet practical system of assuring teaching quality. The governor shall 14
also consider the diversity of the population of the state.15
(4) All appointments to the board made by the governor are 16
subject to confirmation by the senate. 17
(5) Each member of the board shall be compensated in accordance 18
with RCW 43.03.240 and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses 19
incurred in carrying out the duties of the board in accordance with 20
RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060. 21
(6) The governor may remove a member of the board for neglect of 22
duty, misconduct, malfeasance or misfeasance in office, or for 23
incompetency or unprofessional conduct as defined in chapter 18.130 24
RCW. In such a case, the governor shall file with the secretary of 25
state a statement of the causes for and the order of removal from 26
office, and the secretary of state shall send a certified copy of the 27
statement of causes and order of removal to the last known post 28
office address of the member. 29
(7) Members of the board shall hire an executive director ((and 30
an administrative assistant to reside in the office of the 31
superintendent of public instruction for administrative purposes 32
only)). The board may delegate to the executive director by 33
resolution such duties as deemed necessary to efficiently carry on 34
the business of the board including, but not limited to, the 35
authority to employ an administrative assistant and other necessary 36
personnel and the authority to enter into, amend, and terminate 37
contracts on behalf of the board.38
(8) Members of the board may create informal advisory groups as 39
needed to inform the board's work. 40
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NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. A new section is added to chapter 28A.410 1
RCW to read as follows: 2
(1)(a) All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, 3
papers, or written material in the possession of the office of the 4
superintendent of public instruction held on behalf of the Washington 5
professional educator standards board must be delivered to the 6
custody of the Washington professional educator standards board. All 7
cabinets, furniture, office equipment, and other tangible property 8
purchased on behalf of the Washington professional educator standards 9
board must be made available to the Washington professional educator 10
standards board. All funds, credits, or other assets held in 11
connection with the powers, functions, and duties of the Washington 12
professional educator standards board must be assigned to the 13
Washington professional educator standards board. 14
(b) Any appropriations made to the office of the superintendent 15
of public instruction for carrying out the powers, functions, and 16
duties of the Washington professional educator standards board must, 17
on the effective date of this section, be transferred and credited to 18
the Washington professional educator standards board.19
(c) Whenever any question arises as to the transfer of any 20
personnel, funds, books, documents, records, papers, files, 21
equipment, or other tangible property used or held in the exercise of 22
the powers and the performance of the duties and functions of the 23
Washington professional educator standards board, the director of 24
financial management shall make a determination as to the proper 25
allocation and certify the same to the state agencies concerned.26
(2) All employees of the office of the superintendent of public 27
instruction employed on behalf of the Washington professional 28
educator standards board are transferred to the jurisdiction of the 29
Washington professional educator standards board subject to review by 30
the executive director of the Washington professional educator 31
standards board. All employees classified under chapter 41.06 RCW, 32
the state civil service law, are assigned to the Washington 33
professional educator standards board to perform their usual duties 34
upon the same terms as formerly, without any loss of rights, subject 35
to any action that may be appropriate thereafter in accordance with 36
the laws and rules governing state civil service. 37
(3) All existing contracts and obligations executed by the office 38
of the superintendent of public instruction on behalf of the 39
Washington professional educator standards board remain in full force 40
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and must be performed by the Washington professional educator 1
standards board. 2
(4) If apportionments of budgeted funds are required because of 3
the transfers directed by this section, the director of financial 4
management shall certify the apportionments to the agencies affected, 5
the state auditor, and the state treasurer. Each of these entities 6
shall make the appropriate transfer and adjustments in funds and 7
appropriation accounts and equipment records in accordance with the 8
certification. 9
FINANCIAL EDUCATION PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP10
Sec. 9. RCW 28A.300.450 and 2015 c 211 s 1 are each amended to 11
read as follows: 12
(1) A financial education public-private partnership is 13
established, composed of the following members: 14
(a) Four members of the legislature, with one member from each 15
caucus of the house of representatives appointed for a two-year term 16
of service by the speaker of the house of representatives, and one 17
member from each caucus of the senate appointed for a two-year term 18
of service by the president of the senate; 19
(b) Four representatives from the private for-profit and 20
nonprofit financial services sector, including at least one 21
representative from the jumpstart coalition, to be appointed for a 22
staggered two-year term of service by the governor;23
(c) Four teachers to be appointed for a staggered two-year term 24
of service by the superintendent of public instruction, with one each 25
representing the elementary, middle, secondary, and postsecondary 26
education sectors; 27
(d) A representative from the department of financial 28
institutions to be appointed for a two-year term of service by the 29
director; 30
(e) Two representatives from the office of the superintendent of 31
public instruction, with one involved in curriculum development and 32
one involved in teacher professional development, to be appointed for 33
a staggered two-year term of service by the superintendent; and34
(f) The state treasurer or the state treasurer's designee.35
