Education data/P20W system

AN ACT Relating to increasing coordination and alignment 1
throughout the P20W system including early learning, K-12 education, 2
postsecondary education and career pathways, and workforce; 3
reenacting and amending RCW 43.79A.040 and 43.79A.040; adding new 4
sections to chapter 43.41 RCW; creating a new section; providing an 5
effective date; and providing an expiration date. 6
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:7
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature recognizes that 8
equitable and accessible pathways across Washington's P20W system 9
require greater alignment and coordination among state agencies, 10
educational institutions, and workforce partners. The legislature 11
further acknowledges the significant role that the philanthropic 12
community can play in advancing efforts from early learning through 13
K-12 education, postsecondary education, and into the workforce. At 14
each transition point in the continuum, opportunities exist to 15
strengthen internal coordination and build upon ongoing initiatives 16
across the sectors. The legislature also recognizes that the absence 17
of shared metrics to assess statewide progress and accountability 18
toward common goals limits the P20W system's ability to achieve 19
equitable outcomes for all Washingtonians and may make it difficult 20
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SENATE BILL 6089
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By Senators Slatter, Wellman, Nobles, and C. Wilson
Read first time 01/13/26. Referred to Committee on Early Learning &
K-12 Education.
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for the philanthropic community to understand where their efforts 1
could make the most impact within the entirety of the system.2
(2) The legislature therefore intends to enhance Washington's 3
education and workforce landscape by establishing a structured 4
partnership between the state and the philanthropic community. This 5
partnership is intended to identify, elevate, and support the work 6
and visions already being pursued across the P20W continuum, and to 7
create an official venue for aligning funding priorities, 8
coordinating efforts, and fostering collaboration. Through this 9
partnership, the state and the philanthropic community will work 10
together to strengthen existing initiatives and communicate shared 11
priorities in a clear and coordinated manner to the broader public.12
(3) The legislature further intends to review and compile the 13
ongoing and historical work of state agencies, councils, and advisory 14
boards to identify current goals, strategies, and plans. Building 15
upon this foundation, the state, in collaboration with the 16
philanthropic community, will determine where targeted partnerships 17
can advance, expand, or better support policies and programs that 18
align with shared commitments of equity and student success. The 19
legislature intends that this process will strengthen and update 20
Washington's P20W system to address the state's evolving needs, 21
support long-term implementation of these shared priorities, and 22
increase transparency and public understanding of the system's 23
direction. 24
(4) The legislature finds that improved alignment, coordination, 25
and transparent communication, supported through strong state-26
philanthropic partnerships, will enhance student preparation for an 27
increasingly global economy and ensure Washington continues to lead 28
in providing a robust, inclusive P20W system from early learning 29
through K-12 education, postsecondary pathways, and the workforce.30
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 43.41 31
RCW to read as follows: 32
(1) For the purposes of this section and section 3 of this act, 33
"P20W" means prekindergarten to grade 20 to workforce and encompasses 34
the transitions from early learning to K-12 education to 35
postsecondary education and career pathways to workforce. Career 36
pathways include, but are not limited to, apprenticeships, 37
certification, and licensure programs. 38
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(2) The P20W public-private partnership account is created in the 1
custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from gifts, grants, or 2
endowments from public or private sources, federal funds, any 3
appropriations made by the legislature, or other sources for the 4
purposes specified in subsection (3) of this section and section 3 of 5
this act must be deposited in the account. 6
(3) Expenditures from the account may be used only for:7
(a) The office of financial management to contract with a 8
nonprofit organization with expertise in national and Washington 9
state comparative education policy development to identify ongoing 10
and historical work undertaken by state agencies, councils, advisory 11
boards, and the philanthropic community related to the P20W system. 12
The contracted nonprofit organization shall facilitate increased 13
coordination and alignment between the state and the philanthropic 14
community in support of implementing the state's P20W vision; and15
(b) The office of financial management to contract with a 16
nonprofit organization with relevant expertise related to Washington 17
data systems to create a public-facing P20W data dashboard.18
(4)(a) The activities described in this section must be conducted 19
under a contract that is in accordance with section 3 of this act, 20
and the office of financial management and any selected nonprofit 21
organization must negotiate specific performance expectations.22
(b) The office of financial management may contract with the same 23
nonprofit organization for both purposes described in subsection (3) 24
of this section but is not required to do so. 25
(5) Only the director of the office of financial management or 26
