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Committee adopts substitute and sends complaint‑process bill to Ways & Means
Summary
The committee adopted a proposed substitute for Senate Bill 5,179 and gave it a due‑pass recommendation to the Ways & Means Committee; the bill requires OSPI to establish a process to investigate noncompliance with specified state education laws and allows OSPI to require compliance plans and impose consequences for willful noncompliance.
The Early Learning & K–12 Education Committee voted to adopt a proposed substitute for Senate Bill 5,179 and gave the substitute a due‑pass recommendation to the Ways & Means Committee. The bill directs the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to establish a process to investigate and address complaints alleging noncompliance with certain state laws, requires school districts and charter or tribal compact schools to submit compliance action plans where OSPI finds noncompliance, and permits OSPI to impose certain consequences for willful noncompliance.
Eileen Cotto, staff to the committee, described the bill and the substitute. She said it "requires school districts, charter schools, and…
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