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Bill would require OSPI to publish special-education complaint decisions online for 20 years
Summary
Sen. Paul Harris and witnesses told the House Education Committee that substitute SB 6,268 would make OSPI's Special Education Community Complaint final decisions publicly available online for 20 years to preserve precedent and help parents, attorneys and districts understand prior rulings.
Substitute Senate Bill 6,268 would require the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to maintain an online, publicly accessible record of final decisions issued in response to Special Education Community Complaints for 20 years after each complaint is finalized.
The measure was briefed to the House Education Committee by Megan Wargacki, counsel to the committee, who said current OSPI practice retains records related to complaints for six years but that SB 6,268 would extend public…
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