the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. 27
The account is subject to the allotment procedures under chapter 28
43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.29
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 43.41 30
RCW to read as follows: 31
(1)(a) A nonprofit organization receiving funding from the P20W 32
public-private partnership account under section 2 (3)(a) of this act 33
must convene an advisory group with stakeholders representing the 34
P20W system. In developing its recommendations required in (b) of 35
this subsection, the advisory committee must engage with 36
representatives of tribes and subgroups representing the regional, 37
racial, and cultural diversity of all children and families in 38
Washington state, including those with specialized needs.39
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(b) The advisory group must develop recommendations related to 1
the state's P20W education vision, including: 2
(i) A plan for coordinating and aligning new philanthropic 3
contributions in a manner that best complements the state's ongoing 4
investments across the P20W system, ensuring that such resources are 5
used effectively to advance shared statewide goals;6
(ii) Aligning systems and existing efforts within each sector of 7
the P20W system to improve academic achievement; 8
(iii) Increasing postsecondary access and economic mobility 9
opportunities; 10
(iv) Improving the use of existing data and measurements, 11
including reviewing the statewide indicators of educational system 12
health established under RCW 28A.150.550 and other relevant 13
performance indicators within each sector of the P20W system, and 14
determining if these indicators could be updated and more connected 15
with the P20W system; 16
(v) Increasing public transparency and identifying ways to better 17
communicate the state's P20W education vision to students, families, 18
and the broader community; 19
(vi) Fostering innovative approaches to education; and20
(vii) Easing the transition from early learning to K-12 education 21
to postsecondary education and career pathways to workforce.22
(c) By July 1, 2027, and in compliance with RCW 43.01.036, the 23
nonprofit organization must submit a report to the relevant 24
committees of the legislature and the philanthropic community with 25
the advisory group's recommendations under (b) of this subsection.26
(2)(a) By November 1, 2027, a nonprofit organization receiving 27
funding from the P20W public-private partnership account under 28
section 2 (3)(b) of this act must create a public-facing P20W data 29
dashboard for the public that connects existing data systems and 30
makes this data more accessible for the public to see how the state 31
is making progress on its P20W education vision. 32
(b) The nonprofit organization must take into account the 33
relevant work already under way at state agencies and any existing 34
state data or data dashboards available. 35
(c) The dashboard must include reporting on students' educational 36
outcomes for diverse student populations, including students with 37
disabilities, English learners, students of color, and students from 38
low-income families. The dashboard must include multiple measures of 39
system inputs, milestones, student well-being, early learning, and 40
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student progress toward career and college readiness, to the extent 1
data is available. The data provided in the dashboard must be 2
disaggregated as provided under RCW 28A.300.042(1), to the extent 3
data is available. 4
Sec. 4. RCW 43.79A.040 and 2025 c 399 s 13 and 2025 c 190 s 3 5
are each reenacted and amended to read as follows: 6
(1) Money in the treasurer's trust fund may be deposited, 7
invested, and reinvested by the state treasurer in accordance with 8
RCW 43.84.080 in the same manner and to the same extent as if the 9
money were in the state treasury, and may be commingled with moneys 10
in the state treasury for cash management and cash balance purposes.11
(2) All income received from investment of the treasurer's trust 12
fund must be set aside in an account in the treasury trust fund to be 13
known as the investment income account. 14
(3) The investment income account may be utilized for the payment 15
of purchased banking services on behalf of treasurer's trust funds 16
including, but not limited to, depository, safekeeping, and 17
disbursement functions for the state treasurer or affected state 18
agencies. The investment income account is subject in all respects to 19
chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for payments to 20
financial institutions. Payments must occur prior to distribution of 21
earnings set forth in subsection (4) of this section.22
(4)(a) Monthly, the state treasurer must distribute the earnings 23
credited to the investment income account to the state general fund 24
except under (b), (c), and (d) of this subsection.25
(b) The following accounts and funds must receive their 26
proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's or fund's 27
average daily balance for the period: The 24/7 sobriety account, the 28
Washington promise scholarship account, the Gina Grant Bull memorial 29
legislative page scholarship account, the Rosa Franklin legislative 30
internship program scholarship account, P20W public-private 31
partnership account, the Washington advanced college tuition payment 32
program account, the Washington college savings program account, the 33
accessible communities account, the Washington achieving a better 34
life experience program account, the Washington career and college 35
pathways innovation challenge program account, the community and 36
technical college innovation account, the agricultural local fund, 37
the American Indian scholarship endowment fund, the behavioral health 38