(2) The chair of the partnership shall be selected by the members 36
of the partnership from among the legislative members.37
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(3) One-half of the members appointed under subsection (1)(b), 1
(c), and (e) of this section shall be appointed for a one-year term 2
beginning August 1, 2011, and a two-year term thereafter.3
(4)(a) To the extent funds are appropriated or are available for 4
this purpose, ((the partnership may hire a staff person who shall 5
reside in the office of the superintendent of public instruction for 6
administrative purposes )) the partnership may hire an executive 7
director. Additional technical and logistical support may be provided 8
by the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the 9
department of financial institutions, the organizations composing the 10
partnership, ((and)) other participants in the financial education 11
public-private partnership , and other providers of administrative 12
services as deemed appropriate by the partnership.13
(b) The partnership may delegate to the executive director by 14
resolution such duties as deemed necessary to efficiently carry on 15
the business of the partnership including, but not limited to, the 16
authority to employ other necessary personnel and the authority to 17
enter into, amend, and terminate contracts on behalf of the 18
partnership. 19
(5) The initial members of the partnership shall be appointed by 20
August 1, 2011. 21
(6) Legislative members of the partnership shall receive per diem 22
and travel under RCW 44.04.120. 23
(7) Travel and other expenses of members of the partnership shall 24
be provided by the agency, association, or organization that member 25
represents. Teachers appointed as members by the superintendent of 26
public instruction may be paid their travel expenses in accordance 27
with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 from funds available in the 28
Washington financial education public-private partnership account. If 29
the attendance of a teacher member at an official meeting of the 30
partnership results in a need for a school district to employ a 31
substitute, payment for the substitute may be made by the 32
((superintendent of public instruction )) partnership from funds 33
available in the Washington financial education public-private 34
partnership account. A school district must release a teacher member 35
to attend an official meeting of the partnership if the partnership 36
pays the district for a substitute or pays the travel expenses of the 37
teacher member. 38
(8) This section shall be implemented to the extent funds are 39
available. 40
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NEW SECTION. Sec. 10. A new section is added to chapter 28A.300 1
RCW to read as follows: 2
(1)(a) All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, 3
papers, or written material in the possession of the office of the 4
superintendent of public instruction held on behalf of the financial 5
education public-private partnership must be delivered to the custody 6
of the financial education public-private partnership. All cabinets, 7
furniture, office equipment, and other tangible property purchased on 8
behalf of the financial education public-private partnership must be 9
made available to the financial education public-private partnership. 10
All funds, credits, or other assets held in connection with the 11
powers, functions, and duties of the financial education public-12
private partnership must be assigned to the financial education 13
public-private partnership. 14
(b) Any appropriations made to the office of the superintendent 15
of public instruction for carrying out the powers, functions, and 16
duties of the financial education public-private partnership must, on 17
the effective date of this section, be transferred and credited to 18
the financial education public-private partnership.19
(c) Whenever any question arises as to the transfer of any 20
personnel, funds, books, documents, records, papers, files, 21
equipment, or other tangible property used or held in the exercise of 22
the powers and the performance of the duties and functions of the 23
financial education public-private partnership, the director of 24
financial management shall make a determination as to the proper 25
allocation and certify the same to the state agencies concerned.26
(2) All employees of the office of the superintendent of public 27
instruction employed on behalf of the financial education public-28
private partnership are transferred to the jurisdiction of the 29
financial education public-private partnership subject to review by 30
the executive director of the financial education public-private 31
partnership. All employees classified under chapter 41.06 RCW, the 32
state civil service law, are assigned to the financial education 33
public-private partnership to perform their usual duties upon the 34
same terms as formerly, without any loss of rights, subject to any 35
action that may be appropriate thereafter in accordance with the laws 36
and rules governing state civil service. 37
(3) All existing contracts and obligations executed by the office 38
of the superintendent of public instruction on behalf of the 39
financial education public-private partnership remain in full force 40
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and must be performed by the financial education public-private 1
partnership. 2
(4) If apportionments of budgeted funds are required because of 3
the transfers directed by this section, the director of financial 4
management shall certify the apportionments to the agencies affected, 5
the state auditor, and the state treasurer. Each of these entities 6
shall make the appropriate transfer and adjustments in funds and 7
appropriation accounts and equipment records in accordance with the 8
certification. 9
WASHINGTON STATE CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION10
Sec. 11. RCW 28A.710.070 and 2023 c 356 s 4 are each amended to 11
read as follows: 12
(1) The Washington state charter school commission is established 13
as an independent state agency whose mission is to:14
(a) Authorize high quality charter public schools throughout the 15
state, especially schools that are designed to expand opportunities 16
for at-risk students; 17
(b) Ensure the highest standards of accountability and oversight 18
for these schools; and 19
(c) Hold charter school boards accountable for: Ensuring that 20
students of charter public schools have opportunities for academic 21
