(Dead) (SSB 5580) Mental health professionals H Concerning professionals qualified to examine individuals in the mental health and substance use disorder treatment systems. Corrects a technical oversight by recognizing a designated chemical dependency specialist as one of the qualified examining professionals authorized to sign an initial fourteen-day substance use disorder detention petition during the interim period between June 28, 2016, and April 1, 2018. Allows a physician assistant working with a supervising psychiatrist to qualify as a designated crisis responder. (Dead) (SB 5623) education program H Fulfilling the state's paramount duty for all children through equitable and responsible investments in the state's basic education program and reductions to local effort contributions. Addresses equitable and responsible investments in the state's basic education program and reductions to local effort contributions to fulfill the state's paramount duty for all children. Requires the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Convene a technical working group to provide recommendations for revising school district accounting practices for the purpose of improving fiscal transparency by establishing methods for separate accounting of school district expenditures made to support the state's program of basic education and those made as locally determined enrichments with local or other funding sources; and (2) Convene a work group to determine whether the funded enrollment percent for special education programs of twelve and seven-tenths should be adjusted. Establishes an accountability monitoring and reporting system as part of a continuing effort to make meaningful and substantial progress toward meeting long-term performance goals in K-12 education. State services for children S & Addressing the budgeting process for core state services for children. Requires the state institute for public policy, in consultation with the department of social and health
Promoting preapprenticeship opportunities for high school students. High school and beyond plans S Concerning high school and beyond plans. (Dead) Student suspens. & expulsion H Concerning suspension and expulsion of students including kindergarten and early elementary school students. Prohibits a school district from suspending or expelling a student who is enrolled in grades kindergarten through two, except for a violation of RCW 28A.600.420 (firearms on school premises, transportation, or facilities). (SSB 6485) Children mental health serv. S Improving access to mental health services for children and youth. Reestablishes the children's mental health work group to: (1) Identify barriers to and opportunities for accessing mental health services for children and families; and (2) Advise the legislature on statewide
Making supplemental operating appropriations. supplemental operating appropriations. (HB 2494) CTE course equivalency opts H Expanding statewide career and technical education course equivalency options. Expands equivalency options for statewide career and technical education courses. (HB 2496) Student distress response H Strengthening school district plans for recognition, screening, and response to emotional or behavioral distress in students. (Dead) Homeless education equity S Creating a work group on educational equity for homeless children and youth. Requires the department of children, youth, and families, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the department of commerce office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs, and the student achievement council to convene a work group with aligned nongovernmental agencies to collaborate on creating a plan for children and youth experiencing homelessness to achieve educational equity with their general student population peers and close the disparities between racial and ethnic groups. Expires December 31, 2018. (Dead) Online credit search tool S