CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5958

Chapter 47, Laws of 2014

63rd Legislature
2014 Regular Session



EDUCATION--TRANSITION SERVICES--SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/12/14

Passed by the Senate February 17, 2014
  YEAS 47   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 5, 2014
  YEAS 91   NAYS 7

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Hunter G. Goodman, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5958 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

HUNTER G. GOODMAN
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Secretary
Approved March 19, 2014, 2:43 p.m.








JAY INSLEE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 19, 2014







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5958
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Passed Legislature - 2014 Regular Session
State of Washington63rd Legislature2014 Regular Session

By Senate Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators McAuliffe, Hargrove, Rolfes, Mullet, Hasegawa, Chase, McCoy, Fraser, Kline, Fain, Hill, Keiser, King, and Rivers)

READ FIRST TIME 02/11/14.   



     AN ACT Relating to holding state agencies accountable for providing opportunities for certain students to participate in transition services; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.155 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 28A.155 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction must establish interagency agreements with the department of social and health services, the department of services for the blind, and any other state agency that provides high school transition services for special education students. Such interagency agreements shall not interfere with existing individualized education programs, nor override any individualized education program team's decision-making power. The purpose of the interagency agreements is to foster effective collaboration among the multiple agencies providing transition services for individualized education plan eligible special education students from the beginning of transition planning through age twenty-one, or through high school graduation, whichever occurs first. Interagency agreements are also intended to streamline services and programs, promote efficiencies, and establish a uniform focus on improved outcomes related to self-sufficiency. This subsection does not require transition services plan development in addition to what exists on the effective date of this section.
     (2) To the extent that data is available through data-sharing agreements established by the education data center under RCW 43.41.400, the education data center must monitor the following outcomes for individualized education plan eligible special education students after high school graduation:
     (a) The number of students who, within one year of high school graduation:
     (i) Enter integrated employment paid at the greater of minimum wage or competitive wage for the type of employment, with access to related employment and health benefits; or
     (ii) Enter a postsecondary education or training program focused on leading to integrated employment;
     (b) The wages and number of hours worked per pay period;
     (c) The impact of employment on any state and federal benefits for individuals with disabilities;
     (d) Indicators of the types of settings in which students who previously received transition services primarily reside;
     (e) Indicators of improved economic status and self-sufficiency;
     (f) Data on those students for whom a postsecondary or integrated employment outcome does not occur within one year of high school graduation, including:
     (i) Information on the reasons that the desired outcome has not occurred;
     (ii) The number of months the student has not achieved the desired outcome; and
     (iii) The efforts made to ensure the student achieves the desired outcome.
     (3) To the extent that the data elements in subsection (2) of this section are available to the education data center through data-sharing agreements, the office of the superintendent of public instruction must prepare an annual report using existing resources and submit the report to the legislature.


         Passed by the Senate February 17, 2014.
         Passed by the House March 5, 2014.
         Approved by the Governor March 19, 2014.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 19, 2014.