loan repayment and scholarship program account, the Billy Frank Jr. 39
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national statuary hall collection fund, the foster care scholarship 1
endowment fund, the foster care endowed scholarship trust fund, the 2
contract harvesting revolving account, the Washington state combined 3
fund drive account, the county 911 excise tax account, the county 4
road administration board emergency loan account, the toll collection 5
account, the developmental disabilities endowment trust fund, the 6
energy account, the energy facility site evaluation council account, 7
the fair fund, the family and medical leave insurance account, the 8
Fern Lodge maintenance account, the fish and wildlife federal lands 9
revolving account, the natural resources federal lands revolving 10
account, the food animal veterinarian conditional scholarship 11
account, the forest health revolving account, the fruit and vegetable 12
inspection account, the educator conditional scholarship account, the 13
game farm alternative account, the GET ready for math and science 14
scholarship account, the Washington global health technologies and 15
product development account, the grain inspection revolving fund, the 16
Washington history day account, the industrial insurance rainy day 17
fund, the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 expense 18
fund, the local tourism promotion account, the low-income home 19
rehabilitation account, the medication for people living with HIV 20
rebate revenue account, the homeowner recovery account, the 21
multiagency permitting team account, the northeast Washington wolf-22
livestock management account, the pollution liability insurance 23
program trust account, the public use general aviation airport loan 24
revolving account, the regional transportation investment district 25
account, the rural rehabilitation account, the Washington sexual 26
assault kit account, the stadium and exhibition center account, the 27
youth athletic facility account, the self-insurance revolving fund, 28
the children's trust fund, the Washington horse racing commission 29
Washington bred owners' bonus fund and breeder awards account, the 30
Washington horse racing commission class C purse fund account, the 31
individual development account program account, the Washington horse 32
racing commission operating account, the life sciences discovery 33
fund, the Washington state library-archives building account, the 34
reduced cigarette ignition propensity account, the center for deaf 35
and hard of hearing youth account, the school for the blind account, 36
the public employees' and retirees' insurance reserve fund, the 37
school employees' benefits board insurance reserve fund, the public 38
employees' and retirees' insurance account, the school employees' 39
insurance account, the long-term services and supports trust account, 40
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the radiation perpetual maintenance fund, the Indian health 1
improvement reinvestment account, the department of licensing tuition 2
recovery trust fund, the student achievement council tuition recovery 3
trust fund, the tuition recovery trust fund, the industrial insurance 4
premium refund account, the mobile home park relocation fund, the 5
natural resources deposit fund, the Washington state health insurance 6
pool account, the federal forest revolving account, the Washington 7
saves administrative trust account, and the library operations 8
account. 9
(c) The following accounts and funds must receive 80 percent of 10
their proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's or 11
fund's average daily balance for the period: The advance right-of-way 12
revolving fund, the advanced environmental mitigation revolving 13
account, the federal narcotics asset forfeitures account, the high 14
occupancy vehicle account, the local rail service assistance account, 15
and the miscellaneous transportation programs account.16
(d) Any state agency that has independent authority over accounts 17
or funds not statutorily required to be held in the custody of the 18
state treasurer that deposits funds into a fund or account in the 19
custody of the state treasurer pursuant to an agreement with the 20
office of the state treasurer shall receive its proportionate share 21
of earnings based upon each account's or fund's average daily balance 22
for the period. 23
(5) In conformance with Article II, section 37 of the state 24
Constitution, no trust accounts or funds shall be allocated earnings 25
without the specific affirmative directive of this section.26
Sec. 5. RCW 43.79A.040 and 2025 c 399 s 14 and 2025 c 190 s 4 27
are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:28
(1) Money in the treasurer's trust fund may be deposited, 29
invested, and reinvested by the state treasurer in accordance with 30
RCW 43.84.080 in the same manner and to the same extent as if the 31
money were in the state treasury, and may be commingled with moneys 32
in the state treasury for cash management and cash balance purposes.33
(2) All income received from investment of the treasurer's trust 34
fund must be set aside in an account in the treasury trust fund to be 35
known as the investment income account. 36
(3) The investment income account may be utilized for the payment 37
of purchased banking services on behalf of treasurer's trust funds 38
including, but not limited to, depository, safekeeping, and 39
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disbursement functions for the state treasurer or affected state 1
agencies. The investment income account is subject in all respects to 2
chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for payments to 3
financial institutions. Payments must occur prior to distribution of 4
earnings set forth in subsection (4) of this section.5
(4)(a) Monthly, the state treasurer must distribute the earnings 6
