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Legislative Session Wrap-up. 2009 Legislative Session. April 30, 2009 Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Governmental Relations. Agenda. Welcome Superintendent Randy Dorn Session Overview Ken Kanikeberg John Aultman
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Legislative Session Wrap-up 2009 Legislative Session April 30, 2009 Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Governmental Relations
Agenda • Welcome Superintendent Randy Dorn • Session Overview Ken Kanikeberg John Aultman • 2009 Legislative Session Wrap-up Fiscal Questions from Interactive Sites (Fiscal) Capital Projects Policy • Questions from Interactive Sites • Concluding RemarksJohn Aultman • Adjourn
Superintendent Dorn’s 2009 Legislative Priorities • Implement Basic Education Funding Task Force Recommendations • Replace the Washington Assessment of Student Learning • Dramatically Reduce the Dropout Rate and Improve Achievement for ALL Students • Expand Career and Technical Educational Opportunities • Expand Early Learning Opportunities
A Look at the 105 Day Session • Bills Introduced = 2,582 • Amendments = 1,784 • Total Bills Passed = 209 • Fiscal Notes Prepared by OSPI = 257 • Education Related Bills Introduced = 138 • Education Related Bills Passed = 53 • The Governor has until May 19 to sign or veto a bill, or section of a bill
Range of Themes • The State’s Education System • Federal and State Funding • Military Compact • Online Learning • Statewide Assessments • Options for Students to Earn High School Diplomas • Recess Periods for Elementary Students • Middle School Career and Technical Education • Flexibility in the Education System • Comprehensive Education Data
Range of Themes (Continued) • Closing the Achievement Gap in K-12 Schools • Enhance Skills of Students with Dyslexia • Waivers from the 180 Day School Year Requirement • Financial Education • Dismissal of School Employees • Options for Students to Earn High School Diplomas • Expanding Dual Credit Opportunities • Opportunity Internship Program
SCHOOL FACILITIES/ CAPITAL BUDGET
2009 Supplemental Capital Budget 2009-11 Reappropriations • HB 1113 provided $130 M to support cash flow needs of current projects in the School Construction Assistance Program • Passed the Legislature early and signed by the Governor in February • Legislature funded outstanding obligations • School Construction Assistance Program • Skills Centers Major Construction Projects • High Performance School Grants and Aviation HS 9
Biennial Release of State Funding through School Construction Assistance Program 11
2009-11 K-12 Capital Budget OSPI School Construction Assistance Program Estimated Area Cost Allowance FY 2010 = $174.26 & FY 2011 = $180.17 Health, Safety, and Small Repair Grants Small Repair Grants Frank Wagner Chimney (Monroe SD) Energy Operational Cost Savings and Safety and Health Infrastructure Improvements Apple Awards Capital Administration 12
2009-11 K-12 Capital Budget OSPI Skills Centers Minor Works Northeast Vocational Area Cooperative (NEVAC) North Central Land Purchase Pierce County Walla Walla Branch Campus 13
2009-11 Capital Budget ProvisionsOSPI • Work with DNR on a plan about options for school site acquisition/leasing • Continue development of Asset Preservation Program • Study and make recommendations on appropriate levels for Area Cost Allowance and Student Space Allocation • Report to Legislature September 2009 • Convene a definitions work group on the joint use of school facilities • Report to Legislature January 2010 • Take measures to increase the accuracy of the SCAP school district reimbursement process • Report to Legislature November 2009 14
2009-11 Capital Budget Other Provisions • Continue the Joint Task Force on School Construction Funding to explore: • Changing the state funding assistance ratio • Methods for accommodating specialized program space • Developing ways to account for regional cost differences • CTED received funding for school projects at Grand Coulee Dam, Dayton, Longview, Union Gap, the Community Schools Program and Greenbridge Early Learning Center • Community and Technical Colleges received funding for the Tri-Cities STEM School 15
2009-11 Operating Budget Health & Safety Rule Provision • The Department of Health’s operating budget (HB 1244 Section 222 (1)) prohibits implementation of new or amended school health and safety until: • A final cost estimate is presented to the Legislature; and • The Legislature has formally funded implementation of the rules through the omnibus appropriations act or by statute. 16
School Facility Related Legislation • ESHB 1619 - School Capital Projects • Expands the types of activities that may be funded with school districts' capital projects funds generated to include painting of facilities; major equipment repair; and other major preventative maintenance purposes. • SB 5580 – School Impact Fees • Extends, from 6 to 10 years, the amount of time that school districts have to expend or encumber impact fees collected for school facilities. • SB 5980 – School Plant Funding • Renames components of the School Construction Assistance Program funding formula to promote transparency and clarity.