success; and exercising effective educational, operational, and 22
financial oversight of charter public schools. 23
(2) The commission shall, through its management, supervision, 24
and enforcement of the charter contracts and pursuant to applicable 25
law, administer the charter schools it authorizes in the same manner 26
as a school district board of directors administers other schools.27
(3)(a) The commission shall consist of: 28
(i) Nine appointed members; 29
(ii) The superintendent of public instruction or the 30
superintendent's designee; and 31
(iii) The chair of the state board of education or the chair's 32
designee. 33
(b) Appointments to the commission shall be as follows: Three 34
members shall be appointed by the governor; three members shall be 35
appointed by the senate, with two members appointed by the leader of 36
the largest caucus of the senate and one member appointed by the 37
leader of the minority caucus of the senate; and three members shall 38
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be appointed by the house of representatives, with two members 1
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and one 2
member appointed by the leader of the minority caucus of the house of 3
representatives. The appointing authorities shall assure diversity 4
among commission members, including representation from various 5
geographic areas of the state and shall assure that at least one 6
member is the parent of a Washington public school student.7
(4) Members appointed to the commission shall collectively 8
possess strong experience and expertise in public and nonprofit 9
governance; management and finance; public school leadership, 10
assessment, curriculum, and instruction; and public education law. 11
All appointed members shall have demonstrated an understanding of and 12
commitment to charter schooling as a strategy for strengthening 13
public education. 14
(5) Appointed members shall serve four -year, staggered terms. The 15
initial appointments from each of the appointing authorities must 16
consist of one member appointed to a one -year term, one member 17
appointed to a two -year term, and one member appointed to a 18
three-year term, all of whom thereafter may be reappointed for a 19
four-year term. No appointed member may serve more than two 20
consecutive terms. Initial appointments must be made by July 1, 2016.21
(6) Whenever a vacancy on the commission exists among its 22
appointed membership, the original appointing authority must appoint 23
a member for the remaining portion of the term within no more than 24
thirty days. 25
(7) Commission members shall serve without compensation but may 26
be reimbursed for travel expenses as authorized in RCW 43.03.050 and 27
43.03.060. 28
(8) The commission may hire an executive director and may employ 29
staff as necessary to carry out its duties under this chapter. The 30
commission may delegate to the executive director the duties as 31
necessary to effectively and efficiently execute the business of the 32
commission, including the authority to employ necessary staff. In 33
accordance with RCW 41.06.070, the executive director and the 34
executive director's confidential secretary are exempt from the 35
provisions of chapter 41.06 RCW. 36
(9) ((The commission shall reside within the office of the 37
superintendent of public instruction for administrative purposes 38
only.39
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(10))) RCW 28A.710.090 and 28A.710.120 do not apply to the 1
commission. 2
NEW SECTION. Sec. 12. A new section is added to chapter 28A.710 3
RCW to read as follows: 4
(1)(a) All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, 5
papers, or written material in the possession of the office of the 6
superintendent of public instruction held on behalf of the commission 7
must be delivered to the custody of the commission. All cabinets, 8
furniture, office equipment, and other tangible property purchased on 9
behalf of the commission must be made available to the commission. 10
All funds, credits, or other assets held in connection with the 11
powers, functions, and duties of the commission must be assigned to 12
the commission. 13
(b) Any appropriations made to the office of the superintendent 14
of public instruction for carrying out the powers, functions, and 15
duties of the commission must, on the effective date of this section, 16
be transferred and credited to the commission. 17
(c) Whenever any question arises as to the transfer of any 18
personnel, funds, books, documents, records, papers, files, 19
equipment, or other tangible property used or held in the exercise of 20
the powers and the performance of the duties and functions of the 21
commission, the director of financial management shall make a 22
determination as to the proper allocation and certify the same to the 23
state agencies concerned. 24
(2) All employees of the office of the superintendent of public 25
instruction employed on behalf of the commission are transferred to 26
the jurisdiction of the commission subject to review by the executive 27
director of the commission. All employees classified under chapter 28
41.06 RCW, the state civil service law, are assigned to the 29
commission to perform their usual duties upon the same terms as 30
formerly, without any loss of rights, subject to any action that may 31
be appropriate thereafter in accordance with the laws and rules 32
governing state civil service. 33
(3) All existing contracts and obligations executed by the office 34
of the superintendent of public instruction on behalf of the 35
commission shall remain in full force and must be performed by the 36
commission. 37
(4) If apportionments of budgeted funds are required because of 38
the transfers directed by this section, the director of financial 39
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management shall certify the apportionments to the agencies affected, 1
the state auditor, and the state treasurer. Each of these entities 2
shall make the appropriate transfer and adjustments in funds and 3
appropriation accounts and equipment records in accordance with the 4
certification. 5
PART III6
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS7
NEW SECTION. Sec. 13. Sections 3 through 12 of this act take 8
effect July 1, 2026.9
NEW SECTION. Sec. 14. If specific funding for the purposes of 10
this act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not 11
provided by June 30, 2025, in the omnibus appropriations act, this 12
act is null and void.13
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