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2014 Legislative Session Preview

PRESENTER

Marie SullivanDirector of Governmental Relations

FACILITATOR

Michael WilsonDirector of Communications

Speakers

Agenda

• 60-day session • Convenes January 13• Last day is March 13 (hopefully!)

– Technical fixes, hero bills, holdovers from 2013 session– Supplemental budgets for operating, capital, transportation

• McCleary decision

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Setting the Stage

• Senate is controlled by 24 Republicans and 2 Democrats• Senate changes

– Senator-elect Jan Angel, R-Port Orchard (Schlicher, D)– Senator-elect Brian Dansel, R-Republic (Smith)– Senator Steve O’Ban, R-Pierce County (Carrell)– Senator John McCoy, D-Tulalip (Harper)– Senator Jamie Pederson, D-Seattle (Murray)– Senator Paull Shin, D-Mukilteo (resigned 1/7/14)

• Rep. Marko Liias expected to be appointed to fill the seat

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Senate Changes

• Senate Leadership– Senator Rodney Tom, D-Bellevue, Majority Leader– Senator Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, Republican Leader– Senator Sharon Nelson, D-Maury Island, Minority Leader

• Senate Committee Chairs– Senator Steve Litzow, R-Mercer Island (Education)– Senator Andy Hill, R-Redmond (Budget)– Senator Barbara Bailey, R-Whidbey Island (Higher Education)

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Senate Players

• House controlled by Democrats, 55-43• House changes

– Rep. Dick Muri, R-Steilacoom (O’Ban)

– Rep. Tana Senn, D-Mercer Island (Maxwell)

– Rep. June Robinson, D-Everett (McCoy)

– Rep. Mia Gregerson, D-SeaTac (Upthegrove)

– Rep. Brady Walkinshaw, D-Seattle (Pedersen)

– Rep.-elect Leonard Christian, R-Spokane Valley (Crouse)

– Vacancy, Republican (Alexander)

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House Changes

• House Leadership– Rep. Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, Speaker of the House– Rep. Pat Sullivan, D-Covington, Majority Leader– Rep. Dan Kristiansen, R-Snohomish, Minority Leader

• House Committee Chairs– Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, D-Seattle (Education)– Rep. Ross Hunter, D-Medina (Budget)– Rep. Kathy Haigh, D-Shelton (Budget subcommittee)– Rep. Ruth Kagi, D-Shoreline (Early Learning)– Rep. Larry Seaquist, D-Gig Harbor (Higher Education)

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House Players

• Majority Coalition Caucus: Jobs, education, sustainable budgets

• Senate Democrats: Reproductive parity, state DREAM Act, transportation

• House Democrats: Progress on funding basic education, help the most vulnerable (particularly mental illness), implementation of what has been passed (e.g., health benefit exchange, Medicaid expansion)

• House Republicans: Jobs, any surplus funds support McCleary, pension liability, money in reserves

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Caucus Priorities

• Governor Jay Inslee, Democrat– Marcie Maxwell, Education Policy Advisor to the Governor

• Superintendent Randy Dorn– Ken Kanikeberg, Chief of Staff (fiscal issues)– Marcia Fromhold, OSPI Lobbyist (policy issues)

• Commissioner Peter Goldmark– Trust lands remain an issue

• Washington Supreme Court• Education stakeholder and advocacy groups

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Other Players

• Traditionally technical fixes, adjustments to assumptions, revenue stabilization– Caseloads have increased for K-12 schools– November revenue forecast up by $16M for 2013-15

• Budget leaders have “Just say no” approach• Inslee proposal added $6.4M in policy investments

– $3M for teacher mentor programs– $2M for 1,080 technical corrections– $495,000 for STEM curriculum– $300,000 to develop course equivalency framework for math and

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2014 Supplemental Budget

• $385M to carry forward basic education funding in FY15– Increase full-day kindergarten to 50% of total kindergarten

population– Reduce high poverty class sizes in grades 2 and 3 to 20.3

student FTE– Fund Materials, Supplies, and Operating Costs (MSOC) at

$1,090.45 per student – Reinstate the BEA MSOC multiplier as the means for calculating

