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Committee hears testimony on bill to let small education agencies arrange separate administrative services
Summary
A House Education Committee hearing on House Bill 1662 outlined a plan to let the State Board of Education, the Professional Educator Standards Board, the Financial Education Public Private Partnership and the Charter School Commission obtain separate administrative services by 07/01/2027; witnesses cited transparency, efficiency, and concerns about indirect fees.
The House Education Committee on Monday heard testimony on House Bill 16 62, which would remove statutory requirements that several small education boards be administratively housed within the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and direct those entities to secure separate administrative services by July 1, 2027.
Ethan Moreno, nonpartisan committee staff, told the committee the proposed third substitute removes provisions requiring the State Board of Education, the Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB), the Financial Education Public Private Partnership (FEP), and the Washington State Charter School Commission to reside within OSPI for administrative purposes and authorizes each to…
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