Thursday, January 26, 2017

Legislative Committee Schedule: Week 4

January 30-February 3, 2017


Monday, January 30
1:30 p.m., House Education, HHR A
Public Hearing:
1.       HB 1246 - Concerning school bus safety.
2.      HB 1279 - Concerning school safety drills.
3.      HB 1284 - Requiring creation of a statewide school emergency panic button program.
4.      HB 1310 - Creating a program to provide students and the community with the means to report anonymously concerning unsafe or violent activities, or the threat of these activities.
5.      HB 1319 - Concerning the frequency of evaluations for certain educators.

1:30 p.m., Senate Commerce, Labor & Sports, SHR 4
Public Hearing:
1.       SB 5149 - Addressing paid family leave.
2.      SB 5032 - Implementing family and medical leave insurance.
3.      Providing reasonable accommodations in the workplace for pregnant women [S-0721.1].
4.      SB 5299 - Promoting healthy outcomes for pregnant women and infants.

The draft bill is posted on the Committee's website here, and is also available from committee staff. Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

1:30 p.m., Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education, SHR 1
Work Session: High school graduation requirements.

Public Hearing:
1.       SB 5202 - Authorizing nationally recognized college assessments for high school assessment purposes.
2.      SB 5238 - Requiring that cursive writing be taught in common schools.
3.      SB 5241 - Concerning the educational success of youth in foster care.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

Tuesday, January 31
8 a.m., Senate Higher Education, SHR 3
Work Session:
·         Issues and Perspective on Student Textbooks.
·         Teaching Requirements for Faculty.

Public Hearing:
1.       SB 5234 - Requiring establishment of a system-wide credit policy regarding AP exams.
2.      SB 5285 - Conducting a workforce study of employment opportunities in the agriculture, environment, and natural resources economic sectors intended to provide educators with the information needed for informing students about employment opportunities in the studied fields.
3.      SB 5361 - Concerning the opportunity scholarship program.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

1:30 p.m., House Education, HHR A
Public Hearing:
1.       HB 1303 - Concerning educational interpreters.
2.      HB 1412 - Creating a pilot project to provide middle and junior high school students strategic and intentional academic support beyond the traditional school day.
3.      HB 1444 - Facilitating on-time grade level progression and graduation for certain students.
4.      HB 1445 - Concerning dual language in early learning and K-12 education.
5.      HB 1451 - Improving language access for public school students and families with limited English proficiency.

1:30 p.m., Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education, SHR 1
Work Session: Parent/Family engagement and community-school connections.

Public Hearing:
1.       SB 5258 - Creating the Washington academic, innovation, and mentoring (AIM) program.
2.      SB 5291 - Creating a pilot project to provide middle and junior high school students strategic and intentional academic support beyond the traditional school day.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

3:30 p.m., House Capital Budget, HHR B
Work Session:
1.       School Construction.
2.      Early Learning Facilities’ Needs.

Wednesday, February 1
1:30 p.m., House Higher Education, HHR D
Work Session: Report from the William D. Ruckelshaus Center on "Situation Assessment of the Regulation of For-Profit Degree-Granting Institutions and Private Vocational Schools in Washington."

Public Hearing:
1.       HB 1439 - Regulating the institutions of higher education, including for-profit institutions and private vocational schools, to protect students from unfair business practices.
2.      HB 1440 - Establishing a student loan bill of rights.
3.      HB 1425 - Creating the Washington next generation educational savings account pilot program.
4.      HB 1452 - Concerning the opportunity scholarship program.

1:30 p.m., House Early Learning & Human Services, HHR C
Work Session: Overview of the Recommendations of the Children's Mental Health Work Group.

Thursday, February 2
8 a.m., House Education, HHR A
Public Hearing:
1.       HB 1235 - Assessing physical education practices in public schools.
2.      HB 1346 - Clarifying the authority of a nurse working in a school setting.
3.      HB 1377 - Improving students' mental health by enhancing nonacademic professional services.
4.      HB 1508 - Promoting student health and readiness through meal and nutrition programs.
5.      HB 1542 - Concerning dropout prevention through engaging youth in farming.

1:30 p.m., Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education, SHR 1
Work Session:
1.       Home visiting.
2.      Programs for highly capable students.

Public Hearing:
1.       SB 5246 - Concerning the department of early learning's access to records and personal information for purposes of determining character and suitability of child care workers and individuals who have unsupervised access to children in child care settings.
2.      SB 5247 - Updating certain department of early learning advising and contracting mechanisms to reflect federal requirements, legislative mandates, and planned system improvements.
3.      SB 5357 - Establishing a pilot project to license outdoor early learning and child care programs.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

Friday, February 3
8 a.m., House Capital Budget, HHR B
Public Hearing:
1.       HB 1289 - Concerning plaques for certain state-funded capital budget projects.
2.      HB 1325 - Concerning the evaluation and prioritization of capital budget projects at the public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education.
3.      HB 1395 - Allowing public transportation benefit area authorities to use job order contracts and procedure.
4.      HB 1538 - Requiring prime contractors to bond the subcontractors portion of retainage upon request.
5.      HB 1551 - Creating a competitive equipment assistance grant program to enhance student nutrition in public schools.

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