credited to the investment income account to the state general fund 7
except under (b), (c), and (d) of this subsection. 8
(b) The following accounts and funds must receive their 9
proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's or fund's 10
average daily balance for the period: The 24/7 sobriety account, the 11
Washington promise scholarship account, the Gina Grant Bull memorial 12
legislative page scholarship account, the Rosa Franklin legislative 13
internship program scholarship account, P20W public-private 14
partnership account, the Washington advanced college tuition payment 15
program account, the Washington college savings program account, the 16
accessible communities account, the Washington achieving a better 17
life experience program account, the Washington career and college 18
pathways innovation challenge program account, the community and 19
technical college innovation account, the agricultural local fund, 20
the American Indian scholarship endowment fund, the behavioral health 21
loan repayment and scholarship program account, the Billy Frank Jr. 22
national statuary hall collection fund, the foster care scholarship 23
endowment fund, the foster care endowed scholarship trust fund, the 24
contract harvesting revolving account, the Washington state combined 25
fund drive account, the county 911 excise tax account, the county 26
road administration board emergency loan account, the toll collection 27
account, the developmental disabilities endowment trust fund, the 28
energy account, the energy facility site evaluation council account, 29
the fair fund, the family and medical leave insurance account, the 30
Fern Lodge maintenance account, the fish and wildlife federal lands 31
revolving account, the natural resources federal lands revolving 32
account, the food animal veterinarian conditional scholarship 33
account, the forest health revolving account, the fruit and vegetable 34
inspection account, the educator conditional scholarship account, the 35
game farm alternative account, the GET ready for math and science 36
scholarship account, the Washington global health technologies and 37
product development account, the grain inspection revolving fund, the 38
Washington history day account, the industrial insurance rainy day 39
fund, the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 expense 40
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fund, the local tourism promotion account, the low-income home 1
rehabilitation account, the medication for people living with HIV 2
rebate revenue account, the homeowner recovery account, the 3
multiagency permitting team account, the northeast Washington wolf-4
livestock management account, the public use general aviation airport 5
loan revolving account, the regional transportation investment 6
district account, the rural rehabilitation account, the Washington 7
sexual assault kit account, the stadium and exhibition center 8
account, the youth athletic facility account, the self-insurance 9
revolving fund, the children's trust fund, the Washington horse 10
racing commission Washington bred owners' bonus fund and breeder 11
awards account, the Washington horse racing commission class C purse 12
fund account, the individual development account program account, the 13
Washington horse racing commission operating account, the life 14
sciences discovery fund, the Washington state library-archives 15
building account, the reduced cigarette ignition propensity account, 16
the center for deaf and hard of hearing youth account, the school for 17
the blind account, the public employees' and retirees' insurance 18
reserve fund, the school employees' benefits board insurance reserve 19
fund, the public employees' and retirees' insurance account, the 20
school employees' insurance account, the long-term services and 21
supports trust account, the radiation perpetual maintenance fund, the 22
Indian health improvement reinvestment account, the department of 23
licensing tuition recovery trust fund, the student achievement 24
council tuition recovery trust fund, the tuition recovery trust fund, 25
the industrial insurance premium refund account, the mobile home park 26
relocation fund, the natural resources deposit fund, the Washington 27
state health insurance pool account, the federal forest revolving 28
account, the Washington saves administrative trust account, and the 29
library operations account. 30
(c) The following accounts and funds must receive 80 percent of 31
their proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's or 32
fund's average daily balance for the period: The advance right-of-way 33
revolving fund, the advanced environmental mitigation revolving 34
account, the federal narcotics asset forfeitures account, the high 35
occupancy vehicle account, the local rail service assistance account, 36
and the miscellaneous transportation programs account.37
(d) Any state agency that has independent authority over accounts 38
or funds not statutorily required to be held in the custody of the 39
state treasurer that deposits funds into a fund or account in the 40
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custody of the state treasurer pursuant to an agreement with the 1
office of the state treasurer shall receive its proportionate share 2
of earnings based upon each account's or fund's average daily balance 3
for the period. 4
(5) In conformance with Article II, section 37 of the state 5
Constitution, no trust accounts or funds shall be allocated earnings 6
without the specific affirmative directive of this section.7
NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. Section 4 of this act expires July 1, 8
2030.9
NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. Section 5 of this act takes effect July 1, 10
2030.11
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