ASSESSMENT & CURRICULA/ GENERAL SCHOOL CONCERNS
HB 1562Annual Mathematics Assessment • Annual Math Assessment for students who have not met the math standard • Students graduating through the class of 2012 are no longer required to continue taking the appropriate mathematics assessment annually until graduation • Students are still required to earn math credits
ESSB 5414Assessments & Curricula • OSPI to develop implementation plan for math and science to ensure all students have opportunity to learn • To include feasibility of current timeline for graduation requirements • High school math end-of-course assessments reduced from four to two • For purposes of graduation, will measure common core of Algebra I/Integrated I and Geometry/Integrated II • Subtests will have additional course related content • EOCs to be administered in Spring 2011
SSB 5410Online Learning • Creates an OSPI Office of Online Learning • Establishes approval process, website, and model agreements with multidistrict online providers • Beginning in 2011-2012 school year, state funds will only be allocated for approved multidistrict providers • Requires school districts to have a policy regarding online learning • Model policy to be finalized February 1, 2010 • School district policy to be completed August 31, 2010 • Policy to be shared with students • Beginning in 2010-11 districts must designate if course is online
SSB 5248Military Children Compact • Adopts a multi-state compact on the transfer of dependents of military personnel • Includes recommendations of Task Force • Provisions pertain to: • Transfer of records • Immunization records • Graduation requirements • Participation in special programs • Extra-curricular activities
SSB 5551Elementary School Recess Periods • Requires OSPI to collaborate with the statewide PTA to conduct and report the results of a survey regarding recess in elementary school • Length of recess • Time increased or decreased • Structured or unstructured • Bad weather
ESSB 5889Education System Flexibility • Student Learning Plan requirement was NOT included • After September 2009, Collections of Evidence only for content areas in which a student has to pass an assessment for graduation • Excludes mathematics COEs • Elementary Civics CBA requirement postponed until 2010-11
ESSB 5889 Continued • District LAP plans only need to be submitted if there is a significant change • Allows school districts to notify parents via the internet regarding: • Compulsory attendance • Enrollment options • Pesticide use • Administration of college readiness test postponed until 2011 • Education Technology assessment postponed
Home Schooled Students • SHB 1110-Home-based Instruction • School districts are prohibited from advertising school district learning programs to students who are home-schooled and their parents • HB 1288-Home School Declaration • Home school declarations of intent are exempt from Public Disclosure requirements
SSB 6016Students with Dyslexia • OSPI, with ESDs and the International Dyslexia Association, to provide training to enhance the literacy skills of students with dyslexia • Regional training to be provided • Online handbook for teachers and parents to be developed
SSB 5738OSPI Review of Compliance • OSPI to review all annual compliance reports required of school districts to determine which should be: • Discontinued; • Integrated into the longitudinal student data system; or • Maintained in their current form • Report to be submitted to the Legislature in December
2SSB 5973Student Achievement Gap • Creates an ongoing Achievement Gap Oversight and Accountability Committee: • Synthesize the 2008 achievement gap findings into an implementation plan • Recommend policies and strategies for closing the achievement gap to SPI, PESB, and SBE • Address specific policies and strategies: • Enhancing cultural competency • Expanding pathways to prepare and recruit diverse educators • Identify resources to be redirected to close the gap