CTE and Skill Center MSOC ($51.8M) and correct CTE and Skill Center staffing ($20.8M)

– Fund two Learning Improvement Days ($45.1M)

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Dorn Budget Requests

• Make steady progress to meet State’s constitutional duty to amply fund basic education

• Continue work on statewide performance goals and indicators (ESSB 5491, 2013)

• Authorize implementation of the State Board of Education’s 24-credit graduation requirement framework for class of 2019

• Support efforts to reduce summer learning loss• Increase ECEAP enrollment expansion

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QEC Recommendations

• Issued January 9, 2014; 8-1 decision

• Order responds to Legislature report on funding progress in 2013 session to meet constitutional education requirements

• Acknowledged that “meaningful steps were taken”

• Expressed concern that the State is “not on target to implement ESHB 2261 and SHB 2776 by the 2017-18 school year.”– Credits Legislature with $982 million in 2013-15 budget but says

the level falls well short of the estimated funding needed– Directs the State to provide a complete phase-in plan for meeting

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WA Supreme Court Order

• Fund and implement all aspects of Washington’s redefined program of Basic Education.

• Fund two days of state- and district-directed professional development through an appropriation in the supplemental budget.

• Impose no new mandates – funded or not – for the 2014-15 school year.

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WSSDA Priorities

• Fund two days of professional development.– Funding for all CIS, building-level administrators, classified staff

working with LAP, ELL, special ed, highly capable students– Outside of the 180-day school calendar– Level of funding and how it would be used set in budget

• Restore basic education funding in school districts that receive federal forest revenue payments. – 215 districts are affected, $8.3M a year– Districts receive the federal funding, state Basic Education

appropriation reduced by equal amount– SB 5986 (pre-filed); House bill to be introduced soon

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WSSDA Legislation

• HB 2118 – would create sales tax exemption on fees paid by students for parking; allow fees to be deposited in ASB program fund. (Wilcox)

• HB 2132 – would require architectural plans to be filed with OSPI and made available to other school districts when state or local funding is used for construction or renovation of school buildings. (Manweller)

• HB 2133 – would require that JLARC review student privacy rules under FERPA and agreements related to collection, sharing, storage, security, dissemination, and access to personally identifiable student data or student-level data. (Scott)

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Pre-filed Bills

• HB 2158 – would make dropout prevention, intervention and reengagement programs a basic core service for ESDs. (Haigh)

• HB 2166 – would require student data reports to OSPI from school districts to include data on students from military families (active duty, reserves, guard) and report information starting in the 2015-16 school year. (Lytton)

• HB 2167 – would change the date OSPI must designate Required Action District schools from December 1, 2013 to February 1, 2014. (Lytton)

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Pre-filed Bills

• HB 2181 – would authorize the 24-credit framework adopted by the SBE at its 1/9/14 meeting; as written would state that funding provided in the 2013-15 operating budget constituted all the funding that was needed to implement 24 credit framework. (Lytton)

• HB 2185 – would make 2014 supplemental operating appropriations. (Hunter)

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Pre-filed Bills

• SB 5959 – would fund one day of professional development for state-funded CIS and building-based administrators starting in the 2014-15 school year. Would require 1st day to be spent on the new evaluation system. (McAuliffe)

• SB 5960 – would require state assessments to be used in teacher evaluations for teachers in grades 4-8 and 10 and in tested subjects only. (McAuliffe)

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Pre-filed Bills

• SB 5982 – would limit the number of early release and late start days to seven within the 180-day school year. (Ericksen)

• SB 6002 – would make 2014 supplemental operating appropriations. (Hill)

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Pre-filed Bills

• Extended summer learning opportunities – would create pilot program for 10 districts to add 20 days to beginning or end of school year, starting in 2015-16 school year. (Billig)

• Homeless students – would identify homeless students, increase training for teachers to support instruction for homeless students, and create a housing voucher program to address mobility issues. (Frockt)

• Professional development – 2 Learning Improvement Days (OSPI-request)

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Legislative Issues

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