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Committee advances competency-based education bill after amendment fails
Summary
Substitute Senate Bill 5,189, defining competency-based education and directing OSPI and the State Board of Education to implement related rules and transcripts, was reported out of committee (14-4, 1 excused) after a sponsor amendment to narrow the statutory definition failed on the floor of the committee.
The House Education Committee voted to report Substitute Senate Bill 5,189 with a do-pass recommendation by roll call (14 ayes, 4 nays, 1 excused). The bill defines competency-based education (CBE), directs the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to adopt rules to authorize full-time funding for qualifying CBE programs and asks the State Board of Education (SBE) to recommend processes for identifying and designating schools and districts implementing CBE.
Staff briefed that an amendment…
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