High School/College • SHB 1758 - High School Diploma/Options • Provides that individuals enrolled in Running Start or who are over 21 who complete an Associate’s Degree are awarded a high school diploma from the college or university • 2SHB 2119 - Dual Credit Opportunities • Directs OSPI, SBCTC, HEC Board and higher education institutes to develop and adopt rules for college in the high school • Develop guidelines about college credits earned in high school • Requires Running Start students to pay fees
College Bound Scholarship • 4 year scholarship for tuition, books and fees • Designed to motivate and prepare students to pursue a college education • Low income students who sign a pledge in 7th or 8th grades are eligible • 9th graders have until June 30 to sign up (one time exception)
2SHB 1355Opportunity Internship Programs • Provides incentives for opportunity internships • Builds employment pipelines to high-demand occupations • Targets low income high school students • Graduates eligible to receive State Need Grant
Career and Technical Education Opportunities • SHB 1347 - Financial Literacy • Renamed Financial Education Public Private Partnership • Authorizes OSPI and the partnership to implement demonstration projects • 2SSB 5676 - Middle School Student CTE • Makes CTE middle school funding for STEM a permanent allocation at the same rate as high school CTE programs • Programs must be approved by OSPI using the same criteria as high school programs
Employee Ethics/Conduct • SHB 1319 - School District Employee Ethics • Prohibits school district employees from using school district property, money or individuals under their official control, direction, or custody for private benefit or gain • EHB 1385 - School District Sexual Misconduct • The crime of sexual misconduct with a minor in the first and second degrees is clarified to criminalize sexual intercourse between a school employee and a registered student of the same school who is over the age of 16 and under the age of 21
ESHB 1741School Employee Dismissal • Expands the list of felony crimes which result in mandatory termination • Upon termination of the employee, OSPI must be notified by the district’s superintendent • School districts may recover salary and other compensation paid to the employee, between the time placed on leave and final termination
ESHB 1741 (Continued) • Requires mandatory revocation when a certificate was obtained through fraudulent means • Allows superintendents and administrators to file complaints with OSPI regarding certificated individuals, regardless of whether the individual is employed by the complainant
HB 1322School Scoliosis Screening • Repeals the requirement that students in public schools be screened for scoliosis
EHB 1824 Concussion Management/Youth Sports • Requires each school district to work with the Washington Interscholastic Activities to: • Adopt guidelines for concussion and head injury management • Develop an information sheet to be signed by parents annually • Injured students are to be removed from play and may not return until a written clearance from a licensed health care provider allows the student to return • Requires nonprofit organizations providing sports on school grounds to comply with the guidelines
HB 1852Fingerprint Background Checks • All school employees will pay the same fee to obtain a mandatory fingerprint-based criminal background check
ESSB 5263Electric Shock Devices in Schools • Prohibits a person from possessing or bringing onto school property a stun gun or any electric shock device • Provides that a non-commissioned school security officer must have training in order to possess electric shock devices on school property • Prohibits the security officer from using a device on a student unless the student’s behavior poses a threat of great bodily harm or loss of life • An exemption is provided for use in an authorized school event, lecture, or activity conducted on the school premises
Important Links • Legislative Budgets http://leap.leg.wa.gov/leap/budget/detail/proposals.asp • Budget Driver (John Jenft) Rate Sheet http://www.k12.wa.us/SAFS/08budprp.asp • Pivot Table http://www.k12.wa.us/SAFS/08budprp.asp
Thank you! • 2009 Bills Passed the Legislaturehttp://www1.leg.wa.gov/documents/Senate/SCS/Reports/BillsPassed.pdf • Final bills may be obtained at the State Legislature website at www.leg.wa.gov • Please email additional questions to:jean.fuller@k12.wa.us